View From The Porch: It's okay, they were just ordinary schmucks.

Monday, August 20, 2007

It's okay, they were just ordinary schmucks.

After a whole bunch of people spilled out of a moving vehicle on the set of the latest Tom Cruise flick, a Boche police spokescop said:

"We have no findings to suggest anyone famous was involved in the accident,"

Well, that's okay then...

9 comments:

Anonymous said...: Is Cruise out on a limb here, trying to prove Hitler was not a Scientologist? Let's presume Godwin's Law cannot be invoked for WWII movies...; 8:54 AM, August 20, 2007
Anonymous said...: LOL, I read that as:

"[Sadly], we have no findings to suggest anyone famous was involved in the accident."

Maybe next time.; 9:45 AM, August 20, 2007
7.62x54r said...: They were probably just "extras". By definition, you won't miss 'em if you lose a few extras.

Now if 11 members of congress were to fall off a truck, that would be something to write about!; 9:50 AM, August 20, 2007
Tam said...: Yeah, because it was about 524 legiscritters too few. ;); 9:58 AM, August 20, 2007
phlegmfatale said...: It's ok as long as no animals were harmed in the filming of this motion picture.
extras = prosthetics anyhoo; 10:33 AM, August 20, 2007
Deathlok said...: So did they count Cruise in the "no one famous" category.; 12:39 PM, August 20, 2007
Matt G said...: He said it poorly, but there's actually a reason to differentiate between famous folks and non-famous folk.

Here in the U.S., "Public Figures," who have thrust themselves into the public limelight, have fewer rights to privacy, with regard to news releases on them. The spokesman may well have said, "I can't tell you about anyone involved in the accident."

But of course, that wouldn't have appeased reporters who just wanted to know if they could put someone's famous name in bold in their articles, stories, and sidebars.; 2:51 PM, August 20, 2007
7.62x54r said...: I thought he meant, "Y'all can relax, there weren't any cops or fireman so we won't shut down traffic for two days while we hold a parade in honor of their heroic sacrifice."; 3:05 PM, August 20, 2007
Matt G said...: Do they do that there?

They don't here.; 5:06 PM, August 20, 2007