I'm deeply disappointed--to this ex-San Diegan it seemed perfectly plausible.
On the other hand, just as San Diego's downtown became hot property the
city took everything that hadn't been developed off the market to build a
ballpark and parking lots. Of the city council that voted for this
boondoggle the mayor resigned to avoid prosecution for fraud over another
matter (too complicated to get into here) and two other council members
were convicted of taking bribes from a strip joint. Meanwhile, the roof on
one of the elementary schools caved in, so for the past five years the kids
haven't used that part of the building. And those wealthy enough build
houses at lots on the edge of soft sandstone cliffs which they then soak
daily to promote their lawns, while the ocean pounds below, and guess what,
the houses slide into the sea. Not blonde, but biscuits for brains.
Mark
At 03:19 AM 9/22/2005, you wrote:
> > 2. This isn't a joke, it's a news story.
>
>The article, however, is neither, but an urban legend, quite possibly
>originating as a joke:
>
>http://www.snopes.com/crime/safety/biscuit.htm
>
>And as the web site astutely observes (Judy will be pleased by this):
>"This legend popped up again on the Internet in early 1999 as a true 'dumb
>blonde' story, attributed to the Associated Press."
>
>I propose we petition to said website asking them to change this text to
>"...early 1999 as a true 'dumb San Diego story'", thus avoiding much
>further grief on this and similarly sensitive mailing lists.
>
>Anyway, we should all be busy writing snapshots, which surely is the
>poetic equivalent of spilling brains.
>
>Yours,
>A blonde in the land of blondes,
>
>--Knut
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