THE DAILY BLADE: Urgent, Urgent, Emergency
Tyler Engelhard, 21, called 911 and told the dispatcher that his parents “should be in jail” and that police would “find out why,” the Associated Press reports. Hoping to head off the commission of a crime, a sheriff’s deputy raced to Englehard’s home only to learn that the call for help was a hoax. Englehard just “wanted to see a hot chick.” The upstate New York man was charged with falsely reporting an incident.
A couple of weeks ago, after deputies had responded to a noise complaint and went on their way, Lorna Jeanne Dudash called 911 back to request that the “cutie pie” deputy return. After twice questioning Dudash about the nature of the emergency, the dispatcher determined that all the 45-year old Aloha, OR woman wanted was for her telephone number to be passed on to the deputy. Inexplicably, the dispatcher sent the deputy to Dudash’s home, where he confirmed that there was no emergency and arrested her for misusing the 911 system.
Horniness is not a life-threatening condition, and The Stiletto doesn’t condone wasting the time and resources of the emergency response system on frivolity. But she feels constrained to point out that Dudash’s photo was immediately published online, as well as broadcast on local TV, so readers and viewers could judge for themselves whether she was too good-looking to have to resort to a stunt like this, or too homely to get a date any other way. Thus far, no local or national media has shown us what Englehard looks like. The Stiletto thinks this smacks of sexism.
Doesn't Anyone Know How To Poofread Anymore?
TextTrust, a Toronto-based company that checks clients’ Web sites for spelling mistakes, had to reissue a press release to correct a typo. According to
TextTrust, which says it focuses on "eliminating the negative text impressions on Web sites," re-released a Tuesday news release to correct a mistake that listed the most common spelling errors on "the 16 million we (sic) pages it has spell checked over the past year."
The trouble is, the Reuters dispatch itself had a typo in the second paragraph and had to be reissued as well. The original sentence read:
TextTrust, which says its focuses on …
TextTrust’s typo was the fault of its PR consultant, Pat Brink, who fell on her sword right away – probably in the hope of not getting the ax:
"I made the mistake, not TextTrust – they do a much better job, It's certainly egg on the face of this public relations person."
The Stiletto does not know which reporter, editor or copyeditor at
Even The Stiletto Isn't This Cynical
Anderson, Kid Rock to Wed Numerous Times
- Associated Press, July 27, 2005
The Stiletto Also Objects To The Wanton Waste Of Beer
Activists Protest Beer-Swilling Pigs
- Associated Press, July 27, 2005
Follow-Up
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL) was cited as being “Not The Sharpest Knife In The Drawer” on Tuesday because of this appearance on Comedy Central's “The Colbert Report” in which he “admitted” to using cocaine and consorting with prostitutes for fun. In the aftermath of Wexler’s misadventure, the NBC and ABC morning shows both ran segments wondering why politicians - who routinely are made to look foolish by Colbert - bother to appear on the show. Mat Lauer speculated that, perhaps they “want to look hip.”
Naturally, Colbert's nose got out of joint - after all, it would put a serious crimp in his livelihood if politicians became too wary to agree to appearances. So he hits back by explaining to the MSM exactly where he – and it – falls on the journalism food chain.
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February 7, 2007
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Maybe the uniformed little go-getters should all get rabies shots so they won't foam at the mouth this year as The Stiletto politely explains about carb-counting when she declines to buy those yummy cookies: In what federal authorities are calling the largest proactive rabies outreach effort ever conducted in the US, health officials in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC have notified the parents of nearly 1,000 Girl Scouts that they may have come into contact with rabid bats while at Camp Potomac Woods near Leesburg, VA. All five bats tested so far were negative for the ...
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