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#216113 - 12/05/2004 14:54 Headline Humor
davec
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Registered: 18/08/2000
Posts: 992
Loc: Georgetown, TX USA
This headline is funny on so many levels...

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#216114 - 12/05/2004 15:01 Re: Headline Humor [Re: davec]
mlord
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Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14496
Loc: Canada
Misys gives Pecker head job

Heck, they even had fun with the sub-title line:
Rudi Pecker assumes position in top slot in Asia.


So.. how long before they get told to fix it?

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#216115 - 12/05/2004 17:20 Re: Headline Humor [Re: davec]
g_attrill
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Registered: 14/04/2002
Posts: 1172
Loc: Hants, UK
Ah, I love unfortunate phrasing like that. Here is another common one.

The UK press also love the word "probe", and there often are unfortunate headlines which provide amusement to those with a warped mind. Here is a mild example.

Gareth

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#216116 - 13/05/2004 02:50 Re: Headline Humor [Re: g_attrill]
andym
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Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3996
Loc: Manchester UK
The UK press also love the word "probe"

You mean something like:

'Police officers probe Leeds girls snatch'

Admittedly that's out of Phoenix Nights but it's still funny....
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#216117 - 13/05/2004 08:21 Re: Headline Humor [Re: mlord]
insightful
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Registered: 21/11/2001
Posts: 40
Loc: Maine, USA
They even managed to get a few good ones in the body of the article.

"...will enable him to rise to the challenges..."
"...a region fertile for expansion..."

I must have a sick mind.

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#216118 - 13/05/2004 08:37 Re: Headline Humor [Re: g_attrill]
peter
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Registered: 13/07/2000
Posts: 4180
Loc: Cambridge, England
Stephen Fry remains the all-time winner IMO for, as a cub reporter, reporting on a fire at a stately home with the headline "Earl's Seat Burns Down" and subhead "Stately Pile Destroyed".

Peter

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