I was about to write a post about the petty, and seemingly unimportant news that the leading newspaper in the south of Sweden, (where I'm from), usually regards as first page material. It can be the sort of ground-breaking news like "Suspicious man talked to kids at playground", or "Lawn mover thieves caught red-handed". Or the headline I found this morning, "Children were offered to try cat food at kindergarten". I found another typical headline yesterday that I wanted to share. It also was a reflection of the news vacuum that exists in Sweden. Only this time, the story was found to be first page material also by a slightly bigger newspaper. I will take the liberty to freely interpret and retell the events leading up to this headline and court case.
A woman calls a dog kennel owner to inquire about a puppy that is for sale. She explains to the owner, (who is also a woman), that she and her co-habiter have been looking for a puppy for a long time, and that they both would have lots of time to tend to the puppy since they are both students. The kennel owner is somehow made to understand that the spouse of the puppy-interested woman is also a woman. She then replies, "I don't trust homosexuals. I once had to deal with transvestites, and I have read that they are into animal pornography." The kennel owner denied the woman to buy the puppy on these grounds. Little did she know (indeed) that this phone call was to be considered a CNN Top Story.
A woman calls a dog kennel owner to inquire about a puppy that is for sale. She explains to the owner, (who is also a woman), that she and her co-habiter have been looking for a puppy for a long time, and that they both would have lots of time to tend to the puppy since they are both students. The kennel owner is somehow made to understand that the spouse of the puppy-interested woman is also a woman. She then replies, "I don't trust homosexuals. I once had to deal with transvestites, and I have read that they are into animal pornography." The kennel owner denied the woman to buy the puppy on these grounds. Little did she know (indeed) that this phone call was to be considered a CNN Top Story.
2 comments:
...well, you would defo enjoy reading the front pages of the "france-antilles" (main news paper of martinique). It goes something like this, most of the time :
"Il tue sa compagne a coup de machette"
"conducteur ivre fauche deux passants"
"1 tonne de cocaine retrouve dans un bateau de pecheur"
....well you get the picture
cat food stories don't seem that bad now do they?
I don't know Alizée, I'd rather that the newspapers would give space to cover more important stuff in depth. But then again people wanna hear about that lawn-mower that was stolen in their neigbourhood, and the cat that found his way back home. It's just funny when put in a bigger perspective. Your backdoor news are not funny in any perspective. But more real in a sense..
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