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I have never had a donut that good.

And this is what I imagine happens when you don't check exactly what image you pull off google image search and just insert it into the news package for the night. Think the anchor is pissed? You can see the video of the actual newscast here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhXSGABS6fo).

They are pretty damn good donuts....


Okay, not that good. But I'll have one if anyone is offering.... seriously. I like donuts...

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They are pretty damn good donuts....


Okay, not that good. But I'll have one if anyone is offering.... seriously. I like donuts...I haven't had a donut in a long time. Used to eat them by the fistfuls--now they give me sugar rush headaches. I'm getting old.

I haven't had a donut in a long time. Used to eat them by the fistfuls--now they give me sugar rush headaches. I'm getting old.

You're probably better off for it...



*seraches the Nazz for donuts*

I love how her mouth is wide open.

Chris Rock quote FTW!!

I love how her mouth is wide open.

Yeah. Wish I could take credit for the screen capture.

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...Now I wanna doughnut.

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Oh, come on, Nazz! Don't you at least have a puppet to bump threads for you? :p

Oh, come on, Nazz! Don't you at least have a puppet to bump threads for you? :p

Sorry. I am weak in the puppet department.

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That'd be funnier without the 'the'.

That'd be funnier without the 'the'.

I know. :(

When Krispy Creme finally opened out here everyone lost their damn minds. I kept thinking, am I the only one who wasn't having a hard time finding a donut shop?

I was doing a column at the college paper at the time and we did a blind taste test since none of us had seen a Krispy Creme before so we could actually pull that off, Krispy Creme fell hard against local donut shops. I can't stand Krispy Creme, I wouldn't even take a blow job to eat one...(see how I brought that back around?)

I wonder if it was just the graphics guys last day...

I wonder if it was just the graphics guys last day...
That was actually my first thought.

Whether planned or not, I'm nearly certain it was in fact the 'graphics guys last day'.

Yeah, I should have added, "It is now..."

Whether planned or not, I'm nearly certain it was in fact the 'graphics guys last day'.

I was thinking the same thing. You beat me to it. It seems like there would have to have been a few people who fell down on the job for this to make it to air. Are we sure this actually aired and isn't an edit for the purposes of humor?

That was actually my first thought.

Whether planned or not, I'm nearly certain it was in fact the 'graphics guys last day'.

I wonder if it was just the graphics guys last day...

I am pretty sure it was, whether he knew that at the start of the day or not.

I was thinking the same thing. You beat me to it. It seems like there would have to have been a few people who fell down on the job for this to make it to air. Are we sure this actually aired and isn't an edit for the purposes of humor?

I guess we can't be absolutely certain that someone didn't fake up a Youtube version, but it's not the strangest thing I've ever seen on tv.

I found the story on a couple of new sites, but none of the big ones.

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I don't entirely buy this. Is smells of a blooming urban myth? I could be wrong. I've seen nothing reliable that says this happened and isn't someone's edit.

I guess we can't be absolutely certain that someone didn't fake up a Youtube version, but it's not the strangest thing I've ever seen on tv.

Oh, yeah. I used to be responsible for QA at an online university. This isn't the worst mistake that almost made it through. I've missed big ones only to find them just in the nick of time. People aren't perfect. This one seesm hard to miss though given that he must have worked with the entire graphic and this is a situation that didn't unfold quickly. It would be more believable if it was breaking news.

It might have happened. It's definitely plausible. I just find the fact that no one, even their competition is mentioning the blooper except some random way out news sources, the kind that might get caught up in exactly the kind of mistake that would result in the graphic in the first place.

By the way, fake or not it's straight out funny. Especially the capture. I'm actually at work so I had to try and subdue my giggles.

I was thinking the same thing. You beat me to it. It seems like there would have to have been a few people who fell down on the job for this to make it to air. Are we sure this actually aired and isn't an edit for the purposes of humor?

In a way, yeah, but in a way, not really. They had the story, sent the job to the graphics guy who loaded the image. The director may or may not look at the image before it comes up or the board operator may or may not look at the image in preview before he sends it to program (he has like 2 seconds at most to do that), but in the quick packaging of a news broadcast it's just as easy to assume that people have done their jobs and just move on. You can't really do a news rehearsal. Everyone is just counted on to do their jobs quickly and properly. Which allows for things like this to happen.

Now, for at least the next couple of months I'm willing to bet the director is looking at the new graphics guys work before it goes to air...

Them cocks is good eatin'. I mean, them donuts.

In a way, yeah, but in a way, not really. They had the story, sent the job to the graphics guy who loaded the image. The director may or may not look at the image before it comes up or the board operator may or may not look at the image in preview before he sends it to program (he has like 2 seconds at most to do that), but in the quick packaging of a news broadcast it's just as easy to assume that people have done their jobs and just move on. You can't really do a news rehearsal. Everyone is just counted on to do their jobs quickly and properly. Which allows for things like this to happen.

