Thank you, Mike. because I'd never heard of > Oregon, Louisiana and wondered where it was :) my image of Louisiana's coloured by Southern Gothic. Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 9:20 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: These leftists? > DR: > >> Yes this is also in "The Scotsman," but not reported here > JE: > > why d'you think that is, David? (I can't find the nutria story - > > is that an Oregon one? ) > > > Yes, it is an Oregon story, Judy, a man shot a snorkler because he though he > thought it was (so he says) a nutria. Reading the headline -- "Oregon Man > Shoots Snorkler Thinking He Was a Giant Rodent" -- I was certain that it had > to have been a Louisiana story and read it because I'd never heard of > Oregon, Louisiana and wondered where it was. Lo and behold, it was > Eugene,Oregon which is apparently very much like the South. > > Mike Geary > Memphis > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html