When Did the Washington Post Hire Emily Littella as Ombudsman?

"I'll see your two Oreos and raise you three Doublestuff."

If the above sentence makes no sense to you - then you haven't read Deborah Howell's Washington Post Ombudsman column this week.

In the column Howell addresses the pressing issue of sportswriters engaging in a low dollar betting pool at Augusta during coverage of the Masters. Que Captain Renault, "I'm shocked - shocked that sportswriters have pools for fun amongst themselves!" In her last line of the column she suggests "Maybe the Masters bets next year should be in Oreos, not cash." Que Will Hunting, "Great, or maybe they could wager a bunch of caramels instead because if you think about it, they're just as arbitrary as betting Oreos."

Now in the above paragraph I quoted two fictional characters and one real person and I take it as a sad commentary on the state of the Washington Post that the imaginary people have a better grasp on reality then Ombudsperson at the Washington Post.