Mizzou O’Possum Opossum Scandal Update
We would be remiss if we didn’t update long time Phog Blog readers on a story we broke several months ago. You may remember the twisted tale of Zachary Famuliner and Adam Thomas, Mizzou students who in an effort to win a fraternity contest, collected both live and dead O’Possumsopossums in a barrel. They were charged with animal cruelty among other things (actually Famuliner was charged with the cruelty and Thomas with possession of wildlife). Well, this sad story has come nearly to conclusion - both boys were found guilty and sentenced, the former to a couple of weeks of community service and counseling along with a fine, the latter just a fine. According to this article, the crimes won’t be on the boys’ permanent records. Says the article:
But Connie Sullivan, Boone County assistant prosecuting attorney, said the decision to keep the charge off Famuliner’s record was too lenient.
Ms. Sullivan can take solace in the fact that the boys wont escape their ignominy so easily, as any future employer or would be parents-in-law will discover when they find the pair’s deeds permanently etched into Google, Yahoo and MSN.
And Justice is Searched.
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July 26th, 2005 at 11:58 am
Weird story, I know, but why do you keep calling these animals O’Possums? That’s not their last name; it’s not like they’re Irish immigrants who happened upon North America trying to escape potato blight or religious persecution. The word is opossums. There are two possible reasons for your errant spelling: 1) You went to KU and therefore didn’t know how to spell “opossums”, or 2) You were afraid of the many postings you would get from fellow KU students telling you that you spelled “possum” wrong. Which is it, Phog?
July 26th, 2005 at 12:21 pm
It would be item one: just bad spelling, and that from a former spelling bee champion. Possum is actually an acceptable, if not wholly correct rendering of opossum, though, unless the folks at the dictionary are wrong.
Thanks for the factchecking. It’s always embarassing to get caught making silly errors, and it happens to me at an alarming rate.