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  1. 03-18-2024, 1:14 PM #1
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    Dept of Redundancy Dept

    Just saw this posted on news site:

    NATCHEZ, Miss. (WLBT/Gray News) - A traffic stop led to the discovery of skeletal remains in Mississippi on Thursday.
    Natchez Police Department Commander Jerry Ford says officers pulled over the driver of a small pickup truck ... he told officers something “spontaneously” that immediately got their attention.

    “The suspect at that time stated that he had information about a corpse in the nearby area,” Ford said...

    “We came out and actually went off in the woods maybe 10 feet, and discovered that there was a dead corpse,” Ford said.... [Emphasis--mine--added]

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    Good heavens... I wonder how the police would have reacted if they had found a live corpse?...
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    It makes one wonder what kind of education these TV people had. Such language is commonplace on our St. Louis channels. And all of them have to use the word "iconic" even if it's not appropriate--but then they wouldn't know that.
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    There have always been a lot of media absurdities. Although, it does seem like editors have been eliminated in favor to Spell Check. And "dead corpse" passes Spell Check.

    A friend of mine tells a great story about the time his brother edited their small town classified ads. A woman was selling Great Pyrenees puppies and titled her ad with "GENTLE GIANTS!". Brother mistakenly typed it as "GENITAL GIANTS!" and it ended up on the Tonight Show With Jay Leno. Brother's only excuse was, "It passed Spell Check!". But hey, that woman quickly sold all her puppies, so she was happy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pat Germain View Post
    ... A woman was selling Great Pyrenees puppies and titled her ad with "GENTLE GIANTS!". Brother mistakenly typed it as "GENITAL GIANTS!" and it ended up on the Tonight Show With Jay Leno. Brother's only excuse was, "It passed Spell Check!".....
    Too funny!
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    We have a guy (newscaster) out here that does that kind of thing all the time.
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    Reminds me of the old joke about a small plane crashed into a cemetery. The count is over 100 dead, they are still digging up bodies.
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    Time references sometimes get a little under my skin...for example, "10 am in the morning". Is there a "10 am" in the afternoon or evening?? And yet, i hear those references regularly on newscasts, especially during the weather portion when we're told that "sunrise will be at 6:27 am in the morning".

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    "Registered voters" Anybody not registered ever vote?
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    One of my "makes me grind my teeth" favorites: [something or other] "declined down".

    Well, good heavens! We certainly don't want it declining up!
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    From that area, the newscasters on WLBT are not the sharpest knives in the drawer, but neither are any of the kids up here.
    For local news, and I think most national news, you need to be able to read the teleprompter with a straight face. That's it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bruce Wrenn View Post
    "Registered voters" Anybody not registered ever vote?
    Yes just look at all the extra ballots that are counted
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jerome Stanek View Post
    Yes just look at all the extra ballots that are counted
    Ive been looking for a verifiable and creditable source detailing extra ballot counting. Perhaps Jerome, you could provide me/us with such source?
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    Let's not go there about the ballots. The original statement is funny relative to the wording, but there will be no discussion of politics here.

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    Last edited by Jim Becker; 03-19-2024 at 6:47 PM. Reason: spelling...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Becker View Post
    Let's not go there about the ballots. The original statement is funny relative to the wording, but there will be no discussion of politics here.

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    lol, I was waiting for this.
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