Briefly Noted
This morning's headline on nytimes.com is:
Hong Kong Marks a Decade Since Handover
(Referring to HK's return by Britain to Chinese rule)
In my pre-caffeinated state, I read it as:
Hong Kong Marks a Decade Since Hangover
Well, drink up, then!
As a longtime journalist, my dad has a few good stories about headline flubs. My favorite is the fatal mix-up of "weds" and "wets," in reference to the nuptials of a public figure's daughter. "Gentleman Lawyer We..."
I'll leave it to your imagination. (Or Dad's comment!)
On an unrelated, but very important, "note"--happy 80th birthday to my granddad (who doesn't read this blog, I rather hope). He's the second best-looking octogenarian on the Internet. Take a look at his recent ad for Elliott's Hardware. Also click on "Departments" and "Hardware Plus."
posted by Jesse Anna Bornemann @ 10:56 AM
3 Comments:
Excellent! My favorite bad headlines are also too dirty minded to mention here, but here's two that are still worthy of a chuckle:
"Police begin campaign to run down jaywalkers."
"Prostitutes appeal to Pope."
Come to think of it, the 2nd one might be a little too risque. Ah well... what's done is done.
Bye!
I won't send this to Granddad, but he would like the fact that you mentioned him! :-)
I'm an aquarius and I'm a loner. :/
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