News Sleuther Gifts

"Do you have a few unsubstantiated claims I can borrow?"

It soon became apparent that the vicar was an undercover journalist.

Joan Hickson

"That new drug causes flatulence."

'Come on Jill, they say the water's well good.'

'And I want that end table for $40...' When bargain hunters crack.

Covidiom: The Pen is Mightier than the Sword.

"Now here's my co-anchor, Nancy, with a conflicting account of that very same story."

'OK... Technically you CAN touch your toes.'

School of journalism and politics.

"Let me through... I’m an armchair detective!"

'These days, it's hard to tell whom to trust - T.V. news, or your social network. . .'

'I got my grant to study why the word 'COOL' persists generation after generation'

'You forgot you list of possible side-effects.'

"The butler did it!"

'But Holmes, how did you know what the victim had for his last meal?'

"Sorry for the delay in fulling your prescription. Since you brought it in there has been two new side effects we have to add to the label."

"Like WikiLeaks has nothing better to do."

"Oh darn, there it is right there: side effects may include squid head."

'Let's go over it again: the cat is out cold, and the only clue is a little wet castle...'

''Rumplestiltskin' sounds like an ALIAS to me!'

'Well you can tell Dr. Zimler that you don't have Dalnik's syndrome, and, in fact, I think you have Zimler's syndrome.'

Conflicting Reports

Top Secret

Subtitle Guessing

'Wait! Tell me again about the 'excessive gas and oily discharge'?'

Reporter at a crime scene.

Reporter #2: plant.

"Get all the information you can, we'll think of a use for it later."

Bored-again Christians.

"On the plus side, by the time you read all the side effects, you'll be done with the medication."

'If I see one more quote from a source not wanting to be identified, I'm canning our company newsletter.'