Don't you know, they called the police in
HeadsUp: The Blog is embarking on a late-night campaign to stamp out the Police investigate headline. Praiseworthy. And the Police investigate lead sentence should follow it out the window.
As fev points out, the act that the police are investigating is pretty much always going to be of more interest to the reader than the police investigation—particularly one that has not yet turned anything up. And there’s the awful monotony of that formula turning up day after day in crime story after crime story.
Besides, if a woman is found dead in the yard of a southwest Charlotte home, after being dropped off at the unoccupied residence by a friend, who you gonna call, Ghostbusters?
Once fev has stamped that one out, perhaps he can turn his attention to the zebra mussel, the emerald ash borer, and starlings.
Comments
Uh oh, I may be a heathen. What's the problem with the zebra mussel, the emerald ash borer, and starlings?
Starlings are an annoyance, of course, but how are they linguistic annoyance?
Posted by: Hal Laurent | October 15, 2011 10:52 PM
They're all invasive species, considered pests.
Posted by: John McIntyre | October 15, 2011 10:54 PM
Can we please add purple loosestrife, Eurasion millfoil, and the Asian longhorn beetle to that list? (Although the zebra mussel may be the only one on fev's home turf, assuming it's made its way into Lake Erie by now.)
Posted by: Garrett Wollman | October 16, 2011 12:32 AM
I got to my 15 page view limit with this post. I am annoyed that the only option for getting continued access involves giving the Sun my credit card information. As a print subscriber I would prefer to put it on that bill.
As I was about to say when I started, don't forget the stinkbug!
Posted by: Dahlink | October 16, 2011 7:36 AM