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The Headlines

  • 01-08-2003 3:22pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,478 ✭✭✭


    Actual Headlines from 2002
    ==========================

    * Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
    * Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
    * Iraqi Head Seeks Arms
    * Prostitutes Appeal to Pope
    * Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
    * Teacher Strikes Idle Kids
    * Miners Refuse to Work after Death
    * Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
    * War Dims Hope for Peace
    * If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile
    * Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
    * Enfield (London) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
    * Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges
    * Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
    * Man Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge
    * New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
    * Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
    * Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
    * Chef Throws His Heart into Helping Feed Needy
    * Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
    * Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 593 ✭✭✭Carbiens


    gah! most of them are only half the actual sentences that were in the headlines, they just cut bits out to make them more funny.

    still it worked though most of them are hilarious:D


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,567 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    and you are missing lots of them.......

    43 Actual Newspaper Headlines

    1. Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
    2. Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
    3. Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted
    4. Drunk Gets Nine Months in Violin Case
    5. Survivor of Siamese Twins Joins Parents
    6. Iraqi Head Seeks Arms
    7. Is There a Ring of Debris around Uranus?
    8. Stud Tires Out
    9. Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
    10. Soviet Virgin Lands Short of Goal Again
    11. British Left Waffles on Falkland Islands
    12. Teacher Strikes Idle Kids
    13. McCreevy Wins on Budget, But More Lies Ahead
    14. Shot Off Woman's Leg Helps Nicklaus to 66
    15. Enraged Cow Injures Farmer with Axe
    16. Plane Too Close to Ground, Crash Probe Told
    17. Miners Refuse to Work after Death
    18. Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
    19. Stolen Painting Found by Tree
    20. Two Soviet Ships Collide, One Dies
    21. Two Sisters Reunited after 18 Years in Checkout Counter
    22. Killer Sentenced to Die for Second Time in 10 Years
    23. Never Withhold Herpes Infection from Loved One
    24. War Dims Hope for Peace
    25. If Strike isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last a While
    26. Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
    27. Red Tape Holds Up New Bridge
    28. Deer Kill 17,000
    29. Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
    30. Man Struck by Lightning Faces Battery Charge
    31. New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
    32. Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
    33. Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
    34. Chef Throws His Heart into Helping Feed Needy
    35. Arson Suspect is Held in Massachusetts Fire
    36. British Union Finds Dwarfs in Short Supply
    37. Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
    38. New Vaccine May Contain Rabies
    39. Steals Clock, Faces Time
    40. Prosecutor Releases Probe into Undersheriff
    41. Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors
    42. Sex Education Delayed, Teachers Request Training
    43. Include your Children When Baking Cookies


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭de5p0i1er


    ROFL. Very good, keep 'em comming.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 534 ✭✭✭bozzie


    thems some cool headlines


  • Hosted Moderators Posts: 3,290 ✭✭✭TomTom


    god they are good, love em.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,136 ✭✭✭Pugsley


    * Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half

    rofl, great :)


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