Zorn Whups Chicagoist's Ass

By Erin in Miscellaneous on Apr 8, 2005 8:58PM

In the wee final moments of Thursday night, Chicagoist received an e-mail from Chicagoist's favorite professional blogger and columnist Mr. Eric Zorn.

The subject line: "whup ass report -- Nexis"

Seems Chicagoist may have inadvertently overstated things yesterday when we said getting the phrase "can of whup-ass" into the pages of the "stuffy and stodgy Tribune" signaled a "hope for tomorrow," as Zorn uncovered at least four previous occasions when said phrase has appeared in the Trib. Using his trusty Lexis-Nexis, Zorn found the mentions and they go clear back into 2001.

While one Chicagoist staff member was heard to say that if Zorn wants to lend us the cash to get a subscription to Lexis-Nexis we'd be happy to check for such things, and while two of the references are found in the pages of Red Eye, Chicagoist knows when we've had our asses handed to us and we can admit it.

Chicagoist regrets the error. Really. We do!