What is big news depends on things and when it happens.
Yesterday the news was that a small plane crashed here on Long Island. 2 or 3 years this would have been major news and husband and I would be concerned and reading the story. Since we have had something like 5 or 6 small plane crashes on the Island in the last couple of years our attitude was only “what, another one?”.
Similarly today there was a story on the news that a plane crashed on a skyscraper in Manhattan. Panic was being assuaged by reports that it was thought to be an accident and not an attack of some kind. I turned to husband when I heard this – “It never occurred to me that it was attack. Only difference to recent reports of air crashes in Manhattan is that it is a plane and not another helicopter.” Later reports changed the story to a helicopter had crashed not a plane.
When the same thing keeps happening, it stops being major news to the readers as it is heading towards a seasonal occurrence.
Templo S.U.D. over 5 years ago
The big news, Baldo, was a Latino lad bragging about his amigo and not waiting to her his own papi tell what it really is.
Carole Athena Costa over 5 years ago
So … are we going to find out what the big news is?
JPuzzleWhiz over 5 years ago
Thank you, Hector and Carlos — I just threw up my breakfast.
WCraft Premium Member over 5 years ago
So disgusting! Please don’t like and encourage him! :-)
RabbitDad over 5 years ago
Who ate it, Cruz or the boy? The “he” was not clearly set.
Charlie Fogwhistle over 5 years ago
The kid ate his nose? Gross. (Intentionally not getting the intended meaning.)
mafastore over 5 years ago
What is big news depends on things and when it happens.
Yesterday the news was that a small plane crashed here on Long Island. 2 or 3 years this would have been major news and husband and I would be concerned and reading the story. Since we have had something like 5 or 6 small plane crashes on the Island in the last couple of years our attitude was only “what, another one?”.
Similarly today there was a story on the news that a plane crashed on a skyscraper in Manhattan. Panic was being assuaged by reports that it was thought to be an accident and not an attack of some kind. I turned to husband when I heard this – “It never occurred to me that it was attack. Only difference to recent reports of air crashes in Manhattan is that it is a plane and not another helicopter.” Later reports changed the story to a helicopter had crashed not a plane.
When the same thing keeps happening, it stops being major news to the readers as it is heading towards a seasonal occurrence.