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Massholes know the best time to work on scratch tickets is behind the wheel
By adamg on Wed, 09/10/2008 - 10:17am
The Cambridge Chronicle reports a guy working on a scratch ticket while driving his Jeep down Mt. Auburn Street on Aug. 31 plowed into a utility pole, which then fell on four people. The driver was also injured when his Jeep landed on the driver's side. On a positive note, the guy won $100 from the ticket - which should help pay for his legal costs - the paper reports.
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this happened in Watertown
even though the article is on the Cambridge newspaper's website.
Fixed
Thanks from the Center for the Geographically Challenged.
Print headline suggestions welcomed
Hi, this is the editor of the Watertown TAB. I don't put my print edition to bed till tomorrow morning. I haven't come up with a great print headline for this one yet. Any suggestions?
Also, small correction to Adam's headline: The crash happened at 9:15 p.m.
Jackpot
Scratch ticket comes up three collisions.
I need a personal copy desk!
Gah! Fixed.
Headline
"Driver wins C-note, T-bones utility pole"
extra extra
-Unprecedented: Scratch ticket winnings will be used for legal fees instead of more scratch tickets
-Lottery is tax on those bad at math, driving
-Driver wins $100, just misses Darwin Award
Thanks, everyone
Thanks for the headline suggestions.
After thinking about it, since several people were pretty badly hurt, I decided to go against an attempt at humor. I'll probably go with something straight-forward like "Driver loses control while working on scratch ticket"