The local Rag 12/15
While out of town last week I actually read a newspaper, yes a real life newspaper that’s delivered daily to grandmother’s front door. Here at home we have paper it you can call it that. It’s a semi-weekly that should be run over by one as well. Actually our local realtors underwrite the paper as our only local industry is real estate.
Our rag is filled with last months happening and the only the happenings that are covered are what the editor/publisher/manager thinks will sale papers., major scandal. It’s a one-side axe job… the paper has a feather up its nose about our local law enforcement people and the Dept of Natural Resources. Their pot shots alternates weekly these two subjects. So how many times do you have to kill a dead horse?
So opening the Omaha Daily Herald and reading about a local murder, a town mayor running off with funds, and the decline of the Cornhusker football team was a breath of fresh air. Ah… the news of good intent really brings us back in focus of the true meaning of Christmas.
Thumbing though the Omaha newspaper was a challenge. Along with the news there must have been 30 pounds advertising inserts crammed into to the paper (tis the season) as was our mailbox when we got home. I had to use a crowbar to open the thing .
As for the reason why we still subscribe to our local paper? …
the garbage has to go somewhere.
posted by Up North @ 8:08 AM
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2 Comments:
So nice you find a local murder to be "a breath of fresh air". Just imagine how refreshing a local crime spree might be. Wait a minute - with the babysitter's arrival there might be some news coming.......
Thousands Killed as Babysitters Arrive in the Northwoods (Lakeland Times Exclusive)
In what can only be called a tragic series of events thousands were killed at Whitman's Lounge in suburban Hazelhurst. The dead, brain cells of a local resident and several self proclaimed "babysitters" were victims of a relentless drinking spree that covered several days. A surviving brain cell that asked not to be identified was quoted as saying, "It was a bloodbath, there was no where to hide. I went to the brain stem and figured it was just a matter of time before I was a goner but for some reason I was spared."
Services for the deceased brain cells were in the restroom at Whitman's preceded by a brief viewing in the urinal.
OK, you win on this one but I still have a slight problem with our paper and I actually use it to start our evening fires...also the local traffic reports are good for a grin to see who got busted.
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