Slog - Comments on The Most Unintentionally Hilarious News Lede of 2008

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:12:21 -0800

See, now if Kenya and her roommate were armed, justice could have been served here.

Comment by monkey

monkey — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:14:40 -0800

And what's so funny?

Comment by Terratint

Terratint — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:15:03 -0800

How would you have written it?

Comment by Jason Petersen

Jason Petersen — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:19:51 -0800

That sentence is utter shit and I hope everyone here immediately sees that.

Here, let me break it down for you:

The SUBJECT of a dog MODIFIER OF DOG MODIFIER OF HOW LEGS BROKEN MODIFIER OF WHERE LEGS BROKEN MODIFIER OF SUBJECT.

It's horrible: the modifier for "the story" comes at the VERY end, and "near klamath falls" comes after "baseball bat".

How would you have written it? I wouldn't have tried to cram so much shit into one sentence.

Comment by mongo

mongo — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:25:24 -0800

Oh, I thought it was funny cuz the dog is getting a "happy ending". I guess im the only immature one here.

Comment by j-zeezer

j-zeezer — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:28:36 -0800

too bad it wasn't a pitbull, the entire stranger staff would have beat that fucker like a pinata stuffed with booze.

Comment by Tdub

Tdub — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:30:54 -0800

So the writer and editor need a lesson in brevity. I wouldn't call this "unintentionally hilarious", or even "hilarious", except that it might be a slow newz day.

Comment by chops

chops — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:34:48 -0800

is the dog getting the happy ending? or is all of kalamath falls getting it? or is it the baseball bat that's near kalamath falls?

Comment by paul

paul — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:38:18 -0800

What exactly is unintentionally hilarious about this?

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:44:09 -0800

Now, if this were a salmon ...

Comment by el rutherford

el rutherford — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:52:46 -0800

Thats all too smart for me to laugh at, just like Arrested Development.

Comment by The Anti-Chihuahua

The Anti-Chihuahua — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:18:19 -0800

I don't see anything funny about it except that it was a chihuahua. Would have also been funny with "poodle" or "cat" in there.

Comment by Reverse Polarity

Reverse Polarity — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:05:18 -0800

I suspect that dog would have been a whole lot happier if those bratty fucking kids hadn't broken its legs with a baseball bat. Even if it is just a glorified rat.

And yes, that is one of the most tortured sentences I've seen in quite a while. At least in a newspaper.

Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball

Jubilation T. Cornball — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:15:37 -0800

This is a very sad story. I hope that poor dog gets nothing but love for the rest of its life.

Those kids will be robbing your houses and raping your girlfriends soon. Good times...

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:34:01 -0800

If you don't stop using the word "lede" I will come down there and tear your throat out with my bare hands. All of you.

Comment by sam

sam — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:54:54 -0800

The suggestion that the dog's owner will be up for adoption is funnier. I wonder why she's having surgery?

Comment by Jay

Jay — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:43:33 -0800

Wow Jonah, you really uncovered a zinger there.

Comment by The Anti-Chihuahua

The Anti-Chihuahua — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:48:28 -0800

So glad to see no arguments. I was afraid what I said would cause a flame war...but it needed said. Chihuahuas and poodles aren't real dogs.