MESSING UP ON AIR

Doris Kearns Goodwin, historian of Presidents, being interviewed the other day, meant to tell a management rule. She misquoted, saying, "Never wrestle with a pig in mud; he will get dirty and he will love it." It should have been, "Never wrestle with a pig in manure. You will get dirty and the pig will love it." (actually from a group of four rules, another which was, "Never step between a dog and a lamp post."

George W. Bush: "You work three jobs? … Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that." —to a divorced mother of three, Omaha, Nebraska, Feb. 4, 2005

Effortlessly someone slipped, omitting the 'm' from masses; another emitted an embarrassing and loud belch during a weather announcement, and there are a few other chuckles to prove we are all human and can goof...though some examples are reasons other than stupidity A source of goofs I have been researching for the past eight years..