truth!
If you were to say you could write me a fictional story that included dog cloning, beauty queens, skipping bail, a mormon sex scandal, and criminals posing as Irish deaf mute actors, I would have said, “Pshaw!” But there is such a story. And it is true.
6 Comments so far
1. amy wrote on August 9th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
WHAT???
2. Miss E wrote on August 9th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
What a beautiful world we live in.
3. Marywt wrote on August 10th, 2008 at 9:41 am
You write that book and I’ll buy it for our collection! True crime rules1
But she can’t be all strange if she’s a dog lover….
4. kasia wrote on August 11th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
This is my favorite story in a long time. I’ve been getting a kick out of it all week.
5. Sonya wrote on August 12th, 2008 at 6:57 am
My favorite quote is:
“I loved him so much,” she told a judge, “that I would ski naked down Mount Everest in the nude with a carnation up my nose if he asked me to.”
Also, is the term ‘deaf mute’ ok’d in the AP Style Book?
6. jennybento wrote on August 12th, 2008 at 7:07 am
No! There’s an entry for it totally prohibiting it. Oddly in British stories it says mimes, so maybe when referring to mimes and not actual deaf people (as the stylebook refers to) is okay? Why not say mime?