Posted on 05/10/2008 9:27:54 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
Dispatch from the Department of Glass Houses . . .
The Good Morning America crew had a bunch of yucks today at the expense of the Sparks, NV streets department employee who spelled "scool" on the asphalt. But within minutes, two ABCers made math mistakes of their own, one of a political sort, the other climate-related.
RON CLAIBORNE: In Sparks, Nevada, someone in the streets department could use a spelling lesson. A sign painted on the street announces a nearby facility is a "s-c-o-o-l" [sound of Claiborne chuckle]. The city plans to fix the sign as soon as possible. That's a first look at the headlines, back to Bill and Kate. Everybody knows school is spelled with a "k."
Great guffaws ensue.
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If it indicates a public school, maybe they should leave it the way it is. The students won’t notice and hey, we mustn’t harm the self-esteem of the person who painted it, right?
It never goes DOWN.
Must be global worming.
"Next was Bill Weir's interview of "the Twister Sisters," two tornado experts. The gist was that—surprise!— global warming is responsible for the large number of cyclones this season. So eager was Weir to make the Goreian case that, in introducing the segment, he claimed that "so far some 730 tornadoes have touched down this year, more than double the number for all of last year." There was only one problem, as you'll see from the screen graphic displayed as Weir spoke . . .
I say we send John and Bill back to math "scool."
NB: As for global warming being responsible for an unusually large number of tornadoes this season, I wonder whether Weir and the Twister Sisters had April in mind? You know, the coolest April in 11 years, the April with the average temperature of 51.0 F, -1.0 F cooler than the 20th-century average, the 29th coolest April in 114 years."
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He probably knew how to spell escuela; but can we really expect every illegal to learn gringo-speak before dashing across the border?
Reminds me of the commercial years ago. (So memorable that I remember the gag, but not the product!)
Groundskeeper at Kansas City football stadium finishes up and admires his work in the end zone.
Home team football player saunters by and sez,
“Hey, Chet. Great work! By the way, who are the ‘Chefs?’”
Groundskeeper slaps forhead and sez “Great Googly Moogly!”
Must be a veteran that John Kerry rescued from Irak.
Well, he’s right to a degree...
I find quite a few FR search entries under: publik skoolz.
Maybe he’s being tongue-in-cheek about the mistake, maybe he’s a covert FReeper or maybe he really is just another ignorant hair-ball journalist.
Actually, the guy who wrote “SCOOL” on the road was a hip-hopper attempting to say, “S’cool, man, S’cool, drive 15 and chill out”
Groundskeeper at Kansas City football stadium finishes up and admires his work in the end zone.
Home team football player saunters by and sez,
“Hey, Chet. Great work! By the way, who are the ‘Chefs?’”
Groundskeeper slaps forhead and sez “Great Googly Moogly!”
My first thought as well! In fact, I said "Great Googly Moogly!" as soon as I saw the thread! And it was for Snickers candy bars.
Mark
I’m so shocked, I thought everyone knew how to spell “S-K-O-O-L”
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