Pundits Opine on the Lizzie Borden Lawsuit

More internets news regarding the Lizzie Borden lawsuit. This time, the pundits are opining about it all. Some of it is quite funny!

  • Jezebel.com sez “Everyone wants a piece of Lizzie Borden. . . . Who knew axe murdering was so lucrative?”
  • HotelChatter.com posts, “eah, uh, guys? This is one of those situations in which it is probably appropriate — and even recommended! — that you step back and laugh at yourselves. Because, you know, you’re suing each other over the use of some murderer chick’s name. We get it and all, but really. We’re not hating, we’re just saying…”
  • Googling the story is fun. Here is a photo of the funny headlines that reporters are writing to get their readers to read the story—creating puns about death, no less. Oooh, la la.
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