They Said What?

Headline: Fifth severed foot found on Canadian coast

Bad choice of words:

“Our first step is to establish identity,” Brooks said. “It is a little mysterious, but we don’t know if it is linked to others.”

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/17/canada.feet/index.html

“No surgery’s needed for an Elton John,” he said. “It’s kind of nagging, sort
of like an Elton John song.”

Papelbon doesn’t seem to be too concerned about the injury, playfully joking
with reporters that it’s an “Elton John” injury, and not a “Tommy John” injury.