Monday, May 12, 2003

You were probably wondering about this. I know I was....(from Best of the Web)


Lost in Space
Over the weekend, the Associated Press reported that a mental hospital in Portland, Ore., was hiring a "Klingon interpreter" to speak to mental patients who refuse to speak in any tongue other than that of the "Star Trek" aliens. But Kuro5hin.org, a technology-news site, finds that this is a case of bureaucratic, not clinical, insanity. The Oregonian reports that "in reality, no patient has yet tried to communicate in Klingon." The advertisement for a Klingon interpreter was a preventive measure, in case a "Klingon" patient shows up. The AP omitted this fact, leading to the impression that Oregon had been invaded by self-styled Klingons.

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