Iraq conflict has killed a million Iraqis: survey
After all, dead men fill in no scanatron forms with number two pencils.
To be able to say "Noggle," you first must be able to say "Nah."
Iraq conflict has killed a million Iraqis: survey
After all, dead men fill in no scanatron forms with number two pencils.
Headline from AP on a story written by a woman:
Charlie Sheen, ex-wife in family court
A man might have titled it something more appropriate, like Denise Richards, Fool Who Preferred Prostitutes to Denise Richards in Family Court.
Man rammed by bull dies of injuries
Can’t the rams do the ramming, or are the bulls offering to do it less expensively? Or are St. Louis Post-Dispatch writers just that clueless to their own absurd turns of phrase?
Researchers seek keys to slow homicides
No doubt, this search into the obvious is government-funded.
(I know, I don’t have much these days but comments about headlines and book reports.)
Man talking on cell phone killed by Train in San Leandro
Dude, not only is it impolite to talk on a cell phone during a concert, but it’s dangerous as well.
Israeli Says Elusive Biblical Wall Found.
After all, to be elusive, something must actively elude; I mean, your car keys aren’t eluding you if you’ve just forgotten they’re in your coat pocket.
Hoffa to announce Teamster support for Nixon
Put that in Back to the Future IV and have Marty call it “Heavy.”
What, don’t these guys even care anymore? Perhaps they’re not reflected in the paper itself, but here are two egregious errors today:
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Man accussed of 29 counts of child sex abuse in custody
Aggrevation? Accussed? Can’t they even afford spell-checkers down there on Tucker?
Study: Parents avoid vaccinating young children.
Like most, I, too, avoid vaccinating my young child, preferring instead to have the pediatrician do it.
Police, teens split on need for them
The need for police or the need for teens? Silly reader, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch headline writer is relying on the often overlooked grammatical precept of the implied antecedent, in this case, “curfew.”
Spanish Lake bar sold cocaine, police say
I understand the jukebox was running numbers, too.
Corvette goes airborne, lands on a mobile home in Swansea.
Chevys in the 82nd. What will they think of next?