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:
1 Million Get Shot
To Save on Loans
Seems extreme, but I guess we all do what we need to do.

12 comments:

  1. Eric J.4:17 PM

    No refinancing unless your immunizations are up to date.

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  2. Mark Burnett has really gone too far this time.

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  3. Isaac stayed in a hotel last night!!

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  4. Jordan4:57 PM

    It reminds me of that Krusty the Klown Halloween bit:

    Tonight I'm going to suck
    Your blood.

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  5. Squid5:27 PM

    The savings on refinancing aren't even that great, after you factor in the markup on the bullets.

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  6. GoldnI5:39 PM

    I know quite a few fellow recent law school graduates who would consider that a fair trade right now.

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  7. Anonymous9:08 AM

    Airport, but same difference.

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  8. Steph9:44 AM

    Have you seen this being sent around Facebook?

    <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>

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  9. 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.

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  10. Novanglus12:36 PM

    So that's what happened in Oakland overnight!

    Tomorrow we'll see:

    OWS Crowd Gassed
    Up for Trip to NYC

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  11. Paul Tabachneck2:38 PM

    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>

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  12. Novanglus8:36 PM

    So THAT's what's been happenign in Oakland!! (Too soon?)

    Tomorrow's headline:

    OWS Crowd Gassed
    Up for Trip to NYC

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