No, not food, this error in the SCMP.

On Friday, they reported on the death of diplomat Robin McLaren.  The obituary ended with this quote from Chris Patten’s former spokesman Kerry McGlynn, which I’m sure raised the eyebrows of the 16 people who read the entire piece:

“Sir Robin played the game absolutely scrumptiously, and followed the Patten policy to the nth degree.”

On Saturday, they issued this correction:

The report should have quoted him as saying: “Sir Robin played the game absolutely scrupulously, and followed the Patten policy to the nth degree.” We apologise for the error.

But let’s face it, don’t we all wish that the first version was the correct one?

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