1 Million Get ShotSeems extreme, but I guess we all do what we need to do.
To Save on Loans
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
FROM THE ALOTT5MA EATS, SHOOTS, AND LEAVES DESK: How many times did I have to read the following USA Today headline, even having listened to the news this morning, before I figured out that it was talking about something completely different from what I thought? The headline, line break included:
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No refinancing unless your immunizations are up to date.
ReplyDeleteMark Burnett has really gone too far this time.
ReplyDeleteIsaac stayed in a hotel last night!!
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of that Krusty the Klown Halloween bit:
ReplyDeleteTonight I'm going to suck
Your blood.
The savings on refinancing aren't even that great, after you factor in the markup on the bullets.
ReplyDeleteI know quite a few fellow recent law school graduates who would consider that a fair trade right now.
ReplyDeleteAirport, but same difference.
ReplyDeleteHave you seen this being sent around Facebook?
ReplyDelete<p><span><span>An English professor wrote the words “A woman without her man is nothing” on the chalkboard<span> </span>and asked his students to punctuate it correctly. </span></span>
</p><p><span><span>All of the men in the class wrote: “A woman, without her man, is nothing.”</span></span>
</p><p><span><span>All of the women wrote “A woman: without her, man is nothing.”</span></span>
</p><p><span><span>Punctuation is powerful. Use it. </span></span>
</p>
There's also been a thing about the Oxford comma noting that "at the party, there were the strippers, JFK, and Stalin" has a dramatically different reading without the serial comma.
ReplyDeleteSo that's what happened in Oakland overnight!
ReplyDeleteTomorrow we'll see:
OWS Crowd Gassed
Up for Trip to NYC
I went to the Newseum this past weekend while I was in DC -- the men's room has tiles scattered about with headline biffs like that one. "Man shot in back, head found in street," "Editor's wife rented to 2 suspects, FBI says," etc. <span> </span>
ReplyDeleteSo THAT's what's been happenign in Oakland!! (Too soon?)
ReplyDeleteTomorrow's headline:
OWS Crowd Gassed
Up for Trip to NYC