Go, Whatsisname
Published 9:07 pm Monday, March 2, 2009
Another major sports figure whose name we can’t pronounce has entered the local sports scene.
New Seahawks wide receiver T.J. hoosh-mihn-ZAH-dah joins Mariners manager Don wock-a-MAT-sue and UW football coach Steve sar-KEE-shen on Seattle’s all-tongue-twister roster.
Some things just can’t change: The Girl Scouts are getting a makeover, which means future Scouts won’t suffer the humiliation of being seen in those goofy vests.
A “brand manager” is supervising the face lift, but as ominous and fraught with the possibility of idiotic New Coke-style miscalculation as that sounds, fear not: Girl Scout cookies will stay.
Animal control of yesteryear: The state Senate took action Monday to repeal a couple of early 1900s laws mandating this response to any dog found wandering or attacking other animals: kill ‘em.
Sorry, gardeners: The law does not allow deadly force against the neighbor cat that uses your planting beds as its personal litter box.
