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Thursday, May 31, 2007

Perhaps a poor choice of words...

A quote in an article about a club raising money to help a kid who had a brain tumor removed:

"After we heard about him, we knew we had to help him. It was a no-brainer."

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

It's just like Go Fug Yourself in the newsroom!

"Is Lynne Cheney wearing a garbage bag?"

"Oh my god, Mary Cheney looks like she's wearing a tacky prom dress."

- various editors huddled around a computer screen looking at Associated Press photos of the White House dinner in honor of the Queen's visit.

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Ummmm...

"Goats wearing underwear? 'Goat dressing' is a popular gay rodeo event."

— headline on front page of Yahoo!

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Best headline EVAR

And l'chayim telling you...
...I'm not cooking!

This Passover, get your seder to-go.

--from a Tribune email

Thursday, March 22, 2007

Deval Patrick is a panty bandit

"A Collection Of Briefs From The State Capitol" -- headline from Boston Globe. (Article has nothing to do with that kind of briefs, I just think it's a funny headline.)

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Why I want a job as a headline-writer

"An unknown number of attackers lopped off the heads or smashed several dozen of the pot-bellied statues this week at Gnomesville, a collection of more than a 1,000 colorful characters deep in a forest south of Perth."

And the headline? "Gnome, gnome on derange."

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Using Scripture in Context: A

"The Fatted Calf: When You Can't Fit Into the Season's Boots"
--W magazine headline

Friday, May 26, 2006

I can't wait to move there

"Retired bookstore manager wins international mustard contest"

--actual headline from today's New Haven Register

Thursday, May 11, 2006

My entry for Best Headline of 2006

http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/05/11/college_impotence/