Today's Misreading requires a little explanation. Last night, I woke to the sound of my cat choking up a hair-ball - a prolonged episode - with that gagging, puking sound that made me wonder where it landed and where NOT to step in the morning.
So when I turned to the Sports Section of the New York Times - front page - and read "Latest Spiked Hair-ball Lacks a Name," I was, to put it mildly, baffled. What is a hair-ball doing on the sports page? And what, exactly, is a spiked hair-ball? A new kind of do? A Mohawk-like hair-ball?
So, I read more carefully this time. The Headline? Latest Heir To Spiked Ball Lacks a Name - and is all about an heir to the end-zone spike- that age-old touchdown celebration. Now, two celebrants run towards each other, leap into the air and turn around smashing their jersey numbers together. It has nothing to do with a hair-ball, really, but have you seen the tresses on players lately?? Long locks cascade from many a helmet. Include a helmet collision in the celebratory dance, and well, you could call it a spiked hair-ball after all.
So when I turned to the Sports Section of the New York Times - front page - and read "Latest Spiked Hair-ball Lacks a Name," I was, to put it mildly, baffled. What is a hair-ball doing on the sports page? And what, exactly, is a spiked hair-ball? A new kind of do? A Mohawk-like hair-ball?
So, I read more carefully this time. The Headline? Latest Heir To Spiked Ball Lacks a Name - and is all about an heir to the end-zone spike- that age-old touchdown celebration. Now, two celebrants run towards each other, leap into the air and turn around smashing their jersey numbers together. It has nothing to do with a hair-ball, really, but have you seen the tresses on players lately?? Long locks cascade from many a helmet. Include a helmet collision in the celebratory dance, and well, you could call it a spiked hair-ball after all.
