Great Newspaper headlines

Wiggen · August 12th, 2008, 12:02 PM

My favorite headline ever. It's hard to imagine anything topping this in a real newspaper.

Giant dog turd wreaks havoc at Swiss museum | World news | guardian.co.uk

nanwynn · August 12th, 2008, 12:32 PM

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The above was a pretty memorable eyecatcher.

Zen653 · August 12th, 2008, 12:36 PM

I submit the following headline from Time Magazine:

Quote:

We likee Hirally! She best quality!

In the run-up to the final primary smackdown, much dissecting is going on of various demographic groups and their voting preferences. Asian-Americans, for example, are said to vote Democratic, and to prefer Hillary Clinton...

We likee Hirally! She best quality! - Work in Progress - Worklife - Workplace - TIME

perfectstormhits · August 12th, 2008, 12:48 PM

Some I googled.....

Deaf mute gets new hearing in killing

Police begin campaign to run down jaywalkers

Stiff opposition expected to casketless funeral plan

Iraqi head seeks arms

Child's stool great for use in garden

Two Soviet ships collide - one dies

Drunk drivers paid $1,000 in 1984

Cold wave linked to temperatures

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

Man is fatally slain

heyterry · August 12th, 2008, 04:35 PM

When Jerry Garcia died, I remember a headline that read:

Head dead head dead.

ctjayfan · August 15th, 2008, 04:10 AM

nixon Resigns

LongtimeBravesFan · August 15th, 2008, 04:54 AM

I remember one I once saw on Leno....

Jury still out on marijuana

jtur88 · August 15th, 2008, 04:55 AM

From today's papers:

Vietnam latest news - Thanh Nien Daily

"Vietnam's dong falls as demand for gold rises"

heyterry · August 15th, 2008, 07:12 AM

Greg Harris was a pitcher in the major leagues. He was ambidextrois (OK. I spelled it wrong). I think he was right handed, but he had a pretty good fastball left handed, too.

I think he was with Montreal at the end of the season. The manager went out to get him, but he talked him into letting him pitch left handed. They got him a glove and he went on.

The headline read: "Harris relieves himself on the mound"

jtur88 · August 15th, 2008, 12:23 PM

"On First Looking into Chapman\'s Homer" is a sonnet by English Romantic poet John Keats . It refers to Chapman's early translation of Homer's epic "Odyssey".

Vladimir Nabokov, in his haliarious "Pale Fire", the absurd writer annotating a poetic work interpreted this line:

... and from the local Star
A curio: "Red Sox beat Yanks 5-4
On Chapman's Homer" , thumbtacked to the door.

The writer, knowing nothing about baseball (or much else worldly), thought it had been saved merely because of the oddity of parts of two different headlines, one from the sports page and one from the literary supplement.

frenchman · August 15th, 2008, 02:05 PM

HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR
(New York Post, 1982)

Nighthawk · August 15th, 2008, 05:58 PM

My personal favorite will always be our campus paper when I was in college. Being a fairly poor state school, anytime a campus organization got money from an outside donor it was big news. The week in question, the hubub on campus was a sizeable donation for the school's dance/pompom squad, the "Golden Girls", which permitted them new uniforms, a trip to dance camp in the preseason and footed the bill for all of them to travel with the football team (which was a big deal). The school paper in their zeal to run the story placed a huge, full color picture on page one above the fold of the ladies in their new outfits with the 55 point crier underneath...

"GOLDEN GIRLS ENDOWED!"

To which thousands of readers thought to themselves...."No ****, Sherlock....that's why we put them in the spandex."

jtur88 · August 15th, 2008, 07:16 PM

Sometimes typos slip into headlines, too. The St. John's Newfoundland paper once followed a blizzard with:

10 INCHES OF SNOT CLOGS STREETS

LongtimeBravesFan · August 22nd, 2008, 06:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nighthawk

"GOLDEN GIRLS ENDOWED!"

To which thousands of readers thought to themselves...."No ****, Sherlock....that's why we put them in the spandex."

Somehow the image of Betty White and Bea Arthur in cheerleading outfits doesn't do much for me.

Wiggen · August 22nd, 2008, 08:29 AM

After Governor Thompson had vetoed a series of quickly passed bills by the state legislature, the local newspaper ran an above the fold headline in very large print the following:

"Thompson's Pen is a Sword!"

Only they left out the space between the word 'Pen' and the word 'is'.

Voters in his state had a new respect for Governor Thompson.

