Source: BBC News
First of all, duh. Second of all, who are they quoting here?
BAD HEADLINE!
Monday, 12 May 2008
Friday, 2 May 2008
'Thurgood' - not Thurgreat
Source: New York Post
This headline - about a play called Thurgood - is ridiculous. So ridiculous that we adore it. [Hat tip to Playgoer.]
GOOD HEADLINE!
This headline - about a play called Thurgood - is ridiculous. So ridiculous that we adore it. [Hat tip to Playgoer.]
GOOD HEADLINE!
Wednesday, 23 April 2008
'Everyone I know is Crock-Potting it up'
Source: The Globe and Mail
Sure, it's a quote, but come on: The tiny bit of craft and artistry in a trend story ought to be in the display. Plus, who do you know who would even use Crock-Pot as a verb?
BAD HEADLINE!
Sure, it's a quote, but come on: The tiny bit of craft and artistry in a trend story ought to be in the display. Plus, who do you know who would even use Crock-Pot as a verb?
BAD HEADLINE!
Priest tied to balloons disappears
Source: The Toronto Star
When a priest tied to balloons disappears, that's really all you need to say. No need for embellishment or ascension jokes.
GOOD HEADLINE!
When a priest tied to balloons disappears, that's really all you need to say. No need for embellishment or ascension jokes.
GOOD HEADLINE!
Wednesday, 26 March 2008
Mrs Starkerzy arrives in Britain
Source: The Sun
About the French president's lady wife having her picture taken with no clothes on. Sarkozy is quite a tricky surname for punners (does it rhyme with anything other than Teacosy?), but the Sun's cunning addition of that extra "t" works a treat. Er... "starkers" does translate, right?
GOOD HEADLINE!
About the French president's lady wife having her picture taken with no clothes on. Sarkozy is quite a tricky surname for punners (does it rhyme with anything other than Teacosy?), but the Sun's cunning addition of that extra "t" works a treat. Er... "starkers" does translate, right?
GOOD HEADLINE!
Monday, 24 March 2008
Rarebit in the spotlight
Source: The Guardian's food pages
A piece about Welsh food gaining popularity. Rubbish: rarebit is a more than acceptable rabbit substitution, but the spotlight/headlight reverse is weak.
BAD HEADLINE!
A piece about Welsh food gaining popularity. Rubbish: rarebit is a more than acceptable rabbit substitution, but the spotlight/headlight reverse is weak.
BAD HEADLINE!
'Eggcellent' turnout for Easter egg hunt
Source: Belleville Intelligencer
The joke here is that "ex" sounds a little bit like "egg." If this were a story about A Christmas Carol, I'd call it a Dickens of a bad pun. If it were about puppies, I'd say it was a doggone bad pun. Such plays on words deserve permanent postPUNment.
BAD HEADLINE!
The joke here is that "ex" sounds a little bit like "egg." If this were a story about A Christmas Carol, I'd call it a Dickens of a bad pun. If it were about puppies, I'd say it was a doggone bad pun. Such plays on words deserve permanent postPUNment.
BAD HEADLINE!
Spy saga unfurls paradox of man
Source: The Toronto Star
This is on a review of Michael Frayn's play Democracy. It is trying much too hard.
BAD HEADLINE!
This is on a review of Michael Frayn's play Democracy. It is trying much too hard.
BAD HEADLINE!
Monday, 3 March 2008
Tippling point
Source: The Guardian
Puntastic! Here's the context: "Global warming and changing tastes are putting the squeeze on Europe's traditional vineyards."
GOOD HEADLINE!
Puntastic! Here's the context: "Global warming and changing tastes are putting the squeeze on Europe's traditional vineyards."
GOOD HEADLINE!
Saturday, 9 February 2008
Sunday, 3 February 2008
Longoria Day's Journey into Blight
Source: New York Post
Despite its almost complete irrelevance to the article, we must give this O'Neill-referencing headline the thumbs up.
GOOD HEADLINE!
Despite its almost complete irrelevance to the article, we must give this O'Neill-referencing headline the thumbs up.
GOOD HEADLINE!
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