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25 Newspaper Hedlines

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  • 20-06-2006 11:51am
    #1
    RiderOnTheStorm
    Registered Users Posts: 2,138 ✭✭✭


    The top 25 real newspaper headlines of 1999
    (ok, I know its old, but funny is funny, right?)


    25. Include Your Children When Baking Cookies

    24. Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Experts Say

    23. Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers

    22. Drunks Get Nine Months in Violin Case

    21. Iraqi Head Seeks Arms

    20. Is There A Ring of Debris Around Uranus?

    19. Prostitutes Appeal to Pope

    18. Panda Mating Fails, Veterinarian Takes Over

    17. British Left Waffles on Falkland Islands

    16. Teacher Strikes Idle Kids

    15. Clinton Wins Budget; More Lies Ahead

    14. Plane Too Close to Ground, Crash Probe Told

    13. Miners Refuse to Work After Death

    12. Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant

    11. Stolen Painting Found by Tree

    10. Two Sisters Reunited After 18 Years in Checkout Counter

    9. War Dims Hope For Peace

    8. If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last a While

    7. Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide

    6. Man Struck by Lightning Faces Battery Charge

    5. New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group

    4. Astronaut Takes Credit for Gas in Space

    3. Kids Make Nutritious Snacks

    2. Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half


    And the number 1 headline:


    1. Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead


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    #2
    Plug
    Registered Users Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭Plug


    The last one was just comical:D


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    jobonar
    Registered Users Posts: 1,305 ✭✭✭jobonar


    o god! the people who came up with those headlines obviously weren't the brightest sparks!


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    Steoob
    Registered Users Posts: 2,552 ✭✭✭Steoob


    haha nah most of them make sense in context but some are ****in funny tho


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    Kojak
    Registered Users Posts: 12,801 ✭✭✭✭Kojak


    Not Bad. :)


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    #6
    Dermington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 395 ✭✭Dermington


    best headline ever for september 11th 2001:

    boeing, boeing gone!

    :eek: :eek: :eek:


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