Bad timing

Timing is everything, and bad timing is generally bad. Scuttlebutt editors received an email below from Jet Ski promoters:

Answering the prayers of Jet Ski lovers in the region, the well-loved sport is finally presented as a national ranking competition to the local audience. Expect to see some extreme sporting action as local and international Jet Ski riders arrive for a final showdown on 3 June at the SAF Yacht Club. Readily equipped with their bravado and mean machines, the riders will compete against each other both in the open category and the timed trial category. Watch the fireworks fly as they zip around a determined course in the timed trial category in a battle against time.

The email above came on Monday, the same day as this story broke:

The body of New England Patriots player Marquise Hill was found yesterday, a day after he was reported missing following a jet ski accident on Lake Pontchartrain. Hill's body was discovered by searchers about a quarter of a mile from where the 24-year-old former LSU star and a female companion were involved in the accident, Capt. Brian Clark of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department said. -- SD Union