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SCarab's Favorite Headlines
Occasionally on the net, someone will post humorous headlines. I have no real way of verifying whether or not these actually appeared anywhere, but they do seem real enough to be worth mentioning, while silly enough to laugh at. Here's a pretty big sample.
  Grandmother of eight makes hole in one

  Deaf mute gets new hearing in killing

  Police begin campaign to run down jaywalkers

  House passes gas tax onto senate

  Stiff opposition expected to casketless funeral plan

  Two convicts evade noose, jury hung

  William Kelly was fed secretary

+ Milk drinkers are turning to powder

  Safety experts say school bus passengers should be belted

  Quarter of a million chinese live on water

  Farmer bill dies in house

* Iraqi head seeks arms

  Drunk gets nine months in violin case
 
  Survivor of siamese twins joins parents

  British left waffles on Falkland Islands

  Shot off woman's leg helps nicklaus to 66

  Juvenile court to try shooting defendant

+ Stolen painting found by tree

  Killer sentenced to die for second time in 10 years

  19 Feet Broken in Pole Vault

  New Jersey to be Moved

  Half of U.S. High Schools Require Some Study for Graduation

  Defendant's Speech Ends in Long Sentence


Some become unintentionally suggestive:
  Queen Mary having bottom scraped

  Is there a ring of debris around Uranus?

  Prostitutes appeal to pope

  Panda mating fails - veterinarian takes over

  NJ judge to rule on nude beach

  Child's stool great for use in garden

  Dr. Ruth to talk about sex with newspaper editors

  Soviet virgin lands short of goal again

  Organ festival ends in smashing climax

  Stud tires out


Grammar often botches other headlines:
* Eye drops off shelf

  Squad helps dog bite victim

+ Dealers will hear car talk at noon

  Enraged cow injures farmer with ax

  Lawmen from Mexico barbecue guests

  Miners refuse to work after death

  Two Soviet ships collide - one dies

* Two sisters reunited after eighteen years in checkout counter

  Lung cancer in women mushrooms

  Teacher strikes idle kids

  Navy Finds Dead Pilots Flying with Hangovers

  White House Kills Fund Raiser After Complaints About Tactics

+ Shuttle Passes Test; A Worker is Killed


Once in a while, a botched headline takes on a meaning opposite from the one intended:
  Never withhold herpes from loved one

  Nicaragua sets goal to wipe out literacy

  Drunk drivers paid $1,000 in 1984

+ Autos killing 110 a day let's resolve to do better

  Squad helps dog bite victim

  Local Charity Group Helps Disable Man


Sometimes newspaper editors state the obvious:
* If strike isn't settled quickly, it may last a while

* War dims hope for peace

  Smokers are productive, but death cuts efficiency

* Cold wave linked to temperatures

  Child's death ruins couple's holiday

  Blind woman gets new kidney from dad she hasn't seen in years

+ Man is fatally slain

+ Something went wrong in jet crash, experts say

* Death causes loneliness, feeling of isolation

+ Plane too close to ground, crash probe told

+ Enfiels couple slain;  Police suspect homicide
 
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