My local news-radio station recently reported on a string of crimes here in Brooklyn in which cell-phones were being “robbed” by a man on a bicycle, his modus operandi being to ride up to distracted pedestrians and snatch the devices from their hands. This didn’t sit well with me; I’d have said it was the pedestrians who were being robbed, of their phones.
To clarify this important distinction, I give you the immortal Peter Cook.
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Thanks Malcolm, should your site meter register a “hit” about 80 miles west of me, it’s a reporter who ran a story concerning the discovery of a guy who was “found to be hung.”
I fired off an email informing him his blog-posting should read, “found to be hanged.” I notice the title was changed but the reporter didn’t acknowledge (on his post) how he came to change his wording. I sent him another email informing him you like Dogfish while I enjoy MD 20-20.
I do hope you aren’t serious about that Mad Dog 20-20…
Well, I once was.