We think Curly of the Three Stooges said it best: “I try to think, but nothing happens!” Try to concentrate on these mental lapses in Faulty Transmissions.

Faulty Transmissions

I sent a broadcast email to my colleagues, letting them know I would be out of the office running errands for the company. But in my haste I typed “running errors for the company.”
—Julie

My kindergartner was playing second base for his T-ball team when a hit sailed right past him. He didn’t budge, and there were no outfielders behind him, so his coach had to run for the ball. All the while Andy continued serenely in his ready stance. Then a second ball whizzed right past him. Again, Andy remained alert but did not stir. Finally his coach asked why he wasn’t going after the balls. “Well,” Andy said, matter-of-factly. “They aren’t coming right to me. They’re more going to the side a little.”
—Joe

Of course it had to happen in an email to my boss’s boss—and of course I had to notice it only in that split second after I’d hit “send.” Instead of signing off with my usual “All the best,” I had typed “All the beast.”
—Rob

I emailed an invitation to our annual Home Run Derby to the parents of my son’s baseball team. Only I accidentally invited them to attend the Home Room Derby.
—Gia

I had just signed a credit card receipt when the store clerk pointed out that I’d never signed the back of the credit card itself. I hastily scribbled my name on the card, then stood there for a full minute while the young woman earnestly compared my two signatures!
—Pete

As a finishing touch to my new website, I’d proudly created a “Tell a Friend” page. It was only months after the website’s launch that someone finally pointed out my typo: the page read, “Tell a Fiend.”
—Nick

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