Nasty cracks about Detroit's new situation pollute social media, prompting this suggestion tweeted Thursday night by Fox 2 reporter Alexis Wiley: "Ignore the idiots who are using this moment to take potshots at Detroit. They are losers. We are better than that."
What's also better than cheap shots is good-natured cleverness.
In that spirit, a few early samples as keypad quipsters test new material:
"Breaking news: Detroit receives $18 billion after declaring Itself a bank." -- Andy Borowitz, comedian
"If Detroit survived Kid Rock, it can survive bankruptcy." – Rob Delaney, L.A. comedian, on Twitter
"Dear City of Detroit, I know you are sad right now, but please don't try retail therapy. Especially with a credit card." – Sarah F. Cox, founding editor of Curbed Detroit, in tweet
"I blame Hardcore Pawn." -- Calvin Lacey of Elizabeth, Pa. on Twitter
"Isn't this how OCP [Omni Consumer Products] took over in RoboCop?" -- Christopher Allfrey, posting on Detroit Firehouse Facebook page
"Detroit Tigers return home from their road trip to find the locks on their stadium have been changed." -- Steve Barden of Sherman Oaks, Calif., on Twitter
"Detroit may have the largest Kickstarter initiative ever imagined." -- Matt Holder on Twitter
"We're No. 1 . . . er, No. 9. As in Chapter 9." – M.L. Elrick. Fox 2 News reporter, on Facebook
Any lighthearted lines you've seen or heard that deserve sharing below?
