Saturday, April 14, 2007

"This is spring in North Texas"

From the Dallas Morning News: "The twister touched down at a Minyard supermarket, then cut a path east along State Highway 121. 'It touched down right in the middle of the building,' said 20-year-old Michael Clay, a Minyard employee. 'Right between aisle 5 and 6.'"

I was enjoying this sense of exactness -- reminiscent somehow of a Ray Stevens song -- and then: "'I don't have a job now, but I'm so glad to be alive,' Mr. Clay said."

2 comments:

  1. "I's jes standin' o'er there by the d'maters, and here it come, right between the pole beans and the fruits and veg'tables!"

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  2. Thank you, sir. That was it exactly. I never know how vague 70s pop culture references will go over but you picked that one up immediately. Everything is beautiful.

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