Amusing Close-Captioning Cockup of the Day - Special Double Edition

Yesterday during a program about Tom Hanks on CNN, an old friend reminisced about the struggling young actor's early years, married to his first wife.

THEY GOT AN APARTMENT IN NEW YORK'S HELL'S KITCHEN, A TENEMENT FOURTH-FLOOR WALK-UP. IT WAS A TERRIBLE PLACE, WITH ROACHES AND POODLES.

Like, roaming, snarling, stray vicious poodles?

Then, today, a CNN reporter reported on how eager the US is to ensure that everyone knows the latest assault on Falluja is an Iraqi-driven operation.

THE OPERATION'S NAME HAS EVEN BEEN CHANGED TO A NAME CHOSEN BY IRAQI PRIME MINISTER ALLAWI, OPERATION THE DAWN, CHANGED FROM THE FORMER U.S. NAME, OPERATION FURRY.

Thank god for that. Compared to "Operation Furry", "Operation The Dawn" has, like, balls of steel. Take that, insurgents! No more plush animals for you!

ronnie