If you are not a reader of The New York Post, then you perhaps do not share my appreciation for stories found there (and perhaps nowhere else) and the headlines that announce them.
By way of example, I did not know until I perused the Post's web site earlier this week that Thursday, November 12 was the 50th anniversary of an (the?)) "infamous Oregon whale explosion". Truthfully, until I saw the headline I had no idea that exploding whales were a problem anywhere, including but not limited to the great state of Oregon.
With all due respect to Cincinnati's most famous and well-respected newsman, Les Nessman, turkeys hitting the ground like bags of wet cement has nothing - NOTHING - on the fresh hell that Oregon TV newsman Paul Linnman and his cameraman, Doug Brazil, endured on a beach in Florence, Oregon a half-century ago (do yourself the great favor of watching the entire video and doing so with the sound on to enjoy Mr. Linnman's reporting).
You shall never hear "Thar she blows!" quite the same way ever again, right?
-AK
Thar she blows, indeed! You unearthed a whale of a tale.
ReplyDeleteI think Kelly might appreciate the musical reaction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwIPiw4_Ba8&ab_channel=LedZeppelin-Topic