Saturday, May 26, 2012

On the cusp of a major scoop.

Unbelievable.

The press, including the AP and overseas papers, gets hold of the story of a guy in Dubuque, Iowa, who is arrested for drunk driving after walking into a bar with a zebra and a parrot.

"It sounds like a joke," the stories open, and then they--go nowhere.

"Guy walks into a bar" jokes are the only reason this story is a story. Without "Guy walks into a bar" jokes, this is just a guy with problems and unusual pets. Yet, in a worldwide epidemic of journalistic lapses, none of the news outlets tells the joke!

What joke? Good question. If anyone can figure it out, I can, and I'll scoop the world in next week's Argus/Dispatch column.

Update--June 1: here it is.

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