Now, for at least the next couple of months I'm willing to bet the director is looking at the new graphics guys work before it goes to air...

I can tell you that in every place I've ever worked where things would be presented to public people weren't just trusted to "have done their jobs." That's what QA is for. People who are VERY good at their jobs make mistakes. Typos. Reference errors. Graphical errors. No presentation I've ever done was not reviewed by numerous people. No class. No study. No paper. No program. No database. No report. No proposal. Nothing that has ever left any company I've ever worked for with the exception of, possibly, an email has ever gone out without multiple reviews.

They are responsible for checking their work, but I assure their news broadcast has an editor, news director and QA personnel all responsible for also checking the work of everyone there. They are every bit as dilligent as a print newspaper in most cases.

I'm certain you're right that they will be much more dilligent in their QA practices for the near future.

I wouldn't even take a blow job to eat one...(see how I brought that back around?)

Seconded.

For the record, one of the ones that almost went our client when I was reviewing a class was a sound error. We had voice talent that was constantly going off script to add bizarre analogies to classes. He would do them different ever time and our sound people would have to cut them up and we'd decide which one to use. Well, in one, he tells an analogy about twinkies and bulldozers ("I like to refer to some people as bulldozer. You know what happens when a bulldozer meets a twinkie. A flat splat.") and then he switches it to something about hookers.

On the third he tells the twinkies and bulldozers again and he jokingly (or maybe just misspoke) references hookers being splattered by a bulldozer. I'd heard the clip like fifty times and we'd saved the hooker one because it was funny. When we completed the class the sound guy mixed them up and inserted the wrong one. When I listened I'd heard it so many times that I spaced and didn't hear the millisecond reference to the hooker.

The person who was supposed to send it off listens to the class as well, but he doesn't really do it and was just about to send it off when I went running into his office. I'd decided to just double check since I knew about the other clips and got lucky. That one would have gotten our sound guy fired and definitely would have put my job in jeopardy.

Since we found it, though, it was frickin' hilarious. I changed our practices because having the sound guy reinsert the clip right before we finalize is just stupid.

I can tell you that in every place I've ever worked where things would be presented to public people weren't just trusted to "have done their jobs." That's what QA is for. People who are VERY good at their jobs make mistakes. Typos. Reference errors. Graphical errors. No presentation I've ever done was not reviewed by numerous people. No class. No study. No paper. No program. No database. No report. No proposal. Nothing that has ever left any company I've ever worked for with the exception of, possibly, an email has ever gone out without multiple reviews.

They are responsible for checking their work, but I assure their news broadcast has an editor, news director and QA personnel all responsible for also checking the work of everyone there. They are every bit as dilligent as a print newspaper in most cases.

I'm certain you're right that they will be much more dilligent in their QA practices for the near future.

QA sucks. I manage to insert whatever I see fit into my video productions, and no-one's the wiser.

Pfft, who needs doughnuts to suck dick.

QA sucks. I manage to insert whatever I see fit into my video productions, and no-one's the wiser.

Yeah, unfortunately, most of the QA I've encountered did suck. I've intentionally let humor through so long as it wasn't offensive or wildly unprofessional. We had to be somewhat careful, though, particularly in CE classes.

It's not just typos and mistakes either. I saw a guy refer to his software as the Cadillac of CMMS software at Chrysler. They asked him if he didn't mean the Lincoln Town Car. Apparently, he didn't. He was asked to leave. QA can every bit have as much effect on the acceptance of your product as just about anyone else in the process.

The graphics guy should have caught this. QA should have too.

However, I didn't find this to be that huge of a deal. Were I watching this broadcast I'd have laughed but it wouldn't affect my viewing habits provided they were a good news source.

Pfft, who needs doughnuts to suck dick.

I was wondering when that would come up. I remember reading somewhere that someone had invented a donut for placing around the penis to prevent penetration from being too deep, but I don't think it was made by Krispy Kreme.

When Krispy Creme finally opened out here everyone lost their damn minds. I kept thinking, am I the only one who wasn't having a hard time finding a donut shop?

I was doing a column at the college paper at the time and we did a blind taste test since none of us had seen a Krispy Creme before so we could actually pull that off, Krispy Creme fell hard against local donut shops. I can't stand Krispy Creme, I wouldn't even take a blow job to eat one...(see how I brought that back around?)

I wonder if it was just the graphics guys last day...

I agree. Krispy Kreme opened a couple of shops in Melbourne about 6 months ago & everyone went mad for them, there were massive queues outside the shop. I've had them a few times, they're nice doughnuts, but I wouldn't say they're anything outstanding. They seem pretty much the same as any other doughnut to me.

On topic, the graphic is funny. :D

Are they full of creamy goodness?