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I often wonder whether or not editors really give much thought to the art of properly conveying a news article's theme in a headline - and how it might be translated by readers.
Here's an example: :D
Shaq's balls spark China row :eek:
The fate of four signed basketballs given by NBA great Shaquille O'Neal to Sichuan earthquake survivors sparked an Internet storm in China this week.
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20090717/wr_nm/us_basketball_oneal_balls
Anybody find any others out there we can all enjoy?
Richard's $.02 :munchin
:D I really wonder if they bother to think things through.
I used to have a collection of "funny" headlines...can't find the list. :(
These headlines were collected by Dr. Beard at the Columbia School of Journalism:
* 5th-Graders Get to Grill Lions (Detroit Free Press, Friday Jan 27, 2006)
* Autos killing 110 a Day; Let's Resolve to do Better
* Blind Woman Gets New Kidney from Dad she Hasn't Seen in Years
* British Left Waffles on Falkland Islands
* Child's Stool Great for Use in Garden
* Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
* Deaf Mute Gets New Hearing in Killing
* Dealers will Hear Car Talk at Noon
* Dr. Ruth to Talk about Sex with Newspaper Editors
* Drunk Drivers Paid $1,000 in 1984
* Enraged Cow Injures Farmer with Ax
* Eye Drops Off Shelf
* Farmer Bill Dies in House
* Grandmother of Eight Makes Hole in One
* If Strike isn't Settled Quickly it May Last a While
* Iraqi Head Seeks Arms
* Is There a Ring of Debris around Uranus?
* Juvenile Court Tries Shooting Defendant
* Kicking Baby Considered To Be Healthy
* Killer Sentenced to Die for Second Time in 10 Years
* Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
* Quarter of a Million Chinese Live on Water
* Queen Mary Having Bottom Scraped
* Reagan Wins on Budget, but More Lies Ahead
* Robber Holds Up Albert's Hosiery
* Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should be Belted
* Shot Off Woman's Leg Helps Nicklaus to 66
* Smokers are Productive, but Death Cuts Efficiency
* Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Experts Say
* Soviet Virgin Lands Short of Goal Again
* Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim
* Stiff Opposition Expected to Casketless Funeral Plan
* Stolen Painting Found by Tree
* Teacher Strikes Idle Kids
* Two Convicts Evade Noose, Jury Hung
* Two Sisters Reunite after Eighteen Years at Checkout Counter
* Two Soviet Ships Collide - One Dies
* War Dims Hope for Peace
* William Kelly was Fed Secretary
http://www.alphadictionary.com/fun/headlines.html
For some reason this one came to mind, it was a while back.....from our neck of the woods :D
Moses upholds Commandments
Superior Court Judge A. Moses Massey denied a motion from a Wilkes man requesting that wooden plaques engraved with the Ten Commandments be removed from county buildings. Massey made his ruling in Wilkes Superior Court shortly after noon Tuesday.
(3rd story down)
http://www.therecordofwilkes.com/rec20000524/index.htm