Why Did He Have a Chainsaw?
Dec 26, 2020 08:26:09 #
"PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) — A police department in Maine says they have arrested a man for chasing McDonald's employee with a chainsaw."
Why would a MacDonald's employee have a chainsaw?
https://cbs6albany.com/news/nation-world/man-accused-of-chasing-mcdonalds-employees-with-chainsaw
Why would a MacDonald's employee have a chainsaw?
https://cbs6albany.com/news/nation-world/man-accused-of-chasing-mcdonalds-employees-with-chainsaw
Dec 26, 2020 08:47:20 #
Dec 26, 2020 08:49:57 #
First thing I thought of also.
Is WGME an affilliate of ABC?
6ABC here in Philly cannot write well either.
Is WGME an affilliate of ABC?
6ABC here in Philly cannot write well either.
Dec 26, 2020 10:13:14 #
tradio wrote:
You never know when a tree will get in your way...
Maybe that MacDonald's has a wood-fired oven/stove.
Dec 26, 2020 10:14:39 #
Dec 26, 2020 10:26:29 #
JRiepe wrote:
The man is apparently insane or high on drugs.
Possibly, but which man?
There are two of them involved here.
(Actually, three, the writer...)
Dec 26, 2020 10:37:34 #
I wonder what his "conditions of release" were -- NO using a chainsaw???
Dec 27, 2020 09:56:53 #
"Man accused of child abuse to get a new lawyer" just a couple of weeks ago here in Boulder. It's too bad he had to do such a thing to get a new lawyer.
Dec 27, 2020 09:57:38 #
jerryc41 wrote:
"PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) — A police department in Maine says they have arrested a man for chasing McDonald's employee with a chainsaw."
Why would a MacDonald's employee have a chainsaw?
https://cbs6albany.com/news/nation-world/man-accused-of-chasing-mcdonalds-employees-with-chainsaw
Why would a MacDonald's employee have a chainsaw?
https://cbs6albany.com/news/nation-world/man-accused-of-chasing-mcdonalds-employees-with-chainsaw
Something to do with a song, perhaps?
'A boy named Alice!'Dec 27, 2020 10:00:29 #
Longshadow wrote:
Possibly, but which man?
There are two of them involved here.
(Actually, three, the writer...)
There are two of them involved here.
(Actually, three, the writer...)
And the one who posted this?
Dec 27, 2020 10:22:39 #
Dec 27, 2020 10:33:00 #
jerryc41 wrote:
"PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) — A police department in Maine says they have arrested a man for chasing McDonald's employee with a chainsaw."
Why would a MacDonald's employee have a chainsaw?
https://cbs6albany.com/news/nation-world/man-accused-of-chasing-mcdonalds-employees-with-chainsaw
Why would a MacDonald's employee have a chainsaw?
https://cbs6albany.com/news/nation-world/man-accused-of-chasing-mcdonalds-employees-with-chainsaw
To cut the tetradactyl meat they use for hamburger??
Mark
Dec 27, 2020 10:40:44 #
In the 1980's, a hilarious compilation of badly written news stories and headlines was published. It was titled: "Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim." Among the hysterical headlines was "Drunk Gets Nine Years in Violin Case". If you can find a copy of the book, you will rolling on the floor and laughing until your sides ache.
Dec 27, 2020 10:43:49 #
News headlines can be quite entertaining. I suspect that some are written in a way such as this to grab the eye of those that have a good command of proper grammar as well as those with a far less grasp.
Of course we understand that a man with a chainsaw is chasing a McDonald's employee and not the other way around which the headline is written in a way to imply....although it does make me chuckle.
Of course we understand that a man with a chainsaw is chasing a McDonald's employee and not the other way around which the headline is written in a way to imply....although it does make me chuckle.
Dec 27, 2020 10:51:48 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
News headlines can be quite entertaining. I suspect that some are written in a way such as this to grab the eye of those that have a good command of proper grammar as well as those with a far less grasp.
Of course we understand that a man with a chainsaw is chasing a McDonald's employee and not the other way around which the headline is written in a way to imply....although it does make me chuckle.
Of course we understand that a man with a chainsaw is chasing a McDonald's employee and not the other way around which the headline is written in a way to imply....although it does make me chuckle.
A good friend of mine spent his career as a reporter for several California newspapers. He told me that those headlines are never intentional. They are the results of hurried editing, that there is a lot of pressure to write them on a daily basis and people (copy editors) just make mistakes. There is the occasional deliberately ironic headline, but more often it is just a screw up. See my post directly above yours about the book.
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