Cutting The Loom
Today, before I processed my various emails, I had a quick look at the headlines. Fifth or sixth from the top was one that said, “Public Care Keeps Girl Alive But Cuts Loom.??? I was confused, so I clicked on the link to read the story. It appears that a patient had health issues so dire that she remained alive only through the intervention of; expensive drugs, expensive machines, and expensive health care professionals. However, now with the flagging economy funds for the necessary medical support might no longer be available to her. Hence “Cuts Loom.???
Sadly, that’s not what I thought the story was about. When I first read the headline I thought that it meant; 1.) Public monies were paying for the hospitalization of a girl, and thus keeping her alive, and 2.) For some reason she resented weavers, and/or the weaving business, and had destroyed a machine designed to manufacture cloth. See “Public Care Keeps Girl Alive??? (pretty normal interpretation there) “But Cuts Loom??? (as in she took scissors, or perhaps a large knife, and attacked a loom.)
Perhaps more of a commentary on me than the headline.