The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #116814   Message #2512036
Posted By: Rowan
10-Dec-08 - 05:03 PM
Thread Name: BS: Ambiguous Phrasing
Subject: RE: BS: Ambiguous Phrasing
The other cricketing ones that amuse are
"He's coming over the wicket."
and
"He's just bowled his first maiden over."


Many years ago, just after Legionella was identified in Oz as a dangerous bacterium to have in your cooling system, someone checked the system in Parliament House, Canberra, and found it there. The newspaper banners the next day read
"Dangerous germ in Parliament".

Cheers, Rowan