Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Through the lens

Officer Katie Flood serves as our public information officer, takes care of our public web site, and publishes our annual report, among other duties.  As a result, she spends a fair amount of time at her computer. I was walking down the hallway yesterday and saw Officer Katie Flood smiling at her monitor.  I knew it had to be something good, so I stopped and inquired.

"I just saw this headline, and was expecting something a little different," she said.

I glanced at the headline, and my mind's eye immediately inserted a "t" in the word "sealing."  I guess we all tend to see things through the lens of our professional experience.

11 comments:

Steve said...

When I think of joints, my mind goes to cracking and aching. Hell to get old.

Anonymous said...

That's exactly what I thought of. And I am not even a police officer.

Anonymous said...

Steve, I can identify with your comment. I used to think of depends and relies as synomyns. Now, I think of DEPENDS as a necessary product I pick up for my elderly mother. Can I be very far away from needing those pull-up panties for myself?! Yikes! And when I talk to students about their sandals, I forget and call them thongs. Now they're called flip-flops and thongs are a dirty-string that rubs your...Uranus!

Oh my!

Tom Casady said...

11:42,

"Boxers or briefs?", she asked.

"Depends," he replied.

Anonymous said...

Chief, TOOOOOO funny!

Anonymous said...

Chief....

Best joke of the month!

Anonymous said...

Chief,

B1-033962 - let me guess, maybe they left the keys in the vehicle? They must have, since it has an immobilizer ignition standard from the factory.

Anonymous said...

Chief,
If I remember correctly that "Depends" answer cost Bob Dole an election.
Gun Nut

Anonymous said...

Gun Nut,

No, Ross Perot split the vote, but it was a cute joke.

Anonymous said...

Chief,

Did Crimeview Community get 86ed? I get a 404 when I try the link on the IMS website.

Tom Casady said...

5:23,

Months ago. The app may have persisted for quite a while after the links were removed, though. Did we miss a link somewhere, or did you have it bookmarked?


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