Joined: Thu Apr 29, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 21 Location: Chicago, Ill.
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Heh. I was cranking out obits at my first newspaper job when I spotted what I thought was my first big scoop. A large number of the forms from the local funeral homes had "Homemaker" listed for "Last job held." Ah-ha, I thought: a terrifying spate of senior-citizen deaths at the local chain of big-box furniture stores! Pulitzer Prize, here I come ...<p>SENIORS SUCCUMB TO FURNITURE FUMES Sofa Scandal Revealed By Ace Local Reporter<p>... I'm sure that editor still laughs when he thinks about the wet-behind-the-ears cub begging to do an investigative piece on the Homemaker Plague.
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