August 31, 2007
Like all journalists, Guru loves a great news headline. Headline writing is a skill that can really help to sell a newspaper or magazine, and a good headline will almost guarantee to draw readers into the story itself.
Guru has just spotted a wonderful headline on the BBC's news website - "Wind farms not in windy places".
Nothing too clever, no corny puns - just a masterpiece of understatement that manages to make the government's renewable energy plans seem terribly badly managed.
Meanwhile, thanks to Disciple Paul for the following silly and/or double entendre headlines that (he claims) have all actually appeared in national newspapers:
Arson suspect is held in Massachusetts fireAstronaut takes blame for gas in spacecraft
Bank drive-in window blocked by board
British left waffles on Falkland Islands
British union finds dwarfs in short supply
Chef throws his heart into helping feed needy
Cold wave linked to temperatures
Deaf college opens doors to hearing
Drunk gets nine months in violin case
Drunken drivers paid £1,000 in '84
Enfield couple slain; police suspect homicide
Enraged cow injures farmer with axe
Eye drops off shelf
Farmer Bill dies in House
Hospitals are sued by seven foot doctors
Include your children when baking cookies
Iraqi head seeks arms
Juvenile court to try shooting defendant
Kids make nutritious snacks
Killer sentenced to die for second time in 10 years
Lansing residents can drop off trees
Local high school dropouts cut in half
Lung cancer in women mushrooms
Man minus ear waives hearing
Man struck by lightning faces battery charge
Man who stole clock faces time
New vaccine contains rabies
Obesity study looks for larger test group
Old school pillars are replaced by alumni
Plane too close to ground, crash investigators report
Police begin campaign to run down jaywalkers
Probe told miners refuse to work after death
Reagan wins on budget, but more lies ahead
Red tape holds up new bridge
Safety experts say school bus passengers should be belted
Shot off woman's leg helps Nicklaus to 66
Something went wrong in jet crash, expert says
Squad helps dog bite victim
Stolen painting found by tree
Strike may last a while if not settled quickly
Survivor of Siamese twins joins parents
Two sisters reunited after 18 years in checkout counter
Two Soviet ships collide, one dies
Typhoon rips through cemetery; hundreds dead
War dims hope for peace
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Comments (1)
Headline of the year - maybe of the decade...
Stab victim continued masturbating
Posted by Andy | August 31, 2007 8:43 AM
Posted on August 31, 2007 08:43