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nicole bogdas

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Tue Jul 24, 2007 3:13 pm

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From Decatur (Ala.) Daily:

What's the rub at Lacey's Spring?
Sheriff to address church meeting on residents' fears of prostitution
Some citizens contend two Lacey's Springs businesses are fronts for prostitution masquerading as spas.
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"Rub?" I need to take a shower now.
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Unfortunate or not, I'd bet the wording of that headline was quite deliberate.
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I'm sure it was, too. And while I laughed, I'll put my money on most of Decatur being grossed out as opposed to appreciating the sick pun.
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Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:29 pm

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nicole bogdas wrote::
I'm sure it was, too. And while I laughed, I'll put my money on most of Decatur being grossed out as opposed to appreciating the sick pun.

I think it's a pretty good pun. Most punny headlines are groaners -- that one actually works on the two intended levels.

A throwaway I put on the cover tonight, with my hed:

Plenty of ‘go,’
not enough giddyup

CULPEPER, Va. — They weren’t charged with drunken driving, but police
said two people now charged with public drunkenness did try to evade capture on horseback.

They were caught when one was knocked off his horse after riding into a
utility wire and the other fell off her horse, police said.

On Saturday night, witnesses asked a man to stop urinating on the side of a convenience store because children were nearby, said Culpeper police Sgt. Scott Jenkins.

The man cursed those who complained, and after exiting the store, charged the group on his horse, witnesses said. One onlooker retreated behind a propane tank, Jenkins said.
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Jim McBee wrote::
On Saturday night, witnesses asked a man to stop urinating on the side of a convenience store because children were nearby, said Culpeper police Sgt. Scott Jenkins.

Gee whiz.
Could've been something like "Stream of obscenity after public urination," right?
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Douglas E. Jessmer wrote::
Gee whiz.


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Actually, I like 'Gee whiz' quite a bit ...

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