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2003-12-16 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-12-16 10:39|| || Front Page|| [11134 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Next enlightened statement, brought to you by your favorite spammer:

Penis enlargements work best with men!

Posted by True German Ally 2003-12-16 10:43:25 AM|| 2003-12-16 10:43:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I heard a rumor that ovarian cancer is more common among women, but I'm not sure how reliable the source is.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2003-12-16 10:50:30 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2003-12-16 10:50:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 "Dear, God! Where do they get these people?"

They're the ones who couldn't make it as Theater Arts majors.

Posted by Dave D. 2003-12-16 11:11:43 AM|| 2003-12-16 11:11:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Strangely enough, testicular cancer is also more common among men.

Damn you, Y Chromosome! Damn you!

Posted by Dar 2003-12-16 11:12:41 AM|| 2003-12-16 11:12:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 subheading: "Bush administration admits it has no answers as to why"

Posted by Frank G 2003-12-16 11:15:29 AM|| 2003-12-16 11:15:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Pregnacy is, for some reason, most common among women.

I think I need to get a $10M grant from the government to determine why.

Posted by CrazyFool 2003-12-16 11:41:18 AM|| 2003-12-16 11:41:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 You do know that the majority of people who flunk out of journalism school enter the school of Education, don't you? That's why your son's or daughter's teacher can't add or subtract, and has problems stringing six words together into a coherent sentence. My daughter has had three such teachers in high school in the past two years. Luckily she was able to change two of those classes.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-12-16 1:22:06 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-12-16 1:22:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Magnificent friendly new typeface in the contents area! Death to Sans Serif!

Posted by Shipman 2003-12-16 2:14:31 PM|| 2003-12-16 2:14:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Clearly, these J-School grads weren't pre-med before that.
The Number One problem in detecting prostate cancer in women is finding their &^%ing prostates!
What cretins!

Posted by Jennie Taliaferro 2003-12-16 3:07:33 PM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2003-12-16 3:07:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Ship #8: "Courier." Maybe we can get Fred to try Times-Roman for items, to make more readable.

OP #7: Haven't you noticed (not all, but) the ranks of journalists are fleshed out by them what can neither do, nor teach.

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-16 3:22:38 PM|| 2003-12-16 3:22:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 I used to use a serif font for articles. I didn't think it was as readable as Arial/Geneva.

Shall we try going back to it for a day or two? Then we can argue...

Posted by Fred 2003-12-16 3:31:18 PM|| 2003-12-16 3:31:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Fred I have stupidly strong feeling on SanSerif v. Serif type face... For most native USA types Serif type is easier to follow.... in theory it allows the eye to trail the ups and downs of the typed word more easily... Communists disagreed with this and allowed san serif type to flourish in the nether regions of Helventican dominated Europe.

Actually, it's a matter of what you're used to.. most folks in North America are used to Serif type in the body... Euros are used to Sans Serif. We will talk about type color in the next article . :)

Posted by Shipman 2003-12-16 6:26:06 PM|| 2003-12-16 6:26:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Go open a half-dozen-odd books. And page through a few newspapers. The pros who set type seem to think that if something is a few words long, it is easier to read in Swiss Bold. If it's a few paragraphs long, it's easier to read in Roman.
Looking at things on the screen it may not be so much difference, but then print a whole page of body text in 10-point Arial and in 10-point Times Roman and see which is easier to follow. Serif type tends to drag the eye from one word to the next. Sans serif tends to drag the eye from one line to the next.

Posted by Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-16 9:08:39 PM|| 2003-12-16 9:08:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Battle of the Fonts! Live... on Rantburg!

Posted by tu3031 2003-12-16 9:13:09 PM|| 2003-12-16 9:13:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Wingdings or bust!

Posted by 4thInfVet 2003-12-16 11:15:43 PM|| 2003-12-16 11:15:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 Hmmm, I have to go with seriffed. I prefer (STRONGLY!) Bookman Old Style, but then, I'm a purist... 8^)

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-12-16 11:46:50 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-12-16 11:46:50 PM|| Front Page Top

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