An Onion world
Nick's being asking whether he is in the real world, or some Onion-inspired creation, and yesterday's Daily Mail, and today's Melanie Phillips might give him some further cause for concern.First off the Mail, with its headline 'Is tap water killing our unborn babies?'. Second a letter to the Daily Mail, which sadly I have left at home but [update - I will now quote]
"We were one of the 110 British drivers stopped on Easter Saturday and believe that we were speeding...we missed two ferries because of this disgraceful and vindictive process targeted at the British tourist -- Marily Mitchell, Bucks. "
Finally on to dear old Melanie Phillips, who today tells us this shocking story:
"The utterly dreadful case of the teenage girl who was abducted by her boyfriend and then doused with petrol and set alight by two other girls revealed a depth of inhumanity that is difficult to grasp."
Difficult to grasp for us mere mortals, but not for our Mel: "So what explains this barbarism? Mental illness? No. A detail in this account, not reported in other papers, provides the vital clue:'The court had been told that the three girls had planned revenge on Debra, whom they saw as a love rival, during a weekend of drinking and smoking cannabis.'"
Yes, that's right -- drinking alcohol explains this barbarism. Oh, hang on -- Mel's not done yet:
"Tell me again that cannabis produces only spaced-out hippies waving their hands in the air and going 'chill out, man'."
Er...who told her first time?
posted by Matthew @ 4/22/2004 01:14:00 PM
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