Yesterday, Maya Angelou died. We paid tribute to her by posting some sweet quotes.
It turns out, some of the quotes we used weren’t even her words. (Our fact-checker screwed up big time. We fired her.)
We don’t usually do this but here are some corrections.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS MAYA ANGELOU BUT REALLY IT WAS JOHN KENNEDY.
“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” – Maya Angelou
— Trending Buffalo (@TrendingBuffalo) May 28, 2014
WE THOUGHT IT WAS MAYA ANGELOU BUT REALLY IT WAS MIKE TYSON.
“Everyone has a plan ’til they get punched in the mouth.” – Maya Angelou — Trending Buffalo (@TrendingBuffalo) May 28, 2014
WE THOUGHT IT WAS MAYA ANGELOU BUT REALLY IT WAS A SONG LYRIC FROM THE MUSICAL “OLIVER!”
“In this life, one thing counts. In the bank, large amounts.” – Maya Angelou
— Trending Buffalo (@TrendingBuffalo) May 28, 2014
WE THOUGHT IT WAS MAYA ANGELOU BUT REALLY IT WAS CASEY STENGEL.
“Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.” – Maya Angelou — Trending Buffalo (@TrendingBuffalo) May 28, 2014
WE THOUGHT IT WAS MAYA ANGELOU BUT REALLY IT WAS BON JOVI.
“Sometimes you tell the day by the bottle that you drink. Sometimes when you’re alone, all you do is think.” – Maya Angelou
— Trending Buffalo (@TrendingBuffalo) May 28, 2014
WE THOUGHT IT WAS MAYA ANGELOU BUT REALLY IT WAS A HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK QUOTE FROM EVERY HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK EVERYWHERE EVER.
“I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.” – Maya Angelou — Trending Buffalo (@TrendingBuffalo) May 28, 2014
WE THOUGHT IT WAS MAYA ANGELOU BUT REALLY IT WAS VANILLA ICE.
“Will it ever stop? Yo, I don’t know.” – Maya Angelou
— Trending Buffalo (@TrendingBuffalo) May 28, 2014
WE THOUGHT IT WAS MAYA ANGELOU BUT REALLY IT WAS JIM MORRISON.
“Cancel my subscription to the resurrection.” – Maya Angelou — Trending Buffalo (@TrendingBuffalo) May 28, 2014
WE THOUGHT IT WAS MAYA ANGELOU BUT REALLY IT WAS A MID-1980’s MARKETING SLOGAN FOR THE BIG MAC.
“Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun.” – Maya Angelou
— Trending Buffalo (@TrendingBuffalo) May 28, 2014
WE THOUGHT IT WAS MAYA ANGELOU BUT REALLY IT WAS ICE CUBE.
“I’m the one with the phat, mad skills and I won’t choke like the Buffalo Bills.” – Maya Angelou
— Trending Buffalo (@TrendingBuffalo) May 28, 2014
WE THOUGHT IT WAS MAYA ANGELOU BUT REALLY IT WAS THE “BRADY BUNCH” THEME SONG.
“They were four men living all together… yet they were all alone.” – Maya Angelou — Trending Buffalo (@TrendingBuffalo) May 28, 2014
WE THOUGHT IT WAS MAYA ANGELOU BUT REALLY IT WAS RUN-D.M.C.
“Tinted windows don’t mean nothing. They know who’s inside.” – Maya Angelou — Trending Buffalo (@TrendingBuffalo) May 28, 2014
WE THOUGHT IT WAS MAYA ANGELOU BUT REALLY IT WAS CRASH TEST DUMMIES.
“Once there was this girl who wouldn’t go and change with the girls in the change room.” – Maya Angelou — Trending Buffalo (@TrendingBuffalo) May 28, 2014
WE THOUGHT IT WAS MAYA ANGELOU BUT REALLY IT WAS MEL KIPER JR.
“It’s obvious to me the Jets don’t know what a draft’s all about.” – Maya Angelou
— Trending Buffalo (@TrendingBuffalo) May 28, 2014
We regret the errors.
Way to go! You took the passing of an American icon and used it as an excuse for an article that was not only humorless but also managed to trivialize,albeit feebly, her extraordinary life. Total lack of class.
Well that was dumb. You should do a Dumbest Things in Buffalo – Online Articles edition, this one in particular would steal the show. Did you pay someone to think up and type out those tweets, and then pay someone else to write this stupid article? No wonder the Buffalo gets a bad rap.