A brief roundup of sad.

Has it been a while since you've sighed dejectedly? Do your eye-rolling muscles need some exercise? Well, here you go:

First, the Providence Journal thought it necessary to publish a list of the top ten reasons not to open up a fire hydrant on a hot day. One can only assume that there are people out there who need not one, not two, but ten reasons not to do something dangerous and illegal, and that those people look to the ProJo for guidance. This is sad.

Also sad is the fact that the couple who sponsored a public art project to erect a bronze statue of Providence native George M. Cohan in Fox Point can't raise enough money to pay the sculptor because nobody knows who George M. Cohan is.

And the final sadness  - for today -  is not only that this column happened, but that the ProJo commenters really, truly outdid themselves. Not just in inanity and petty bitchiness, but in honest-to-goodness, what-the-hell-are-you-talking-about confusion and off-topic-ness. Please to read and then throw up your hands in defeat.

You're welcome!