Julia Roberts' impressive 'holes' and other typos that we love

Good for her TBH

American actor Julia Roberts is doing pretty damn well, if this headline is anything to go by.

In a spectacular reminder of why we need sub-editors - whose job it is to check spelling, grammar and facts in every article - a local paper in New York state, USA, published this headline this week with a, um… a small typo.

“Julia Roberts Finds Life And Her Holes Get Better With Age.” Errr.

The paper later published a correction, clarifying that they meant she was getting better roles - not “holes”.

I mean, either way, bravo to Julia. Sure, we all know good acting roles are hard to come by, even for a mega-successful Hollywood icon who's starred in Notting Hill and Pretty Woman. BUT it’s also hard work keeping one's holes in shape, let alone doing it so well that they actually improve with time.

This isn’t the only headline blunder we’ve actually really loved though. Behold - some of our favourites of the genre.

This headline last year, from the Pratt Tribune in Kansas, was about some students getting some very hands-on experience at a mentoring day.

And we all learned a valuable lesson - namely, that the hyphen in “first-hand” is very important.

This blunder from a swimsuit ad in 2013 is more of a design flaw than a typo - but it's no less brilliant.

Rest assured we're not going anywhere near that water, or that swimming costume, any time soon.

Regardless of where you stand politically and your views on former Ukip leader Nigel Farage, there’s no denying that this sounds… painful.

The typo got cleared up pretty quickly (and, we presume, with the help of some careful medical attention and specialist ointments).

This headline, printed on the front page of Cambridge News last year, was followed by the riveting read "insert story here" and illustrated with a picture of some text saying "picture goes here".

Unless this American baseball player is actually a massive frog, we’re guessing this is a typo. It appeared in the East Oregonian newspaper back in 2015.

Indeed, they most likely meant that he’s ambidextrous, which is where you can use both hands equally easily, for things like writing or - in this case - throwing a ball.

Although maybe being amphibious - where you can live both underwater and on dry land - would bring its own advantages.

Now that's a class we don't remember from our A-level syllabus. 

Sub-editors have such a keen eye that these typos rarely make it out into the world - but when they do, it’s glorious.

Anyway, we’re off to raise a toast to Julia Roberts and her many, many blessings.