A Conspiracy of English Majors

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June 13, 2008

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Washington	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	10	1
Seattle	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0		6	15	0

MEDICATED BOARD OP: Good morning, WAMU.

CURMUDGEON: Yeah, hey how doon. Listen, you just said on air a coupla minutes ago that The Washington Nationals lost last night in Seattle.

MBO: ... ok ...

CRMDGN: ... when in fact they won last -

MBO: uhhh ...

CRMDGN: -night see. They're few and far is all and -

MBO: What team was it that, uhhh, when do you think you heard this?

CRMDGN: When do I think ... they - listen they WON 7-6 last night. Not lost. I know it's an NPR affiliate I'm talking to, but you do know there's a difference, right?

MBO: Thanks for your call. I'll uhh, see what I can do.

CRMDGN: I know you're busy. I'll let you get back to listening to the network story about petting whales. Hello?




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