re: #91 retired cynic

Maybe he was wearing a wig, and the copy editor thought it was more fun this way.

in fairness, the reporter actually was clear in the story. it’s the headline writer (who almost never is the reporter) who managed to create comedy with brevity. Though I’ve written headlines before, and it is a real art. First, you almost never know or care what the story is about, and second, you are constantly having to find ways to fit the headline into the preordained space left by the lay-out person.