Posted on 09/23/2009 12:21:58 AM PDT by LibWhacker
CHATTANOOGA — With children and other onlookers holding umbrellas, Sylvester Kitchens stood in the flooded street, laughing and bragging he could swim an overflowing Chattanooga storm ditch outside their house.
Wearing shorts and shirtless, the 46-year-old Kitchens dared onlookers to bet him $5 he couldn't do it. Even when nobody showed any money, Kitchens jumped in.
After bobbing along in the gushing water about 150 feet late Sunday afternoon and grabbing a chain link fence above the ditch, Kitchens lost his grip as family members tried to toss him the end of a water hose. He washed away into an underground culvert.
(Excerpt) Read more at knoxnews.com ...
The first thing I noticed is the bizarre placement of “late Sunday afternoon.” It would have worked fine someplace in the first or second sentence. Why do reporters write like this, instead of like humans?
Hey Ya’ll. Hold ma beer and watch this...
The "but" seems wrong. Shouldn't that be an "and" instead?
Anyway, too bad the guy went out that way. I don't know what else to say about it.
RE: grammatically incorrect “news”
It’s simply not possible to fit the coursework on diversity, political correctness, political activism, Marxism, the Democrat agenda, etc. etc. into a four- or five-year journalist undergraduate program, and still have room left for courses on spelling, composition, proofreading, etc.
another fine example of evolution in action
Because when it got to his editor they said, “You didn’t say when it happened.” When the writer got back to their desk, that’s where the blinking cursor was in the story and they added it.
What are the last words uttered by most rednecks?
“Hey y’all, watch this!”
He knew that if he couldn’t make it, he wouldn’t have to pay the $5.00.
What are the last words uttered by most rednecks?
“Hey y’all, watch this!”
LOL
I think I saw an article last night that said this guy was okay and had waited a day to come home to see if his family was mourning his staged death.
I am trying to find that news article to post a link.
That’s funny!
LOL, Arthur, I think Portcall figured it out!
Culverts, flood waters, and human bodies usually don’t mix well. Occasionally, a dismembered torso will get discovered several days after flood water recede, several miles downstream.
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