# whoops

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# Sticky Situation

Woman accidentally superglues lips together

She mistook superglue for cold sore cream.

20.9k

Jul 1st 2013, 2:00 PM

# whoops

Toy soldier loses the head at Disneyland

Quite literally.

2.2k

Jun 27th 2013, 2:46 PM

# whoops

Embarrassing 'Obama in Ireland' headline fail

Wow, the Obamas look different.

33.0k

Jun 18th 2013, 10:03 AM

# whoops

How fake ‘celebrity geniuses’ fooled the internet

A story of Mensa, the media and Shakira.

118k

Jun 10th 2013, 4:07 PM

# Confused

Francois Hollande confuses Japanese with Chinese on State visit to Japan

The French president made the error on a three-day state visit to Japan.

6.2k

Jun 7th 2013, 10:02 AM

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Alert! The gardaí have an important message

AKA an amusing Twitter blooper.

10.7k

Jun 5th 2013, 11:12 AM

# whoops

16 signs that really shouldn't be spelled wrong

Spelling: it’s impotent.

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Jun 4th 2013, 10:30 PM

# whoops

You can still buy a Hitler Kettle!

But you’ll have to wait. Here’s how the dictator-resembling utensil took over the internet.

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May 30th 2013, 1:32 PM

# reverse reverse

13 of the biggest mistakes in the history of the world

Whoops.

44.9k

May 28th 2013, 10:30 PM

# whoops

'A tremendous amount of sex' - embarrassed sports reporter's blooper

Now THAT is what I call a pre-game warmup.

11.3k

May 2nd 2013, 10:09 AM

# biker fail

This motorbike rider did NOT see that coming

Wait for it…

2.1k

Apr 29th 2013, 10:18 AM

# Austerity

Typo of the Day: Austerity hits Ireland's budget for World Food Programme

We are living way beyond our means…

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Apr 23rd 2013, 2:15 PM

# whoops

Local newsreader says 'f***ing s**t'... on his first day

You’ll want to put your headphones on if you’re in an office.

4.0k

Apr 22nd 2013, 8:55 AM

# whoops

Will your tweets get you fired?

This app can check that out for you…

10.9k

Mar 27th 2013, 12:49 PM

# whoops

Has Ireland accidentally given 'fraping' to the world?

Maybe not quite – but we definitely tried.

39.5k

Mar 11th 2013, 7:45 PM

# whoops

This company accidentally advertised a plasma TV for €7

But there’s bad news for anyone who snapped up the ‘offer’…

25.0k

Mar 4th 2013, 1:15 PM

# scarleh

US Secretary of State John Kerry invents new country: Kryzakhstan

We think he meant Kyrgyzstan. Easy mistake.

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Feb 26th 2013, 10:56 AM

# Careful Now

VIDEO: WHAT did this newsreader just mime on air?

Did she imitate… a popular bedroom activity? (Possibly NSFW.)

16.9k

Feb 14th 2013, 9:59 AM

# whoops

Official Police Tweet of the Day

Morto for the Dallas Police Department.

17.8k

Jan 28th 2013, 9:54 AM

# whoops

VIDEO: Weatherman’s hand gestures are accidentally very suggestive

Let’s just say he finds it hard going.

21.6k

Oct 16th 2012, 9:00 PM

# map fail

Sarcastic Tumblr of the Day: The Amazing iOS 6 Maps

And you thought Ireland had it bad?

15.0k

Sep 21st 2012, 10:52 AM

# Safety announcement

'Alan Shatter concerned over fake Apple airport' Statement of the Day

The Minister for Justice is concerned about the error in Apple Maps, which he says could mislead pilots not familiar with the area.

36.8k

Sep 20th 2012, 10:49 AM

# Whoopsie

Picture: Dublin gets new 'airport' courtesy of iPhone's new map software

With Google Maps gone, the latest version of Apple’s iOS has designated Airfield Park in Dublin as an airport on its new mapping software.

31.8k

Sep 19th 2012, 9:46 PM

# whoops

Wait, that's the other team! Papers print wrong Olympic photo

Somebody will be apologising fulsomely this morning.

3.8k

Aug 8th 2012, 10:02 AM

# whoops

VIDEO: Protestor gets more fire than he bargained for

This demonstrator against same-sex marriage tried to make his point outside a corporate HQ. It didn’t go according to plan.

5.2k

Aug 7th 2012, 2:41 PM

# whoops

Olympic torchbearer gets tattoo to celebrate... but there's just one problem

Ah, the Oylmpics. Nothing like ‘em.

13.9k

Jul 19th 2012, 11:44 AM

# whoops

Happy 'Graduataion': Students get misspelled school diplomas

The principal of a US school said the typo was an “inadvertent mistake”.

3.7k

Jun 10th 2012, 11:56 AM

# whoops

VIDEO: Andriy Voronin's shocking miss

Oleh Blokhin can only turn his face away in disgust.

639

May 29th 2012, 12:03 PM

# whoops

VIDEO: Dark Shadows director Tim Burton falls off stage...

…and is caught by a quick-thinking handler.

3.6k

May 14th 2012, 1:40 PM

# so fresh and so clean

School evacuated after student uses too much deodorant

Well, that’s a danger nobody saw coming…

8.4k

May 13th 2012, 9:06 AM

# whoops

Obama caught on mic telling Medvedev things will change AFTER he wins re-election

Cringe.

5.8k

Mar 26th 2012, 4:04 PM

# Finger malfunction

Apology issued after M.I.A. flips the finger during Super Bowl show

The British singer also appeared to swear during the half-time show watched by tens of millions of people.

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Feb 6th 2012, 9:19 AM

# whoops

Watch: Gary Lineker's autocue fails him during MOTD

Gary Lineker’s smug exterior temporarily dropped during a broadcast of Match of the Day on Saturday. At least we know it goes out live.

1.1k

Jan 16th 2012, 3:00 PM

# whoops

Medics drop heart being rushed for transplant

After exiting a helicopter carrying the heart for transplant, a medic stumbled and the plastic-wrapped heart tumbled out of a cooler onto the street.

5.3k

Jan 12th 2012, 9:34 AM

# Recession

Celeb chef apologises after arrest ‘for shoplifting cheese and wine from Tesco’

Antony Worrall Thompson was accused of stealing at the self-service checkout area five times before being arrested.

10.4k

Jan 9th 2012, 1:35 PM

# whoops

Watch: Norwegian news show's eye-test graphic blooper

Instead of showing a graphic of a routine eye-test chart, viewers were greeted with a chart containing slang abbreviations…

6.8k

Dec 29th 2011, 4:30 PM

# Review 2011

Video: 2011 - the year in gaffes

From the government’s €3.6bn ‘accounting error’, to confusing a Hollywood actor with a serial killer, here are this year’s most memorable gaffes.

3.4k

Dec 28th 2011, 10:00 AM

# Ouch!

Man accidentally donates suit - with entire life savings in it - to charity

A search is underway after the unidentified man mistakenly donated his suit, containing $13,000, to a charity clothing store.

6.1k

Dec 1st 2011, 7:15 AM

# whoops

Diner leaves $1 million in a suitcase at Australian pizzeria

Sydney police are searching for the man who left a suitcase full of cash at an Italian restaurant this morning.

5.7k

Nov 22nd 2011, 4:50 PM

# Air Scare

Pilot's toilet trip causes terror scare on New York flight

When a passenger with an accent tried to alert the co-pilot in the cockpit that the pilot was stuck in the toilet, the alarm was raised.

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Nov 18th 2011, 10:51 AM