News Reporting

The headline was "Man sentenced for trying to rob a bank dressed as a woman." What was the violation? Was the bank dressed as a woman? Was the man dressed as a woman? Was the problem the bank robbery attempt or the dress code? I wonder where the modifier is really supposed to go?  This becomes increasingly confusing as we ponder it more.

I wonder how many of my communications are unintelligible on a daily basis - including this very sentence.

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Dave Spotts
blogging at http://capnsaltyslongvoyage.blogspot.com