Foonicate

Tabloid Spoofs; Things That Go w00t In The Night

December 12, 2007 – 12:14 pm

So, perusing my Google homepage as I do at least once every day, I stumbled across a link to a list of this year’s winners for media spoofs, be it photography or typo or misquote related. When I reached the bottom of the page, the photography spoofs appeared, and it made me think back to a reprint my local newspaper did of a photo of me with my Nana. The photo was taken at the yearly Billy Bowlegs festival and I was about five years old. I would say it was 1987. My Nana always took me to the local festivals and celebrations and she had kept the picture the Daily News had run. Lo’ and behold, some 17 years later they ran the same photo again. My Nana got a kick out of this and kept that edition as well.

Looking up information on this infamous pirate we celebrate each year, I find it rather interesting that his family was from England and his real name was William Rodgers. Of course, this is only interesting because my Nana’s maiden name is Rodgers and her family is from England. Given that my own last name is as common as Rodgers may well be or have been, I don’t think I’ll make any futile attempts at connecting my heritage to that of Billy Bowlegs. Just neat, that’s all.

Anyway, short and boring post, as per usual.