This doesn't appear to be a reprint of an Onion article—perhaps that's why I find this so frightening

Obligatory Death of Satire Links

The 23-year-old, who said she had left school without a maths GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education (British)), said: “On one of my cards it said I had to find temperatures lower than -8. The numbers I uncovered were -6 and -7 so I thought I had won, and so did the woman in the shop. But when she scanned the card the machine said I hadn't.
“I phoned Camelot and they fobbed me off with some story that -6 is higher—not lower—than -8 but I'm not having it.”

Via theferrett [10], “‘Cool Cash’ card confusion [11]”

No wonder the Week ly World News folded [12]—it couldn't compete with the real news.

[1] /boston/2001/05/23.1

[2] /boston/2002/07/01.3

[3] /boston/2002/11/14.3

[4] /boston/2003/10/16.1

[5] /boston/2004/03/04.1

[6] /boston/2005/05/27.1

[7] /boston/2005/05/30.1

[8] /boston/2005/06/29.1

[9] /boston/2007/07/30.2

[10] http://theferrett.livejournal.com/1007610.html

[11] http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1022757_cool_cash_card_co

[12] http://www.reuters.com/article/industryNews/idUSN7O23037320070724

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