Tuesday, November 24, 2009

man bites dog

Talk about a slow news day. Walking in this morning, five minutes early, as usual (athankyou), I’m met by a bit of chaos. A lot of standing, some fast talking. Something's cooking. I get a half-nod from across the way. Good morning to me.

I hear something about getting 'a camera down there'... Down where?

Down to the deer. The deer downtown. It was first spotted by Lakeshore. Perhaps it came in on the GO. Got out at Union. Wanted to see the big city before transit prices went up. Yes, there is a deer downtown and the press must be there. Not just the press. Half a dozen lit cruisers, a collection of able cops, the Toronto Emergency Task force and every news station in the GTA.

If someone doesn’t get shot today, tonight’s top story might be ‘Squirrel Gets Mashed By Car’.

1 comment:

Derek Kreindler said...

The biggest economic fraud is being perpetrated as we speak, the 9/11 conspirators are about to go on trial and global warming has been exposed as a fraud. Somehow, a deer has (briefly) usurped H1N1's position at the top of the "24 hour news cycle" food chain.

And they wonder why we don't pay attention in lectures.