Only in Alabama
Steve Harris just sent this little tidbit from Jacquielynn Floyd along to me:
Colleague and alert reporter Dave Flick offers this tidbit from Romenesko, blog for the all-things-journalism Poynter Institute:
Three students hired as Montgomery Advertiser summer interns were told they don't have jobs because of sudden budget cuts at the Gannett paper. "The Montgomery decision came after the interns had already made preparations to go to Alabama, including taking urine tests," writes Richard Prince.
Dave has a follow-up question: "You have to take a urine test to enter the state of Alabama?"
Comments
Saw a birthday card once that had a black and white picture of an old DC-9 airplane on the front. On the inside, the card read "Welcome to Alabama. Please set your watches back 7 years."
Posted by: Matthew Haag | June 19, 2007 12:31 PM
They should have just substituted the drug test for an IQ test.
Either way, a positive test gets you kicked out of Alabama.
Posted by: Ross Taylor | June 19, 2007 12:33 PM
Hey, stupid is as stupid does.
Posted by: Kip | June 19, 2007 12:34 PM