Vals Kilmer (like "attorneys general"?)

[Wilson Gray]

That's probably because you're too young to have been taught this as a
prescriptive norrn. For me, "Vals Kilmer" is like unexpectedly running
across an old friend that I hadn't seen in such a long time that I thought
that he was dead.

-Wilson

On 3/26/06, Bapopik at aol.com <Bapopik at aol.com> wrote:
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> This doesn't sound right.
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> _http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2006/03/25/val_kilmers_hea.php#comments_=20
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> http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2006/03/25/val_kilmers_hea.php#comments)=20
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> Astute streetart fans have noticed an increasing prevalence of Val Kilmer
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> heads on the streets of New York. We naturally assumed that some demented
> VK=
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> was putting out a desperate cry for help, but _Fox News has
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> some other theories_ (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,188942,00.html)
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> When the Vals first popped up, conspiracy theorists (who are in
> no  short=20
> supply in New York) immediately began guessing who the perpetrator
> of  the=20
> postings might be =E2=80=94 and why in the world they would do it. Some
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> ested  a=20
> corporate marketing ploy, others an obscure band trying to get its name
> out.=
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> Some were certain that it was the actor himself trying to get back into
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> spotlight.=20
> "Val is against the defacement of any public property," said his publicist
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> Michael Yanni, adding that while Kilmer won't comment directly on the
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> postings, he is aware of them and "definitely intrigued. He is
> wondering=20
> about  the why and who of it all."
> We learned two things from this story: 1) the plural of Val Kilmer is Vals
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> Kilmer (like "attorneys general"), and 2) Fox News is really having a slow
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> week. [Related: we've been tracking the Vals for _quite some  time_=20
> (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluejake/tags/valkilmer/) .]Posted by _Jake
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> (http://www.gothamist.com/staff.php#jake)  in _Art_=20
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