Classic Headlines

CountingCrows

I always spot one or two of these a week in the Champion or the Weekender.

Here's my pick this week:

Sligo Weekender - "Driver in fatal crash is recovering" :rolleyes:

gustavo

If you took the time to read the article you would notice it was called a fatal crash because other people lost their lives in the crash....

CountingCrows

gustavo wrote:

If you took the time to read the article you would notice it was called a fatal crash because other people lost their lives in the crash....

Sigh.... I did read the article but the headline is misleading to say the least.
Be careful not to smile at anything today....

muffler

I can see both views on that particular headline. But its a nice wee thread and hopefully humorous to boot.

I recall a great headline (well more of a story heading on page 17) in one of our local papers a long number of years ago and I think it speaks for itself:

"Dog bites garda serving dog license summons"

-Al-

ha, used to do this a few years back, your always guaranteed a funny headline in local papers.

Gillie

CountingCrows wrote:

I always spot one or two of these a week in the Champion or the Weekender.

Here's my pick this week:

Sligo Weekender - "Driver in fatal crash is recovering" :rolleyes:

Classic!:rolleyes:

AlmightyCushion

This is going to be a great thread. Maybe make it a sticky muffler?

muffler

AlmightyCushion wrote:

This is going to be a great thread. Maybe make it a sticky muffler?

Yeah if it takes off I can do that

magnumlady

CountingCrows wrote:

I always spot one or two of these a week in the Champion or the Weekender.

Here's my pick this week:

Sligo Weekender - "Driver in fatal crash is recovering" :rolleyes:

I have to say it made me look at it the headline twice.

CountingCrows

Reminded me of a classic line from the Simpson's....

“Burns was pronounced dead, then taken to a better hospital where he was pronounced alive.”

slavigo

Maybe we could even move it up a level and make it a North West thing. We can blow the lid right off this baby! (We'll always know it started in the Sligo forum though )

muffler

slavigo wrote: »

Maybe we could even move it up a level and make it a North West thing. We can blow the lid right off this baby! (We'll always know it started in the Sligo forum though )

You mean move it up to the Donegal forum

Seriously how do you all feel about having this moved to the North West forum front page and stickied?

AlmightyCushion

muffler wrote: »

You mean move it up to the Donegal forum

Seriously how do you all feel about having this moved to the North West forum front page and stickied?

The north west forum has gone a bit dead. I doubt it will get the traffic to be perfectly honest.

Gillie

muffler wrote: »

You mean move it up to the Donegal forum

Seriously how do you all feel about having this moved to the North West forum front page and stickied?

I say leave it where it is for now and see if it develops!

muffler

Gillie wrote: »

I say leave it where it is for now and see if it develops!

That was my initial thoughts - wait and see.

On a general note the NW forum has taken a wee bit of a dip in the ratings with the introduction of the County fora - we are all guilty of being parochial for want of a better phrase.

Im not saying that this particular thread should be moved but something like this should be started in the NW forum - that is something that would be topical no matter what county you are in.

Opinions???

showgies

I remember two classics from The Sligo Champion

In a public notice for Bereavement counselling it advised that members would be afforded extensive counselling with sex (“six”) sessions!!!

Also remember a caption under a wedding photo that read “Mr xxxxxx, Father of the ride” !!!

Gillie

muffler wrote: »

That was my initial thoughts - wait and see.

On a general note the NW forum has taken a wee bit of a dip in the ratings with the introduction of the County fora - we are all guilty of being parochial for want of a better phrase.

Im not saying that this particular thread should be moved but something like this should be started in the NW forum - that is something that would be topical no matter what county you are in.

Opinions???

Well we have the 3/4 edtions of the "post", The Sligo Papers, The Leitrim Observer and the Donegal Democrat (Are there more?).
So surely there would be enough to cover the NW in terms of dodgy headlines.

I have a few threads in mind for the NW forum so i'll pop them up when time allows.

muffler

Gillie wrote: »

Well we have the 3/4 edtions of the "post", The Sligo Papers, The Leitrim Observer and the Donegal Democrat (Are there more?).
So surely there would be enough to cover the NW in terms of dodgy headlines.

I have a few threads in mind for the NW forum so i'll pop them up when time allows.

Yes there are several other local papers in Donegal so it wouldnt be difficult to get the odd "headline" given the standard of journalism and basic English involved.

