I've checked the country this story is about five times and it still says the UK

[denny]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=485644&in_page_id=1770

Comments

[zotz]

However . . .

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Yes! My spider-sense does not lie! I'm very pleased with myself (as spikeylady will testify :-) for "smelling" that one, though I have to confess I guessed pranksters rather than marketers.

These journalists are idiots!

[zotz]

Oddly, Alison was just saying last night she'd had an odd dream about Dan Handler. He's not a subject that normally comes up very often.

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Ooh. Ta :)

[blaadyblah.livejournal.com]

Indeed, thank goodness for that!

[reddragdiva]

As far as I can tell, the August 2006 silly season never ended.

[deliberateblank.livejournal.com]

astounded and annoyed

Indeed. Jude Law was Lemony Snicket, Jim Carey was Count Olaf.

[lovelybug.livejournal.com]

As usual, PC to some of these commenters means: 'anything we think is wrong'.

Burning books, nnnnngh

[goth-amalthea.livejournal.com]

If it was the US i wouldn't have been surprised one bit. You have to feel sorry for the kids of that parent, who are going to have a very hard time when/if they manage to leave home and enter the real world.

[pooloftrees.livejournal.com]

I grew up on Hans Christian Anderson tales and The Brothers Grim. I heard the version of Little Red Riding Hood where the grandma is eaten by the wolf.

Did these tales do me any harm?

Some stories need to have a cautionary tale. "Be careful in the Woods because a wolf might eat your picnic" certainly isn't that applicable in real life - there are other reasons IRL to be cautious if you are in woods alone...

So, equally, Grrr!!!

[burritob.livejournal.com]

Wait...what? They have versions of Little Red Riding Hood where the grandma doesn't get eaten?!

[pooloftrees.livejournal.com]

Yeap. If I recall she is locked in a cupboard instead...

[pndc.livejournal.com]

But... it's the Two Minute Hate^W^W^W Daily Mail - nobody takes it seriously.

Now, if the story was in the Sun..

[djlongfella.livejournal.com]

Is there a church at the bottom of this somewhere ?

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Worse - a PR company! :)

Apparently it was a sneaky way to get the name of Lemony Snicket into the papers - you've got to admire the low cunning of the people, really.

[fellcat.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure whether to laugh or to cry…

[fellcat.livejournal.com]

I'm now laughing, have read the other commentors and found out that it was all a cunning marketing ploy.