And what made Roger so jolly?
Published 9:00 pm Saturday, April 21, 2007
Talk the talk and walk the plank. There was a time when conventions were yawn-inducing affairs reserved for CPAs and Amway sales representatives. Now, pirates are descending on New Orleans to swap tips on swashbuckling (http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/04/22/100wir_a2pirates001.cfm)
Were the pirate life for The Buzz, we’d ask:
* How does a pirate find the time to apply all that makeup and thread those beads in one’s hair and beard?
* Are those little ditties that pirates sing pronounced “chanteys” or “shanteys”?
* Old Spice or Nautica for Men?
* Just what does “arr” mean, anyway?
Why spelling counts. Prison officials at a Kentucky prison will be checking spelling more closely after a fake court order was faxed to the prison, authorizing a prisoner’s release. (http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/04/22/100wir_a4fax001.cfm) The counterfeit order was faxed from a grocery store and contained several spelling errors. Note to Kentucky prison officials: The state corrections department doesn’t share a fax machine with the Piggly Wiggly, and “prisoner” is not spelled with a “z.”
While we’re in the Bluegrass State … Seems Miss America 1944, Miss Venus Ramey, was fed up with thieves stealing things from her old Kentucky home. So, when one showed up, she shot out the tires on his car. (http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/04/22/100wir_a2stranger001.cfm) Hey, Kentucky. We think we’ve found your new prison warden.
— Jon Bauer, Herald staff
