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Spelunking in Las Vegas

Posted by michael on from the speak-friend-and-enter dept.

LowellPorter writes "There's an article here about some reporters who check out the sewers in Vegas after a known criminal escapes a police dragnet through them. They expect to find lots of people living in there, but only end up interviewing a couple of bums."

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  1. Reporters in Sewers? by Captain+Large+Face · · Score: 5, Funny

    Must be some kind of annual conference, surely?

  2. Bums? by ShwAsasin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why are you calling them bums, the politically correct term is "trailer impaired".

  3. The obvious joke... by HiQ · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Josh, slow down," I said. "I can't see shit."
    Weren't they looking hard enough?

  4. Just bums? by Your_Mom · · Score: 5, Funny
    They expect to find some people living in there, but only end up interviewing a couple of bums who live there.
    What?!

    No alligators?!

    No mutant goldfish that are plotting world domination because of rensentnment from being flushed down the toilet?!

    No rat-people?!

    Goodness... The sewers in NYC are so much more exciting. I'm canceling my vacation to Las Vegas now that I know that nothing exciting happens down there.

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    1. Re:Just bums? by MrFredBloggs · · Score: 5, Funny

      "too big to fit completely in the water, unable to swim and flopping slowly through the murk"

      They`ll find their way into Usenet eventually...

  5. Please. by Gannoc · · Score: 5, Funny
    This isn't a story. Workers from the city are down there all the time, and know exactly what its like. These guys go down there, and narrate enough extra tension that it makes them seem like they're exploring Venus.

    Next week: They're going to explore the woods on the side of the highway with nothing more than a flashlight and a scimitar. Nobody knows whats there....

    "There was a brief flash of light as another truck went by. While it passed, the world seemed to stand still as my companion and I forgot to breathe in our quiet terror. The smell of exaust was almost overpowering, and I longed to be free of this hell. Suddenly, we heard a soft crunch from right at our feet! Jimmy fumbled for his scimitar while I readied the flashlight. It was what appeared to be a dixie cup. From how long ago, we couldn't say... There appeared to be a drying brown substance in the bottom of it, which we suspect is human blood. We had no time to ponder that however; we had a long journey ahead."

  6. Looking for a troll by oever · · Score: 5, Funny

    The reporters were looking for a troll in the sewers, but couldn't find him.

    I guess they had their threshold too high.
    The should have looked at -1.

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  7. Expecting... by No+Such+Agency · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think they were expecting a bunch of dog-boy Recombinants, on the run from the sinister government agency which was breeding them to be super-soldiers. But all they found was a hot brunette chick with puffy lips and a barcode on her neck. She told them to pull their heads out of their asses, and do something useful, like write a halfways decent piece about the homeless.

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  8. Not nerdy? by __past__ · · Score: 5, Funny
    Hey, after all, they were in a maze of twisting little passages, all alike.

    How's that not "news for nerds, stuff that matters?"

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  9. Hope they took a flashlight.... by docbrown42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...or they might have been eaten by a Grue.

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