It's all in how you read it, or have it read to you.

The following headline caught my eye on BBC News today.

I have to admit that I was shocked to learn the following:





This must absolutely explain why people poach animals. They get a a really, really long high from it.

Sign me up. Why not. I could use a 15 year break. Though, imagine that wretched 1st day of the 16th year.

Of course, it really is how you read things, or rather how your mind interprets what you read. I'm sure that the headline was meant to grab attention by all on the internet, but I don't imagine that they were trying to make those that crave a never ending romp through stoned-ville go out and kill a highly endangered mammal. In fact, one (I) only need read a bit further to see that this a warning about the ridiculously high numbers of animals killed for nasal decoration, not a seemingly never ending tear through psychedelia.










English is funny. There are so many words that mean so many different things, and so many phrases that can be taken out of context even without the aid of selective editing.