WE BLAME GLOBAL WARMING
Zebra spotted (and striped) along interstate
(Thanks to Sharon [The Minx] Lurie)
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April 13, 2012
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I'm beginning to become weary of all these wannabe "journalists" using "spotted" in their "reporting" ... the word is not in my copy of the AP Stylebook ... so I'm forced to wonder about how much reliability or trust I can put into their overall production ...
Loosening of the rules is generally acceptable in feature stories, but in hard news (not gnus), the rules are fairly well set ... laziness, and wantin' to be "cute" is whut I blame ... and algore ...
Posted by: O the Umanity | April 13, 2012 at 05:17 PM
Was it red all over?
Posted by: Ms. Flukey | April 13, 2012 at 05:20 PM
But did it have a Florida drivers license?
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | April 13, 2012 at 06:21 PM
Tarzan stripes forever. (Old punch line)
Posted by: Ralph | April 13, 2012 at 08:30 PM
The story says it was coaxed back into confinement with "treats," but I initially read it as "threats," which is funnier if harder to imagine. What would you threaten a zebra with, anyway?
Posted by: Omniskeptic | April 13, 2012 at 09:33 PM
Omni, how about that old military threat, "we'll take away your stripes, mister!"???
Posted by: funny man | April 13, 2012 at 10:35 PM
Zebra spotted , no
Leopard spotted, yes.
Nuff said.
Posted by: MikeyVA | April 14, 2012 at 08:28 AM
Of course it was a zebra. Reason? You've gotta draw the line somewhere!
Posted by: PirateBoy | April 14, 2012 at 01:24 PM
to: bear, gatr
from: babn
can we eat zebr? humn too tuff and give snax.
sind, babn
Posted by: Omniskeptic | April 14, 2012 at 05:22 PM