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Peg's Bottom Gazette Office Slides into Dairy Creek
Oregon Magazine ^
| October 26, 2003
| Milford "Stanley" Poultroon
Posted on 10/26/2003 4:49:51 PM PST by WaterDragon
Citizens of this rural Oregon community were dismayed to find that their newspaper wasn't on their porch in September.
This was because the entire plant, printing press and editorial section, slid into the east fork of Dairy Creek when Clyde Foofaw's prize bull saw his reflection in our front window and believing it was a rival for the affections of a holstein he was courting at the time, bellowed and charged the image....(snip)
Headlines Missed During Newspaper's Absence:
Clyde Foofaw's Bull Sits on Passing Mormon.....(snip)
Click HERE For Complete Article!
(Excerpt) Read more at oregonmag.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: California; US: Oregon; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: bull; larryleonard; newspaper; oregonmagazine
To: WaterDragon
I like Peg's Bottom Gazette a whole lot better than the Lake Woebegon tales. According to another one of their stories, Oliver North used to quote from them in 2001 on his radio show on Fridays.
Peg's Bottom.
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posted on
10/26/2003 5:09:39 PM PST
by
xJones
To: WaterDragon
WaterDragon, I know you don't like to post the full article, but this is one time I wish you had made an exception. There are many people who just plain will NOT click on the link.
I love The Peg's Bottom Gazette. It's absolutely hilarious!
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posted on
10/26/2003 5:11:59 PM PST
by
dixiechick2000
(What Can You Say About Liberals That Hasn't Already Been Said About Hemorrhoids?)
To: Timesink
And the NYT thinks IT has problems.
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posted on
10/26/2003 5:14:15 PM PST
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: martin_fierro
LOL!
To: dixiechick2000
Well, dixie, I do provide a link at the bottom so they don't have to go through the two-step to get to the article. One click, and it's instant!
I love that humor page too!
To: WaterDragon
"One click, and it's instant!"I know...*sigh*
Some people are just anal that way.
Too bad...
their loss.
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posted on
10/26/2003 5:20:31 PM PST
by
dixiechick2000
(What Can You Say About Liberals That Hasn't Already Been Said About Hemorrhoids?)
To: xJones
Thanks for that link to a previous Peg's Bottom, xJones...It is hilarious! The writer is a humor genius!
To: dixiechick2000
Just clicked through (I rarely do) -- it was worth it!
(And unlike many sites you have to click through to reach, it isn't larded up with graphics -- hard on us cheapskates still using dial-up.
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posted on
10/27/2003 4:57:54 PM PST
by
Eala
(FR Trad Anglican Directory: http://eala.freeservers.com/anglican - Proud member VIOC)
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