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QuikSand
02-17-2004, 08:24 AM
CNN.com Link (http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/02/16/border.grenade/index.html)

Not exactly the story that I had mentally conjured up when I read the headline...
Fonzie
02-17-2004, 08:28 AM
Same here. I like our version of the story much better.
cthomer5000
02-17-2004, 08:45 AM
The imaginary story is way more exciting.
MikeVic
02-17-2004, 08:53 AM
I can imagine the explosion!
Maple Leafs
02-17-2004, 09:29 AM
Damn, there goes our military budget for the year...
tucker342
02-17-2004, 06:33 PM
Anyone else find it weird that her husband would leave a grenade in the car?

And yes the imagined story is alot better:D
JeeberD
02-17-2004, 07:58 PM
BOOM!!!!
Fonzie
02-17-2004, 08:27 PM
Damn, there goes our military budget for the year...

That was a true comedy gem. Well done, Maple Leafs!
Bubba Wheels
02-18-2004, 01:41 AM
Damn, there goes our military budget for the year...

Maybe we could donate some fireworks from Tennessee for ya... :D
Ksyrup
02-20-2004, 02:02 PM
Today's:

Marion Jones Posts Faster Time, Finishes Second


I'm thinking - how in the hell did that happen, did she get penalized or something? Of course, it turns out she posted a faster time in this race than she posted in her previous race, but still came in second in this race.
Ksyrup
02-23-2004, 04:31 PM
How about this one:

"Former ump in ball-selling scam pleads guilty"

They have umpires in ball-selling scams?

Is it so hard to move a couple of words around so that it reads, "Former ump pleads guilty in ball-selling scam"?
Maple Leafs
02-23-2004, 04:39 PM
My favorite bad headline was from several years ago, when much of the typesetting was laid out manually.

The story was a local interest piece about an acclaimed poet who also had a love of fencing. The headline was something along the lines of "Smith's pen is mightier than his sword"

Except they left out the space between the second and third words...
The Afoci
02-23-2004, 04:51 PM
Fertile(name of town) woman dies near Climax(name of town).

That is perhaps the greatest usage of towns names and humor ever put into a headline involving death.
Maple Leafs
02-23-2004, 05:05 PM
Fertile(name of town) woman dies near Climax(name of town).
Did it happen to be Climax, Saskatchewan?

That town has a sign saying "Now leaving Climax, please come again".

True.
The Afoci
02-23-2004, 06:11 PM
Climax Minnesota. Sorry. :)