August 12th, 2008, 12:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
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August 15th, 2008, 04:55 AM	#8 (permalink)
jtur88 Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 7,857	From today's papers: Vietnam latest news - Thanh Nien Daily "Vietnam's dong falls as demand for gold rises" __________________ ------------------ When people ask what I hope to see before I die, I answer that I've already seen too much. Last edited by jtur88; August 15th, 2008 at 04:58 AM.

August 15th, 2008, 12:23 PM	#10 (permalink)
jtur88 Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 7,857	"On First Looking into Chapman\'s Homer" is a sonnet by English Romantic poet John Keats . It refers to Chapman's early translation of Homer's epic "Odyssey". Vladimir Nabokov, in his haliarious "Pale Fire", the absurd writer annotating a poetic work interpreted this line: ... and from the local Star A curio: "Red Sox beat Yanks 5-4 On Chapman's Homer" , thumbtacked to the door. The writer, knowing nothing about baseball (or much else worldly), thought it had been saved merely because of the oddity of parts of two different headlines, one from the sports page and one from the literary supplement. __________________ ------------------ When people ask what I hope to see before I die, I answer that I've already seen too much. Last edited by jtur88; August 15th, 2008 at 12:30 PM.

August 15th, 2008, 05:58 PM	#12 (permalink)
Nighthawk Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 2,716	My personal favorite will always be our campus paper when I was in college. Being a fairly poor state school, anytime a campus organization got money from an outside donor it was big news. The week in question, the hubub on campus was a sizeable donation for the school's dance/pompom squad, the "Golden Girls", which permitted them new uniforms, a trip to dance camp in the preseason and footed the bill for all of them to travel with the football team (which was a big deal). The school paper in their zeal to run the story placed a huge, full color picture on page one above the fold of the ladies in their new outfits with the 55 point crier underneath... "GOLDEN GIRLS ENDOWED!" To which thousands of readers thought to themselves...."No ****, Sherlock....that's why we put them in the spandex." __________________ "Whenever the word 'fair' features so prominently in legislation, the odds are that it is economically illiterate" -Rich Lowery What am I doing with your tax money? Sustaining the realm according to caprice.

August 12th, 2008, 12:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
nanwynn Veteran Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 751	. The above was a pretty memorable eyecatcher.

August 12th, 2008, 12:48 PM	#4 (permalink)
perfectstormhits Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,380	Some I googled..... Deaf mute gets new hearing in killing Police begin campaign to run down jaywalkers Stiff opposition expected to casketless funeral plan Iraqi head seeks arms Child's stool great for use in garden Two Soviet ships collide - one dies Drunk drivers paid $1,000 in 1984 Cold wave linked to temperatures Blind woman gets new kidney from dad she hasn't seen in years Man is fatally slain

August 12th, 2008, 04:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
heyterry Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 499	When Jerry Garcia died, I remember a headline that read: Head dead head dead.

August 15th, 2008, 04:54 AM	#7 (permalink)
LongtimeBravesFan Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,660	I remember one I once saw on Leno.... Jury still out on marijuana

August 15th, 2008, 07:12 AM	#9 (permalink)
heyterry Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 499	Greg Harris was a pitcher in the major leagues. He was ambidextrois (OK. I spelled it wrong). I think he was right handed, but he had a pretty good fastball left handed, too. I think he was with Montreal at the end of the season. The manager went out to get him, but he talked him into letting him pitch left handed. They got him a glove and he went on. The headline read: "Harris relieves himself on the mound"

August 15th, 2008, 02:05 PM	#11 (permalink)
frenchman Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,969	HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR (New York Post, 1982)

August 15th, 2008, 07:16 PM	#13 (permalink)
jtur88 Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 7,857	Sometimes typos slip into headlines, too. The St. John's Newfoundland paper once followed a blizzard with: 10 INCHES OF SNOT CLOGS STREETS __________________ ------------------ When people ask what I hope to see before I die, I answer that I've already seen too much.

August 22nd, 2008, 08:29 AM	#15 (permalink)
Wiggen Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 5,288	After Governor Thompson had vetoed a series of quickly passed bills by the state legislature, the local newspaper ran an above the fold headline in very large print the following: "Thompson's Pen is a Sword!" Only they left out the space between the word 'Pen' and the word 'is'. Voters in his state had a new respect for Governor Thompson. __________________ "There are plenty of blacks who do not look like monkeys... Obama, however, does sort of look like a monkey..." Zen, May 18, 2008.

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