It is that point of the yr the place we replicate and look again on the high information tales of the yr. However, what about these tales that did not make the large headlines? Those that have been buried on web page 97? That is due, partially, to the truth that many occasions the article is brief on info and lots of the questions that you simply wish to have requested go unanswered.In line with the journalistic integrity that I swore to after I took my Oath of Hypocrisy, I wish to current a number of of those articles from the previous yr and ask these robust, unanswered questions.The primary article comes from Maryland the place the Assistant Maryland State Veterinarian says that racing pigeons from New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania should have well being certificates earlier than flying to Maryland due to avian influenza. My first query is clear. How are you aware when a pigeon has the flu? How do you get the thermometer underneath their little tongues? And, most significantly, do they get charged sick days if they do not race?One other query involves thoughts. How do they carry the well being certificates? Is not their simply a lot room in these containers strapped to their legs? And, what about this flu? Can people catch it? What are among the signs? Will I’ve an uncontrollable urge to wish to depart little spots on my neighbor’s windshield? Will I be discovered sitting within the park on high of the Basic Custer statue? These have been the questions not answered within the article.The subsequent story comes from Frenchboro, Maine. Apparently, that they had a gap for the sixth time, in as a few years, for a instructor in it is twelve pupil, one-room schoolhouse. Right here comes the kicker. Frenchboro, Maine is an island ten miles out within the Atlantic Ocean. My query right here is, who makes up the twelve college students? Gilligan, The Skipper, The Professor, The Film Star, Mary Ann and Mr. and Mrs. Thurston Howell?The article goes on to say that {qualifications} embody a love of solitude and the power to outlive harsh winters. They overlooked one essential qualification. You could by no means have seen “The Shining.” The article additionally says you have to have the ability to do with out shops, film theaters, and eating places. Now, there is a plus.So, what’s there to do in Frenchboro, Maine? The final instructor there stated that she is stepping right down to spend extra time together with her new child. Okay, now I do know what there may be to do in Frenchboro, Maine.The subsequent story comes from Hillside, New Jersey. A Newark postal clerk was honored, just lately, with a particular gravestone for bravely defending the mail from happening with the Titanic ninety-five years in the past. My query is, what sort of mail could be on the Titanic? A postcard from the ship’s present store that claims, “Dear Cousin Cleo, Having a wonderful time. Wish you were… what was that?”So, there you could have it. I will be conserving my eyes peeled for one more choice of attention-grabbing, but pointless, tales in 2008 and I will not hand over till I’ve requested the actually robust questions. Now, the place was that story in regards to the man who mailed himself to Latin America in a quantity ten envelope?
High three Information Tales That Did not Make the Entrance Web page in 2007
