Washington is now what?

[Khampelf]

In this article:

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/041210.html

The last sentence seems truncated, did one of the Gerbils have a heart attack, mid publish?

[scotandrsn]

In this article:

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/041210.html

The last sentence seems truncated, did one of the Gerbils have a heart attack, mid publish?

I think perhaps Little Ed was researching the dozen taverns of York and returned not quite able to live up to his usual editing standards. ;)

[SCSimmons]

What we got here ... is a failure to code our HTML properly. The source code on that page shows the article should end:

Washington is now ... well, I admit it's become every bit as grand as Philadelphia--and you see where that's gotten us. Surely parties on both sides of the aisle will sympathize with the thought: Wouldn't we be better off back in York?

There are some half-open <th tags confusing your browser. And just about everybody else's, I'd guess, since the text doesn't display in IE.

[neuroman]

Ha. Thanks for solving the mystery.

[scotandrsn]

What we got here ... is a failure to code our HTML properly. The source code on that page shows the article should end:



There are some half-open <th tags confusing your browser. And just about everybody else's, I'd guess, since the text doesn't display in IE.

Aha! You're right. To hazard a guess, I'd say someone meant to type in the &nbsp; character entity between the periods of the ellipsis, and somehow entered those half-finished <th tags instead.

[Crandolph]

Every bit as grand as Philadelphia?!

Pshaw!

[Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor]

Washington is now what?

Washington in now dead.

Glad to be of help!
:D