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Burtzy Loc: Bronx N.Y. & Simi Valley, CA

There was a book in the 1980's that was a compendium of these headlines and stories. It was called: "Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim." It was hysterical. My two favorite headlines from the book were "Drunk Gets Nine Months in Violin Case" and "Urologist Convicted by Jury of his Peers." Hard to find nowadays, but a must-read.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

I am sure in the heat of haste to meet a printer’s deadline there is ample opportunity to “mis-speak . . . .

Stan

Vince68 Loc: Wappingers Falls, NY

Funny when you read them... but then when you think about it, what idiot wrote that and who proof read it?

EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace

Our local small town newspaper went from publishing six editions a week to two editions. Maybe one of the reasons was to reduce the chance of coming up with an embarrassing headline similar to these. That and financial.

2Dragons Loc: The Back of Beyond

....and these editors have college degrees???????

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Burtzy wrote:

There was a book in the 1980's that was a compendium of these headlines and stories. It was called: "Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim." It was hysterical. My two favorite headlines from the book were "Drunk Gets Nine Months in Violin Case" and "Urologist Convicted by Jury of his Peers." Hard to find nowadays, but a must-read.

Back in the day, headline writing was an art. While some call these headlines idiotic, they were meant not only to attract attention to the article but to entertain. I had to laugh about the Colon headline. We really did get a whiff. He pitched for us (the Rangers) this year. He became the winningest Latin American pitcher this year, passing Valenzuela.

Anhanga Brasil Loc: Cabo Frio - Brazil

pbearperry wrote:

More proof of our dumbing down process.

It happens here, as well. Brings to mind "Idiocracy" movie.
Fun and sad at the same time.

medphotog Loc: Witness protection land

(To quote Lee Corso) Not so fast my friends, it applies to television also.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

junglejim1949 wrote:

Newspapers are such a source of information...

machia Loc: NJ

Burtzy wrote:

Leave it to some jackass to turn an amusing exchange into something overtly political.

Somewhat true , but Democrats are emotional jackasses now .

rfmaude41 Loc: Lancaster, Texas (DFW area)

Burtzy wrote:

There was a book in the 1980's that was a compendium of these headlines and stories. It was called: "Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim." It was hysterical. My two favorite headlines from the book were "Drunk Gets Nine Months in Violin Case" and "Urologist Convicted by Jury of his Peers." Hard to find nowadays, but a must-read.

Want a copy?

https://www.amazon.com/Squad-Helps-Victim-Other-Nations/dp/0385158289/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1539393727&sr=1-1&keywords=%22Squad+Helps+Dog+Bite+Victim.%22

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

machia wrote:

Somewhat true , but Democrats are emotional jackasses now .

Now, aren’t you special too!

Stan

DJ Mills Loc: Idaho

jerryc41 wrote:

Yes, very funny, and I'm sure a lot of that wording was done on purpose to be funny.

Have you noticed thst a lot of headline writers can't resist the urge to be cute and clever?

DickC Loc: NE Washington state

Our schools are responsible for this....!!

raymondh Loc: Walker, MI