A few words about headlines.

My evil genius pal Alex points out this headline. It took me an embarrassingly long moment to realize just how funny it was, but then it clicked and I realized the thing was worthy of Fletch.

The Daily Mail has a headline that’s just as funny, but for different reasons. (Be warned: the page linked to there includes a picture which while technically Safe For Work, is definitely not anything you want to see.) I can’t believe that heads of state actually have time to care about this.

Meanwhile, there’s a great story going on in Columbia, albeit on that probably won’t end well. I’m sure the MSNBC people think that story came with a great headline, but I prefer the one my friend Kira suggests: Lysistrata Redux. (I wonder what percentage of the MSNBC audience would need annotations for that title.)

And, of course, a very large percentage of the headlines between now and the mid-term elections will boil down to this.

3 Responses to “A few words about headlines.”

  1. Alex Says:
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    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/15/nz_badminton_kerfuffle/

  2. Mr. McLaren Says:
    2

    “…the International Badminton Federation (IBF) has decided not to take the Black Cocks lying down.”

    Snort.

  3. Alex Says:
    3

    Fletch lives!

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