In Ellen's defense, I think she was referring to the misspelling of
the word "thieves," and no, I do not think it was intentional. It was
correctly spelled in the print edition.
Stpehanie
On 4/30/06, k8 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> You hear of caladiums being snatched from the soil in Silver Spring and
> junipers getting hijacked from a Beltsville nursery; you check out the crime
> report in Fairfax County and, just about every week this spring, you read
> where some dirtbag has purloined plants or lifted leafy things.
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> Plantnapping -- it's a dirty business.
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> Joel Curtin knows. They stole his strawberries, his jade, his aloe. They
> even copped his crown of thorns and it wasn't even healthy. They waltzed
> right up the concrete steps of his storybook house -- white with green trim
> -- in Brookland a few nights ago and ripped off a dozen or so plants worth
> more than $250.
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> What really hurt: They lifted a large terra cotta pot full of mint. It was
> the mint he popped in his bourbon after a long day of helping lawyers solve
> tech problems. It was the mint he shared with his girlfriend, Hun Quach,
> after her long days as a legislative aide on Capitol Hill.
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> On 4/29/06, Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> The home page of washingtonpost.com today has this as the title of one
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> • Theives Just Uproot and Leave
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> In the article itself the word is spelled correctly. I can't believe
> this got past the editor(s)! That's just sloppy.
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