filed under WTF?
as in “Where the…?”
9:05AM ON
05/27/2008
BY
Beth Comery
Journalism 101. Okay class, a prominent United States senator from a famous American family has recently had a dire diagnosis of cancer, but he is out of the hospital and appearing very chipper. In fact, in an uplifting display of his optimism and fortitude he is participating in his favorite annual boat race, the “Figawi”. This is a story of national and local importance so… what to do… what to do? Let’s just put it in quotes, and then stop putting it in quotes, and pray we haven’t offended our advertisers.
May 27th, 2008 at 11:53AM
Andrew B Says:
Ok, I’m stumped. What is this post referring to?
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May 27th, 2008 at 4:59PM
Beth Comery Says:
It’s based on an old and very lame joke involving the Figawi Indians. This boat race seems to involve several legs and I’m pretty sure several kegs… the sailors may get lost and wonder “Where the figawi?” Pretty tame stuff, but usually a term or name like that would be explained in an article and the Journal just punted.
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May 27th, 2008 at 10:27PM
Jef Nickerson Says:
It is Figawi.
The race organizers are not terribly shy about the origination of the name, a lost indian being the race logo.
http://www.figawi.com/page/
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May 28th, 2008 at 7:22AM
Beth Comery Says:
I fixed it. I hate making mistakes, thanks for the heads up… and the link.
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