Reading things wrong

SilverFoxKnows

SilverFoxKnows

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Yahoo news has a story titled "US forces punch through Iraq desert outposts". Now, I know it means that soldiers from the US punched a hole in the Iraqi resistance defenses. But for just a second I had an image of US soldiers forcing large amount of HiC fruit punch through some little shack out in the desert. Either I didn't get enough sleep last night or I shouldn't have done so much acid when I was younger. :footinmou

Frank
 
I look at today's headlines and phrases strangely too, Silverfoxknows.



munk
 
we live in a time where the attention spans of the masses are accurately measured in nanoseconds. Do we actually need whiz-bang action verbs to make war more exciting? Couldn't the headline read "US advances thru iraq desert outposts"? What;s with all the ZOK-BIFF batman stuff in the news.
At any rate the thought of hundreds of gallons of HiC being pumped into an enemy strong hold is very amusing to me.

Jake
 
I look at today's headlines and phrases strangely too
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Amen to that.
For example, when did the British locution "to go missing" replace the good old American "to get lost"? "The 11-year-old went missing yesterday afternoon, said a sheriff's department spokesman." Do you mean she wandered off and got lost?
When did "robust" take over for simple "strong"? "American force levels in the embattled province were described as more robust than ever by a Marine spokesman". All the Marines I know would've said they were about to administer a dose of whoopas$.
:confused:
 
This falls right in there with "US ships head to Africa" :D Love it.........
 
Remember the last bear thread here, a week or two ago?

What did I see? "Another Beer Thread." Not once, but twice. I recall scratching my head as I looked at it the first time, wondering why the heck everyone was talking about animals and not beverages.

Of course, this was a matter of the reader seeing what he wanted to see, not poor wording.
 
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