Written by jumbach  Print this  Monday, 10 July 2006  image for
Attack ampersand ambushes alarm Reno residents Umbach took this
picture with his cell phone right after the attack.  This just
in: Approximately 30 minutes ago, Reno resident James Umbach was
suddenly and maliciously attacked by an ampersand. The attack
occurred at the beginning of the lunch hour at the Safeway on
Mae Anne Ave.  Umbach was walking out of Safeway with his cart
full of groceries, he said, when suddenly "This giant ampersand
came falling out of the sky, missing me by only a few feet."
Safeway employee Brian Davis, who was just inside the store at
the time, came running out upon hearing the loud noise. After
ensuing that Umbach was OK and unhurt, he returned to his
checkstand.  Richard Shaw, President of the Reno area Chapter of
Punctilous Punctuation, had heard rumors of surprise attacks by
exclamation points, question marks, and even the occasional
hyphen, but never an ampersand.  "This can only mean one thing,"
Shaw told reporter