To: nickcarraway
"When the officer went to take the suspect into custody, the suspect threw his car into reverse and smashed one of the police cars. The officer suffered injuries as a result of that," San Francisco Fire Department spokesman Neville Gittens said.
Do these spokesmen go to some kind of class that teaches them how to talk so convolutedly?
Normal people would say, "Popal backed into a police car and injured the officer who was trying to arrest him."
Ole Neville here: 33 words.
Me: 16 words.
Sheesh.
9 posted on
08/31/2006 8:26:09 PM PDT by
Xenalyte
(No movie shall triumph over "Snakes on a Plane.")
To: Xenalyte
"Islamofascist" descriptor would have been useful in either case.
To: Xenalyte
Ole Neville here: 33 words. Me: 16 words. Maybe he gets paid by the word, LOL!
18 posted on
08/31/2006 9:31:55 PM PDT by
Tamar1973
(Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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