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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Criminal Sentence 406: Can Haircuts Have Names?

From a blurb in my local newspaper:

"... a 27-year-old woman with a bowl cut named Katie."

I thought that was hilarious! Her bowl cut was named Katie?

(If you're confused, search for "misplaced modifier" on this blog.)

4 comments:

ChildsPlay said...

My bowl cut is named Fred.

Laura said...

What? You never heard of Peg-tails or a Paige boy? Or my favorite style, the Bob?

The Sentence Sleuth said...

Thanks for making me laugh, guys!

Westley said...

I immediately thought of the story about the sailor with a wooden leg...named Sam. :-)