During Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook offered to pay off a playful "ransom note" composed by members of the Cleveland Indians baseball team -- a list that mostly consisted of demands for Apple products.
But there was one NSFW item etched onto the original list that Apple had to Photoshop out before giving it stage time.
For those who didn't watch the keynote live stream, here's the back story: When Major League Baseball player Brandon Moss, the first baseman for the Indians, recently earned his 100th home run, the ball landed in the team's bullpen. Rather than handing over his keepsake, his teammates grabbed it and wrote a ransom note for what they wanted in exchange. The requests ranged from iPhones and iPads to brand new MacBooks and an Apple Watch.
Clearly, Cook was pleased with the wish list and said he'd be willing to make each request come true. While all the items seemed innocent enough, Twitter user Andrew Martin (first spotted by The Verge) was quick to point out that there was one clear omission when it was displayed behind Cook during the keynote: the request for a "50 gallon drum of lube."
Apple photoshopped #Windians ransom note, mod'ing Zep's request to be more family friendly. #wwdc15 pic.twitter.com/z5u2GjuB0T— Andrew Martin (@andrewcmartin) June 8, 2015
The demand came from Indians relief pitcher Marc Rzepcynski, known as "Zep," who said he wanted a generous portion of lubricant in addition to an Apple Watch. You can see the original ransom note here, which was posted to Twitter several days before the Apple keynote presentation.
While the words were clearly removed, leave it to the Internet to remind us there's often more to the story than what's on display.