MY HYPOTHESIS--

Today’s standard of excellence is mediocrity.

(Note: In recent years I have observed a decline in the quality of many products, services, and performance in general. Postings under this title from time to time will explore this hypothesis.)

MORE SLOPPY JOURNALISM—

“Ala. Couple Celebrate 80th Anniversary
Oct 2, 5:25 PM (ET)

SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (AP) – A Scottboro (sic) couple recently celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary, one of the longest marriages among living people when compared to reports in the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records.

Alonzo, 97, and Beulah Sims, 94, celebrated their anniversary....”

“Longest marriages ‘among living people’....”

How can you have a marriage that exists between non-living people?

Egad!

By the way, the proofreading (sic) above is used to point out a mistake in a quote. Note how they spelled Scottsboro in the dateline different from Scottboro in the body of the story. The version with the second “s” is correct.

They cannot even get the spelling in the name of the town correct.

Our compliments to the celebrants in spite of the lousy journalism.