Urban legend?

Once, after typing in an obituary into the system, the copy editor added the following note at the bottom for the other editors to see: I know this reads like (blank), but that's how the (blank) of a funeral director wants it to read. And, yes, the blanks do replace what you think they do.

This obituary made it into print, complete with the copy editor's note.

Muphry's Law (sic)

Something I came across this morning that I had to share: Muphry's Law gives a name to conventional copy desk wisdom.