‘Dave Barry’ Archives
A Leap in Cow Control
People always ask me: How come the newspaper prints so much bad news? How come the front page always has negative headlines like: "Freak Espresso Machine Explosion Destroys Crowded Starbucks"? Why don't we print stories with a positive slant, like: "Destroyed Starbucks Was Popular Gathering Place for Lawyers"? Well, OK, then. You want good [...]
Not Exactly Razor-Sharp
Not Exactly Razor-Sharp By Dave Barry, Tribune Media Services Barry, Dave - Classics We continue to see an alarming decline in the quality of our nation's criminals. Consider the man who tried to rob a mini-mart in Vernon, Conn., as reported in a Journal Inquirer story sent in by alert reader Dan Thompson. The robber elected to wear a [...]
