A news teaser heard on KMOX this morning: "One pumpkin patch closes; another one opens..."
"But is it sincere?!" I shouted at the radio.
I don't know where or why one pumpkin patch's closing begat another one's opening, but I think it's reasonable to ask that about the new pumpkin patch. Linus and other Great Pumpkin followers would likely have approved.
On second thought, describing a pumpkin patch as sincere in a news story would be editorializing. Still, I hope the station obtained a sound bite from the pumpkin patch owner or a citizen attesting to the new pumpkin patch's sincerity or lack thereof. Clearly, the story would have been incomplete otherwise.
