Perpetual "World's Dumbest Headline" Thread
Rule: use any headline from any newspaper, magazine cover, or news broadcast - EXCEPT tabloid publications and shows (obvious).
I'll start with Time Magazine's latest foray into the assinine:
"CAN BONO SAVE THE WORLD?"

[ 03-02-2002: Message edited by: Moogs ? ]</p>
I'll start with Time Magazine's latest foray into the assinine:
"CAN BONO SAVE THE WORLD?"

[ 03-02-2002: Message edited by: Moogs ? ]</p>
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<strong>Rule: use any headline from any newspaper, magazine cover, or news broadcast - EXCEPT tabloid publications and shows (obvious).
I'll start with Time Magazine's latest foray into the assinine:
"CAN BONO SAVE THE WORLD?"
[ 03-02-2002: Message edited by: Moogs ? ]</strong><hr></blockquote>
if that's the dumbest headline you have ever read then you don't read enough
<img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />
[ 03-02-2002: Message edited by: Moogs ? ]</p>
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1.Â*Something Went Wrong in Plane Crash, Expert Says
2.Â*Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
3.Â*Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
4.Â*Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted
5.Â*Stud Tires Out
6.Â*Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
7.Â*British Left Waffles on Falkland Islands
8.Â*Lung Cancer in Women Mushrooms
9.Â*Eye Drops off Shelf
10.Â*Teacher Strikes Idle Kids
11.Â*Reagan Wins on Budget, But More Lies Ahead
12.Â*War Dims Hope for Peace
13.Â*Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim
14.Â*Shot Off Woman's Leg Helps Nicklaus to 66
15.Â*Enraged Cow Injures Farmer with Ax
16.Â*Miners Refuse to Work after Death
17.Â*Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
18.Â*Stolen Painting Found by Tree
19.Â*Checkout Counter Killer Sentenced to Die for Second Time in 10 Years
20.Â*Never Withhold Herpes Infection from Loved One
Ayr man cut steak from dead cow in the river
[quote] A desperate man tried to cut himself a steak from a dead cow which was trapped in the River Ayr. <hr></blockquote>
And I always thought that I lived in a nice area.
J
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And I always thought that I lived in a nice area.
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No joke: I once saw the police drag the body of a dead man out of river Clyde :eek:
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No joke: I once saw the police drag the body of a dead man out of river Clyde :eek: </strong><hr></blockquote>
<img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> That happens all the time in Glasgow! But a cow <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />
J
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* APPLE OF *(POSSESSIVE) EYE
For instance:
New iMac is the Apple of my Eye
New iMac the Apple of Jobs' Eye
The Apple of my Eye
To Jobs, New iMac is the Apple of His Eye
......
ad nauseum, ad infinitum
Really, can't something be done about this horrible bi-annual (at least) scourge on the Mac Media? How about a boycott, or DoS?
1. Headlines that speak to clueless ideas, products or happenings.
2. Headlines that speak to normal ideas, products and happenings, but do so in a really clueless way.
3. Headlines that indicate the author doesn't know how to write (or at a minimum proofread).
God Bless the free press, that's all I have to say.
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