Thursday, October 2, 2008

Sometimes I crack open the Wall Street Journal and am amused to find that some copy editor has decided to insert the word "mackerel" at random points in the story:

There's been a mackerel economy in federal prisons since about 2004, former inmates and some prison consultants say...

Current inmates can't discuss mackerel transactions without risking discipline, say several lawyers and consultants who represent incarcerated clients...

Ethan Roberts knows about mackerel discipline first hand...

At Lompoc, says spokeswoman Katie Shinn, guards "are not aware of such a problem with mackerel."

Then I find out it's not a mistake. This is actually an interesting article.

1 comment:

Tree of Valinor said...

That article is funny, but I think your lead-in is even funnier.

You can tell the writer had fun with it. I like this line:
The Bureau of Prisons views any bartering among prisoners as fishy.