Croker Sack

"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." — Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956)

Thursday, December 16, 2004

Hens' Teeth Discovered in Bellevue

As reported by The Seattle Times:

Bellevue business leaders call it The Disaster That Wasn't: three traffic interchanges rebuilt and a new mass-transit overpass added in the city's commercial heart without fatally clogging its arteries with gridlock.

And doing it millions of dollars under budget and a year ahead of schedule to boot.


That second paragraph isn’t even a complete sentence. It should have said:

And doing it millions of dollars under budget and a year ahead of schedule to boot is as rare as hens’ teeth.


So many old sayings, so few chances to use them, and that reporter missed one!

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