A hilarious, but serious issue.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/world/europe/23crapstone.html?_r=1&bl&ex=1233032400&en=11a2bd70cd486544&ei=5087%0A
Sarah Lyall
This was a tough topic to write about and make it a good article but Sarah Lyall made it happen. This article is about street and towns names that are inappropriate. Lyall starts the article with,
"When ordering things by telephone, Stewart Pearce tends to take a proactive approach to the inevitable question 'What is your address?” This town is called Crapstone. Crapstone, England. Lyall works off this name and puts in personal experiences that a restaurant owner has encountered over the years with there town name. She then did her reseacher, mostly Lyall googled in "most embrassing street address or towns" and put in some quick facts. After that she went into a serious part in her aritcle, about if this is apportiate and how people in Crapstone feel. Lyall started the article off strong and ended it that way too. She ends with a quote, "Still, when strangers ask where she’s from, she admitted, 'I just say I live near Plymouth."(Meaning she's too embrassed to admit where she is really lives.)
I would recommand reading this article if you need a laugh. =D
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3 comments:
This is a perfect human interest story. It's a bit quirky and unusual. The topic is something people might be vaguely familiar with - enough that they can appreciate the topic without already knowing all the information. It was probably as much fun to write as it is to read. It's also timeless, which is perfect when there isn't any big news to cover.
I agree - although it's a completely random article with no real significance, it is sort of fun to read, and who couldn't do with a little fun?
This article made me laugh and was actually interesting to read. The reader would read from beginning to end just to read town names that are unappropriate but hilarious at the same time. It is a good comic relief piece after reading news story after news story.
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