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The Week in WTF1. 2 million, WTF? While we all bask in the post-coital glow that is Blackhawks Fever, we have one final thought from the WTF Office of Crazy-Ass Counting: If there actually were 2 million fans at the recent downtown celebration, that would equal the combined populations of Detroit and San Francisco. Or all of Dallas and Fort Worth together. Or put another way, one in every four people in the Chicago Metro Area. Does that seem likely? The tabulation started with ABC-TV locals (a well-known reliable source for guessing) and was followed quickly by an unnamed "Official in the Mayor's Office of Special Events." Right. And Colonel Custer's Office of Special Events estimated the number of Sioux at Little Big Horn to be roughly 2.7 million. 2. Jim Laski, WTF? I can take a joke as well as the next guy, but convicted muni-bribery maven Jim Laski on WGN-AM as a talk jock? What-the-ROYAL-F! Sure, Laski hasn't escaped notice before, but ya' know, there are just some dead horses that you can't resist hitting again and again. His morning chat with listeners on Monday included using the inventive and hilarious "cha-ching" device to deride Schaumburg politicos for their traffic cameras. Then there was the you've-got-to-be-kidding jabs over poor financial management by government. And then . . . he referred to the financial aspects of the teen lost at sea on her 'round the world trip as "shady." And then . . . He directed a midday fill-in spot with this central question: "Can we fire a woman from her job because she's too sexy?" But Laski deriding anyone for "shadiness"? Wasn't irony killed in the last decade? I got a report. I'm sure of it. We particularly love this description in the Associated Press story: "Murray maintains nothing he did should have killed Jackson." Sounds like another Sacco and Vanzetti put-up job to me. 4. Notre Dame Nation, WTF? Death to the Infidel. Drop your subscription. The extended vituperation against Haugh included this WTF post: "He is to hard work, logical thought, and journalistic integrity what a flaming hamster is to Richard Gere's rectal tissue." I could explain the cultural reference, but it works adequately without. - David Rutter is the former publisher/editor of the Lake County News-Sun, a Sun-Times Media property. He welcomes your comments. - Previously in The Week in WTF: - Also by David Rutter: * Speaking of Notre Dame . . . * Gov. Fester. Posted on June 18, 2010 |
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