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St. Louis Post Dispatch ^ | May 28, 2003 | Bill McClellan

Posted on 05/29/2003 4:42:21 PM PDT by A Citizen Reporter

Edited on 05/11/2004 5:34:28 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The third night of a three-day weekend is always quiet at the Missouri Grille. The regulars are worn out. They sit at the bar and sip their drinks. There is little conversation. It's a night to mind your own business, which is what I was doing Monday just this side of midnight when I sensed a presence behind me.


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This guy is a regular columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
1 posted on 05/29/2003 4:42:21 PM PDT by A Citizen Reporter
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To: Miss Marple
Does McClellan still get paid, even if he doesn't mention her by name? :-)
2 posted on 05/29/2003 4:43:26 PM PDT by A Citizen Reporter
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To: A Citizen Reporter
I'm sorry. I feel dumb, but I am missing thw joke here. I mean the punchline...I don't get it.

Somebody, 'splain! TY
3 posted on 05/29/2003 5:05:24 PM PDT by jocon307 (i just post without looking now!)
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To: A Citizen Reporter
Deep. Very deep. And noir. Very noir.
4 posted on 05/29/2003 5:07:16 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: A Citizen Reporter
From the St. Louis University commencement announcement:

This year, St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Bill McClellan will serve as commencement speaker. McClellan grew up in Chicago and moved to St. Louis in 1979. He has been employed at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch since 1980. After three years as night police reporter, McClellan has been a featured columnist for the Post-Dispatch since 1983. He also is a panelist on the popular KETC public affairs show, "Donnybrook." He is married and has two children. McClellan joins a distinguished list of past commencement speakers that includes U.S. Vice-President George Bush and later his wife First Lady Barbara Bush, as well as Ted Koppel of ABC's "Nightline" and the late St. Louis Cardinals announcer Jack Buck.

5 posted on 05/29/2003 5:49:38 PM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: A Citizen Reporter
WTF??
6 posted on 05/29/2003 6:11:18 PM PDT by ILBBACH (Visualize Turn Signals)
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To: ILBBACH
i guess you had to be there.
7 posted on 05/29/2003 6:42:56 PM PDT by gcruse (Vice is nice, but virtue can hurt you. --Bill Bennett)
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To: gcruse
"You still employed?"

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"As far as I know," I said.

Hmmmmmmm....

No "Help Wanted" in the classified section....

8 posted on 05/29/2003 6:51:36 PM PDT by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: Willie Green
LOL Good catch. And I thought the job scene was bad here!
9 posted on 05/29/2003 6:53:36 PM PDT by gcruse (Vice is nice, but virtue can hurt you. --Bill Bennett)
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To: gcruse
Related thread: Help-Wanted index falls
10 posted on 05/29/2003 7:02:42 PM PDT by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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