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Monday, January 22, 2007

Snapshots from Home:
Linguistic Ambiguity



So Mr UD and I are at the Sackler Museum on the Mall, and we're surrounded by a big group of teenagers plus three priests who seem to be in charge of them... I notice some of the teenagers are wearing red hats with NEBRASKANS FOR LIFE sewed on them in white script, and I say to Mr UD: "Isn't that nice? You know how states like Nebraska are experiencing a population drain? These kids are already proclaiming their intention to stay!"


Mr UD looked hard at UD and laughed. "Didn't you notice the priests? Don't you know tomorrow's the March for Life?"