Last week we asked if all that celebrating of bin Laden’s death was appropriate. If you want a little chuckle, guffaw or snort about it and the related crackpottery, you might enjoy Eric D Snider’s treatment of the subject. A taste:
There was no time for celebration in the country’s newsrooms, where the mood was intense and serious. After three years of being very careful not to write “Osama” when they meant “Obama” and vice versa, now journalists faced their worst nightmare: a news story that involved both men. TV anchors were required to say “Osama” and “Obama” in the same sentence. It was a situation fraught with peril. A few TV stations, newspapers, and websites made mistakes along the lines of “Obama says Obama is dead.” We assumed these flubs were the result of simple human error — except when they happened on Fox News, of course, and then we assumed they were deliberate.
Well Steven I had to laugh when I got the notification email about this post and the title read…
“Is is propert laugh?”
Yes, I guess in this particular grammatical instance it is. Or at least a good chuckle anyways.
Check out this very funny, but not proper for work, video…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzD-rnmeiH8&feature=player_embedded
Robin
Yep, I was a little quick on the send button again. Maybe I ought to start doing that on purpose so people will wonder what the heck I’m talking about. Chances are, though, they’re doing that anyway.
Steven Gardner
Kitsap Caucus blog confuser.
@ Steven, ??? I don’t get it?? LOL
Just poking at you.