tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9440892.post726158094208055022..comments2023-10-21T06:47:36.819-07:00Comments on p3 - Persuasion, Perseverance, and Patience: The LO/KPOJ "Lost Limerick Challenge"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9440892.post-62457147507675244672010-02-01T23:55:46.300-08:002010-02-01T23:55:46.300-08:00These were a delight! And I'm proud to say I ...These were a delight! And I'm proud to say I got two out of three right -- not bad for a New Yorker, who's clueless about what's happening in your part of the country.<br /><br />Thanks for linking to my limerick!<br /><br />PS Are you on Facebook or Twitter? If so, we should exchange follows.Mad Kanehttp://www.madkane.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9440892.post-76131914418056960382010-02-01T12:26:34.690-08:002010-02-01T12:26:34.690-08:00The answers:
#1: Breaks into jail.
The story: ...The answers: <br /><br />#1: Breaks <i>into</i> jail.<br /><br /><b>The story:</b> A "distraught" Medford man who'd been consuming alcohol and marijuana wanted help from the local police, but couldn't get an answer at their front entrance. <br /><br />They found him climbing <i>into</i> jail, over a fence where prisoners are brought in.<br /><br />He was taken to the county's sobriety center and referred to mental health services.<br /><br /><br />#2: Pay.<br /><br /><b>The story:</b> Nationwide, college presidents' salaries are going up, but in Oregon, salaries for the top officials at Oregon's seven public universities being dropped 4.7%. <br /><br />Without the passage of 66 and 67, would they be working for tips at the student cafeteria?<br /><br />A special Rose Bowl footnote: The combined salaries for Oregon's 7 university presidents is $1.8 million, which just barely exceed the top public university presidential salary, at Ohio State, $1.6 million,<br /><br /><br />#3: Sea turtles<br /><br /><b>The story:</b> It's a win-win: Coast Guard pilots got an opportunity to practice airlifting unusual cargo, and two rare stranded sea turtles got a free C-130 airplane ride from Newport Beach to SeaWorld in San Diego. <br /><br />The turtles, both in the 100 lb range and native to the Indian Ocean, will be rehabbed at SeaWorld and, with luck, released back into the ocean.Nothstinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00845864846626727286noreply@blogger.com