Monday, March 28, 2005

Today's addition to our idiom

There's an article in today's New York Times detailing an interesting, if little-enforced, law that exempts servicemen from financial obligations [e.g., mortgages] while they're in active duty. Makes sense. A substantial number of them are getting screwed, because creditors from non-military towns don't know anything about the law and are going around foreclosing everything. It's a shame. However, the silver lining here is that one of the military lawyers involved evoked the most brilliant idiom ever, which I'm sure made the Times reporter squeal with delight:

But these efforts are not enough, said Col. John S. Odom Jr., retired, of Shreveport, La., who is a specialist on the act. "What we need is a way to reach Joe Bagadoughnuts in Wherever, Louisiana," he said. "Because that's where these cases are turning up."
Joe Sixpack, I believe we've found your rightful heir.

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home