Not Exactly the Best Way to Promote Winter Sports

There probably isn’t much snow accumulation, typically, in Bowling Green, Kentucky, which is why a recent snowfall made the broadcast of a local TV channel. It ran a story about residents taking sleds and other devices out into the snow for some sliding.

But the headline of the article made me think that the cause is poorly marketed in the city: “Residents Head to Hospital Hill for Sledding Fun” (WBKO, 8 March 2008).

Sledding and hospital? In the same sentence? Bad idea.

Granted, the hill is probably near a hospital, or on the site of a former hospital. Still, it’s an amusing juxtaposition of words.

Equally amusing is a segment of the interview in which a snowboarder talks about the good old days of years ago.

He appears to be 8 years old.