[net.nlang] Was the pun intended?

rob@ptsfa.UUCP (Rob Bernardo) (07/17/85)

On the CBS Evening News this evening, Dan Rather, in reference to
in infestation of grasshoppers in the Utah/Idaho region said;

It's the greatest infestation in Utah since the Mormon's settled.



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alan@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Alan Algustyniak) (07/26/85)

>On the CBS Evening News this evening, Dan Rather, in reference to
>in infestation of grasshoppers in the Utah/Idaho region said;
>
>It's the greatest infestation in Utah since the Mormon's settled.

A couple of months ago, during the fierce storm in India, a newsreader
on CNN Headline News said:

It's the worst disaster to hit India since it became independent of Britain.

	alan