Journalism 101: The Importance of Underpants
[Guest post by DRJ]
Any story about “underpants” has got to be good:
“An Australian man dressed only in his underpants survived a fall from his ninth-storey apartment when an apparent incident of high jinks went badly wrong, police said Tuesday.”
The importance of underpants to this event escapes me but I’m just a Yank. Maybe underpants have special powers down under or maybe Australian journalists just know a good story when they see one.
— DRJ
DRJ – Looks like he took his mother’s advice. They look clean.
daleyrocks (906622) — 10/15/2007 @ 9:14 pmMaybe it had to do with the uh, aerodynamics factor.
But good lord, what an eyesore.
Itsme (7d820e) — 10/15/2007 @ 11:24 pmThe importance of underpants. I gave that lecture to my three year old daughter, i.e., “When I get you ready for school, don’t wait until I’ve walked you inside the classroom to tell me I forgot to put on your underpants. It’s not funny.” Luckily, the school keeps a couple of spare pairs on hand just for that problem.
dave (393eef) — 10/15/2007 @ 11:32 pmI once caramelized some underwear. The story is here, but I don’t really recommend reading it.
Doc Rampage (ebfd7a) — 10/15/2007 @ 11:35 pmThey certainly did for Mitt Romney’s religion’s founder.
Allegedly.
Christoph (92b8f7) — 10/16/2007 @ 2:11 amHeh.
Leviticus (68eff1) — 10/16/2007 @ 6:09 amI believe specifically citing underpants in this scenario is important primarily due to the alternative.
Also, “high jinks”? Where’s the love for “shenanigans”?
PCachu (e072b7) — 10/16/2007 @ 7:15 ami don’t wear underpants. i don’t fully understand their appeal. when i take my jeans off, you get to see the source of the force!
assistant devil's advocate (2e1b4f) — 10/17/2007 @ 1:01 amIt must be underpants week.
DRJ (67ced6) — 10/17/2007 @ 7:39 pmJust trying to visualize the shrugs and “who me?” looks.
Itsme (689e6f) — 10/17/2007 @ 8:05 pmAdult Male Mormans do wear “holy underwear”. Which may originate with founder, Smith, or not.
Gerry (5c570e) — 10/18/2007 @ 1:11 pm