What caused that Twitter user to pose that question? Oh, just this:
https://twitter.com/bccohan/status/459304789831327744
Grammar is hard! The ‘Today’ show ran a segment on the oh-so-pressing issue of men and their hole-riddled underwear and upped the mockery factor by having a homophone problem.
https://twitter.com/absfabracadabra/status/459305061639024641
Hoping someone got a screencap of that @TODAYshow segment with a picture of a pair of briefs and the caption "MEN AND THERE UNDERWEAR"
— eric, at home (@MrEAnders) April 24, 2014
Ask and ye shall receive!
@TODAYshow "Men and THERE underwear??" pic.twitter.com/hT4ELIhpN9
— Robin Kall, Reading With Robin (@robinkall) April 24, 2014
Viewers rightly mocked like the wind.
https://twitter.com/kpetillo14/status/459304932370571266
@TODAYshow your graphic on TV just read men and THERE underwear! Who is your grammar checker??!!
— DMac (@DMcLain27) April 24, 2014
https://twitter.com/penup60/status/459305163698995200
This aggression shall not stand!
https://twitter.com/KristenSofge/status/459305481983762433
@TODAYshow Somebody needs some grammar lessons. "Men and there underwear" really?
— Lindsey (@LindseyJoMo) April 24, 2014
@TODAYshow: Had a short (sic) on men's underwear. While the spot aired, the TV screen read "Men And There Underwear." THERE???
— Robin Shwedo (@rjsfeminist) April 24, 2014
Tuned into @TODAYshow to read "Men and THERE Underwear" 1. I don't care about holey undies. 2. PROOFREAD!! Isn't society dumbed down enough?
— Rita Parker (@circusqueen) April 24, 2014
Evidently not.
@TODAYshow "Men and there underwear" Seriously, who does spellcheck?
— Andy W (@WyoBronco) April 24, 2014
@TODAYshow just used the wrong "there". It should have been "men and THEIR underwear". Come onnn. #nerdstatus
— Brit (@brit_casp) April 24, 2014
"Men and THERE underwear" ? @TODAYshow, this retired teacher is taking off points! #GrammarPolice #WhereIsMyRedPen
— Valerie Sestir (@vsestir) April 24, 2014
And an exit suggestion:
Hey Today Show – hire me to be an editor. I could fix headlines like "Men and There Underwear"! #OrangeRoom
— Sarah bustamante (@Sbusto2011) April 24, 2014
A job created! That’s more than President Obama has done, so there’s that.