The Badass Wore Pink

The Lady in Pink and Pythons on the Barby. (screen capture from Washington Post)

So two guys in Australia, a father and son, see a python slither into their backyard grill. Who do they call? Badass Faye Morgan, age 81. She lifts the lid on the barbecue, grabs the 5-foot python by the head and tail and wrestles it into a plastic tub. Only to discover that there’s a second python in there, too. So she does the same again.

What’s the headline on the article?

“Two men found pythons trapped in their grill. They called an 81-year-old grandma for help.”

Not a badass, or a snake wrangler, but ohmigod, a grandma!

The Washington Post, generally a fine paper, likes to use the “g” word. It's fraught with meanings of helplessness, weakness, powerlessness, inability, sweetness, outdatedness and so on — so it conveys a whole lot in a headline. Plus, it’s four whole characters shorter than grandmother, which is slightly more respectful and less dismissive.

So I will say what the  Post failed to report. This woman totally rocked it.