Friday, June 09, 2006

Boat's in Trees

Oh New York Times, writing about 100-Ton Symbols of a Recovery .
To understand a little about this small crustacean of a city nine months after Hurricane Katrina, you have to accept a counterintuitive concept: Boats in the trees.


What? I mean it. What?!?

1) What does the New York Times think that they understand about Alabama? Brandon Kirby scoffs at you, and not the nice kind of scoffing either.

2) What's counterintuitive about Boat's in trees? Obviously in your small world you've never watched "Fist of the North Star" - Ocean liners in skyscrapers

3) Of course the biggest problem is that the photograph is of a boat... not in a tree. I'll edit:

To understand a little about this small crustacean nine months after Hurricane Katrina, you have to accept a bit of cocktail sauce at the counter and stick the shrimp fork into it. I've had better: Look at this photo of a boat on the grass!
"Too late or still too soon too soon to make lots of bad love and there's no time for sorrow. Run around, run around with a hole in your head 'til tomorrow."
-----They Might Be Giants