crash blossom of the morning

[Joel S. Berson]

At 7/16/2010 02:40 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>  Here's another one for you, although it's not as drastic.
>>
>>Small Joaquin Rodriguez shows big names his heels
>
>Rodriguez won today's stage of Tour de France by outsprinting one of the
>favorites after the two of them dropped the rest of the field on a
>climb. Even with that knowledge, it took me a second to process the
>headline. Maybe it's just me...

I think it is just you.  :-)  Or did you read it as (note the semiocolon):

"Small Joaquin Rodriguez shows big; names his heels"?

I too might honor my heels my naming them if they were responsible
for a stage victory in the Tour de France.

Joel

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