Maybe we can get a few more opinions on this subject.

smashey

muffler wrote: »

Yes there are several other local papers in Donegal so it wouldnt be difficult to get the odd "headline" given the standard of journalism and basic English involved.

Maybe we can get a few more opinions on this subject.

Ooh, controversy. I like controversy.

muffler

smashey wrote: »

Ooh, controversy. I like controversy.

Ah sure when you hit the big 40 everything becomes controversial - ask Paddy20

Happy birthday smashey

Culchie

Whenever some of these typos/double entendres come up , i always think of a restaurant in Cascais, near Lisbon, we used to frequent on golfing expeditions.

English translation of the starter was 'Assaulted Mushrooms with a garlic Mayonnaise dip'

Love it

TequilaMockingBird

I read in a book (see below) about a Guard from Sligo, a few years ago, telling the local paper that Sligo didn't have a drug problem So the local paper ran the headline "No Drug Problem in Sligo".

Some smart ars* photocopies it with "We can get them whenever we want"
written underneath. These were put up at various places around the town.


(Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawk)

Gillie

sueme wrote: »

I read in a book (see below) about a Guard from Sligo, a few years ago, telling the local paper that Sligo didn't have a drug problem So the local paper ran the headline "No Drug Problem in Sligo".

Some smart ars* photocopies it with "We can get them whenever we want"
written underneath. These were put up at various places around the town.


(Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawk)

brianthebard

Not a headline but what the hell...Was in O'heirs today and heard two wimmen across from me chatting "Yes X, remember if someone kills themselves you have to have them burnt, you can't bury them, cause if you do they'll be in limbo!" (while I didn't look at them I'm sure her eyes were as big as saucers) "What's limbo?"
"Eh, its when your soul is stuck after you die and doesn't know your dead and it wanders around cause it has unfinished business and it doesn't know it has to go to heaven and eh, when you burn the body you release the soul from it and it can float away."

Had to bite my tongue so hard, it's mad what some people pick up.

Gillie

brianthebard wrote: »

Not a headline but what the hell...Was in O'heirs today and heard two wimmen across from me chatting "Yes X, remember if someone kills themselves you have to have them burnt, you can't bury them, cause if you do they'll be in limbo!" (while I didn't look at them I'm sure her eyes were as big as saucers) "What's limbo?"
"Eh, its when your soul is stuck after you die and doesn't know your dead and it wanders around cause it has unfinished business and it doesn't know it has to go to heaven and eh, when you burn the body you release the soul from it and it can float away."

Had to bite my tongue so hard, it's mad what some people pick up.

Must go to O'Heirs this weekend and have a Magic Muffin!

AlmightyCushion

brianthebard wrote: »

Not a headline but what the hell...Was in O'heirs today and heard two wimmen across from me chatting "Yes X, remember if someone kills themselves you have to have them burnt, you can't bury them, cause if you do they'll be in limbo!" (while I didn't look at them I'm sure her eyes were as big as saucers) "What's limbo?"
"Eh, its when your soul is stuck after you die and doesn't know your dead and it wanders around cause it has unfinished business and it doesn't know it has to go to heaven and eh, when you burn the body you release the soul from it and it can float away."

Had to bite my tongue so hard, it's mad what some people pick up.

OOoooooookkkkkkk.

*backs a way slowly*

Seriously thougn where do people hear this stuff?

Gillie

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

OOoooooookkkkkkk.

*backs a way slowly*

Seriously thougn where do people hear this stuff?

Eh. O'heirs?

AlmightyCushion

Gillie wrote: »

Eh. O'heirs?

I should have seen that coming.

TequilaMockingBird

O'Hehirs.

Spelt by Sligonians as "O'Heirs".
Which, to the rest of the world, would be pronounced as "O Airs".
Correct pronunciation "O-He-Hers".

Apologies all. But it hurts me.




All the above is beyond off topic.
Headline on local Board:
Muffler BANS Local Girl For Pointing Out Spelling Error

Gillie

sueme wrote: »

O'Hehirs.

Spelt by Sligonians as "O'Heirs".
Which, to the rest of the world, would be pronounced as "O Airs".
Correct pronunciation "O-He-Hers".

Apologies all. But it hurts me.




All the above is beyond off topic.
Headline on local Board:
Muffler BANS Local Girl For Pointing Out Spelling Error

You should be a mod!:D