http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090102/oldest_person_090102/20090102?hub=Health
I saw one of these articles a while back. About a month or two later there was another one. Then maybe a week or so back there was a third.
I can't help but wonder -- is it really newsworthy that the oldest person in the world just died?
I mean, of course the world's oldest person just died. That's what the oldest people in the world tend to do. Once they do there is a new world's oldest person (heretofore referred to as "WOP"). And guess what? He/she is going to die too. Probably pretty soon.
Now don't get me wrong; these peoples' lives are amazing and I enjoy reading about them. But it seems like lazy journalism. A perpetually reoccurring story an editor can plug in every time he needs a filler story.
In the spirit of the WOP articles, here are three other stories they could cover just to mix things up a bit:
- World's Youngest Person Just Born
- People Are Eating Food Somewhere
- After a Brief Absence, The Sun Has Reappeared and Seems to be Traveling in a Westerly Direction
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That last one sounds familiar. Did that come from Letterman (or some other comedian), or did I just read it in the local paper?
Uhh...I don't know. I hope I made it up.
I love media tidbits like this because it helps me to remember that "Sometimes things like this happen... unless they don't."
Ps- I can see Calvin's underpants- which is funny because they aren't really "pants" at all, are they?
lolX2
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