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Post by kingdzbws on Dec 18, 2006 16:57:30 GMT -5
Sometimes Stupid Headlines really get my goat, and I am driven to rant about them. I hope the MODs allow me start this new thread on some of the stupid-er headlines I've seen lately. Today's Installment; Adventurer died 'doing what he loved'us.cnn.com/2006/US/12/18/climbers.profile.ap/index.htmlYEAH, LIKE BEING TRAPPED IN A ICE CAVE, FREEZING HIS ASS OFF IS 'doing what he loved.'  M |
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Post by $heriff Tom on Dec 18, 2006 16:59:18 GMT -5
LOL
The Giants used to have a guy named Hand. I think it was Norman Hand. Anyway, one game he got hurt, and the online headline read....
HAND PULLS GROIN
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Post by Chris on Dec 18, 2006 17:33:02 GMT -5
Hehehehe - as is the case with ANYONE dying, what they are doing at the moment is DYING. Having said that, I doubt ANYONE, EVER dies doing what they love!
In a somewhat related topic, I recieved a company-wide email from the CEO today.....the first sentence read:
"All:
It gives me great pleasure to announce that Don last-name-witheld will retire this coming Friday, December 22."
I'm not sure if, but I think maybe Don should be offended by this?!?!?!?!
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Post by nyyanksagain on Dec 18, 2006 18:09:43 GMT -5
this thread has some awesome potential
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Post by 9 on Dec 18, 2006 18:26:02 GMT -5
This isn't a headline, but ch0's memo reminded me of it. A few years ago, during one of my company's many rounds of layoffs, an e-mail was sent out with a fictious question-and-answer session with the CEO. Things like this are why people need editors. Q: Should we be worried about our jobs?
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Post by yankeesgal on Dec 18, 2006 18:33:10 GMT -5
When the Yankees got Pettitte back, the Daily News had a an article about it along with useless facts about him. It said his favorite food was mac & cheese. I turned the page and there was an article about a guy who wound up ordering a 55$ plate of mac and cheese.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Dec 19, 2006 13:01:11 GMT -5
Love the quick zinger in the POST today, over the story about the Hanna Barbera guy dying.
'YABBA DABBA BOO HOO"
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Post by MSBNYY on Dec 19, 2006 13:02:00 GMT -5
I guess he's going to be Yogi BEARied.
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Post by nyyanksagain on Dec 19, 2006 14:07:31 GMT -5
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Post by $heriff Tom on Dec 20, 2006 20:12:49 GMT -5
OK...we may keep this thread open for 5 years and we may not top this one. This is just absurd.
Its a story about the new Charlotte's Web movie. Includes a lot of live-action stuff, and apparently Templeton the Rat is really true to life. So much so that he inspires this jawdropper of a headline...
'CHARLOTTE'S WEB' GIVES A RAT SASS WITH A 'SO REAL' PRESENCE
Yeah, thats right. A nice play on saying Rats Ass. Ugh.
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Post by kingdzbws on Dec 20, 2006 21:37:51 GMT -5
I don't know if this is a stupid headline, or what. But I did a classic doubletake reading this; Jesus Christ to Be Honorary King of Poland WARSAW, Poland — Lawmakers have drawn up a resolution naming Jesus Christ as the honorary king of Poland, but have failed to win support from the country's powerful Roman Catholic church...........  www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,237824,00.html M |
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Post by kingdzbws on Jan 11, 2007 22:01:00 GMT -5
No folks, not the Onion, but this is real news; Procrastination study published -- five years lateus.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/01/11/procrastination.nation.ap/index.htmlAfter 10 years of research on a project that was supposed to take only five years, a Canadian industrial psychologist found in a giant study that procrastination on the rise.... Have a nice night. M |
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Post by ronmossad on Feb 13, 2007 13:33:23 GMT -5
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Post by elliejay21 on Feb 13, 2007 16:41:11 GMT -5
I envy people who can read periodicals without referencing them in APA style or presenting their content in class.
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Post by yankeesgal on Feb 13, 2007 19:12:40 GMT -5
I saw someone reading a paper and spotted the procrastination headline... I assumed they were reading The Onion. LOL!
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Post by $heriff Tom on Oct 6, 2007 17:58:30 GMT -5
You know someone over on the Foxnews website was doing this on purpose..
Shiite Heads to End Rivalry
Shiite Heads.......RIGHHHT.
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Post by kingdzbws on Oct 7, 2007 1:07:09 GMT -5
HOLY SHIT!!
I asked my wife the EXACT SAME QUESTION!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA....I'm glad someone else thought the same thing.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Dec 10, 2007 13:23:41 GMT -5
This headline is not so much stupid as cutesy.
Its a story about how the airport, for a variety of reasons, is a good pick-up spot for young lovers.
Its in todays Post, on page 5, and entitled, "GETTING DE-LAYED"
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Post by $heriff Tom on Jan 2, 2008 13:13:33 GMT -5
Ah, got to love this gem from todays POST, talking about the spate of murders that rung in the new year. The 3 people shot and the 1 stabbed to death spurred on this headline...
SLAY BELLS RING IN THE NEW YEAR
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