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# A Good Reason for Using Lorem Ipsum
- URL: https://toodlepip.co.uk/blog-2010-01-good-reason-using-lorem-ipsum/
- Published: 2010-01-08T13:45:22.000Z
- Updated: 2010-01-08T12:45:22.000Z
- Author: Sam Michel
- Tags: #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-23 15:06

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Ouch! Spotted this via @robmcm and it reminded me of when I first started programming. One day, under a very tight deadline, lots of stress and limited abilities, I was debugging some code by printing out an error message.

In the heat of the moment, I changed the error message to something along the lines of “Arse….this is broken again”.

Yes, you can guess what happened next. Cue: the phone call from the client when his live website starts swearing at viewers when it goes wrong. Lesson very well learnt.

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