Best Newspaper Headline [Archive]

R.Youden

Jul 18, 2005, 04:54 AM

Just for a bit of fun..

In the UK years ago we had the headline...

"Freddie Start Ate My Hampster"

I think that was brilliant!

I am sure there are some good ones from over in the US!

pulsewidth947

Jul 18, 2005, 06:16 AM

You get some corkers in The Sun, pretty much on a daily basis :)

You wouldnt catch me buying that, but I'd read it for a giggle if it was left on a train (I love that tradition - leave your paper on the train for someone else to read :D)

I'm trying to think too hard about a headline, and so I cant think of any :confused:

Peterkro

Jul 18, 2005, 06:31 AM

"Essex girl comes first" banner headline in the Guardian when Sally Gunnell won Olympic gold is a personal favourite(and from reading about it afterwards they knew what they were doing and just did it for laughs).
The old(very) "fog in channel,continent cut off" still sets the standard.

Chundles

Jul 18, 2005, 07:13 AM

Have you still got that Essex Girl one? I have a friend in Essex who'd love to see it, could you post a copy if possible? Cheers.

Peterkro

Jul 18, 2005, 08:05 AM

Sorry chundles no,there was a story in Guardian Media supplement so a search of their archives may turn it up.

wordmunger

Jul 18, 2005, 08:29 AM

This one, of course, was unintentional:
http://wordmunger.com/images/luke.jpg
(Charlotte Observer, September 21)

mactastic

Jul 18, 2005, 12:15 PM

Well of course the classic 'Kids make tasty treats'.

When I was in college the horticultural society ran an ad in the school paper offering to give a free potted plant to anyone who showed up. Never did find out if it was deliberate or not, but the ad come out saying 'Free Pot Plant'. They did get a lot of visitors, however. :D

strider42

Jul 18, 2005, 12:39 PM

One of my favorite headlines was from my college student paper. A guy was robbed near a building on campus, which spawned the headline: "Man Attacked By Building".

ejb190

Jul 18, 2005, 01:11 PM

When I was in college the horticultural society ran an ad in the school paper offering to give a free potted plant to anyone who showed up. Never did find out if it was deliberate or not, but the ad come out saying 'Free Pot Plant'. They did get a lot of visitors, however. :D

Sounds like something the Hort Club I was in would do!

My favorite was in the Indy Star some time ago: "Police kill man with axe". It was really a sad story, but the headline was just so wrong...

ham_man

Jul 18, 2005, 01:17 PM

Being a golfer, I found this one too funny...
http://headlinehumor.com/images/headlines/h1.jpg

gwuMACaddict

Jul 18, 2005, 01:28 PM

one from cnn a few years ago on the web

"death row population drops"

:p

kgarner

Jul 18, 2005, 01:48 PM

Not a headline, but I did see the following on the big sign in front of an Arby's once:

Now Hiring
2 French Dips
for $4

mpw

Jul 18, 2005, 01:54 PM

From an African Paper a few years back. This (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/667856.stm) links to the story as report by the BBC, sadly with a less humorous headline.

mpw

Jul 18, 2005, 01:55 PM

Not a headline, but I did see the following on the big sign in front of an Arby's once:

Now Hiring
2 French Dips
for $4

Again a sign rather than a headline;

" Artificial Insemination Centre
NO Entry"

wordmunger

Jul 18, 2005, 02:09 PM

From an African Paper a few years back. This (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/667856.stm) links to the story as report by the BBC, sadly with a less humorous headline.

There were still a few good ones in that story: Banana apPEALS rape conviction, "there was hardly any evidence to BACK UP the victims' testimonies."

Someone had fun writing that story....

killuminati

Jul 18, 2005, 02:27 PM

Theres a garden center by my school that has one of the signs where you hang the letters up. Recently it said "We sell cheap pot". I think they left out the 's'.....or did they?

20rogersc

Jul 18, 2005, 02:29 PM

Not a headline, but a story in a paper:

" Commenting on a complaint from a Mr Arthur Purdey about a large gas bill, a spokesman for North West Gas said, 'We agree it was rather high for the time of year. It's possible Mr Purdey has been charged for the gas used up during the explosion that destroyed his house' "

Sorry it's not a headline, but great content ;)

::20ROGERSC::

wdlove

Jul 18, 2005, 03:04 PM

Here is a list of strange NewsPaper Headlines.

http://www.brunel.ac.uk/~ccussmw/head/all.shtml

"Baby Boomers Not Planning to Retire"

"Accident Made Salesman "Too Nice" For Job"

stevietheb

Jul 18, 2005, 03:09 PM

Being a golfer, I found this one too funny...
http://headlinehumor.com/images/headlines/h1.jpg
CLASSIC!!!

Jaffa Cake

Jul 18, 2005, 03:45 PM

My favourite headline ever dates from a few years back, when a UK tabloid (I think it was The Sun) carried a story claiming that TV presenter Keith 'Cheggers' Chegwin, who had been battling alcoholism, had been warned by doctors to give up drinking as his addiction was close to killing him. The headline – "Cheggers can't be boozers"

Pure genius.

munkle

Jul 18, 2005, 04:31 PM

Took me awhile to get that one ( :o ) but that is indeed pure genius. Still doesn't atone The Sun for being a general bag of w*** though!

killuminati

Jul 18, 2005, 04:54 PM

munkle

Jul 18, 2005, 05:07 PM

HAHA, that is GREAT. I like when papers actually put some thought into their headlines.

Problem with The Sun, and British tabloids in general, is that more thought goes into the headlines than the articles :rolleyes:

Jaffa Cake

Jul 18, 2005, 05:10 PM

Still doesn't atone The Sun for being a general bag of w*** though!Too right – although to be fair they do think up some very, very good headlines. It's just a pity they can't put the same effort into the rest of the paper. :p

rainman::|:|

Jul 18, 2005, 06:40 PM

rdowns

Jul 18, 2005, 07:21 PM

My favorite:

HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR
(New York Post)

Here's some more

http://funnies.paco.to/Headlines.html

http://www.alphadictionary.com/fun/headlines.html

R.Youden

Jul 19, 2005, 04:48 AM

Again not a headline, but I remember seeing a Japanese knife on TV that had been imported and the safety instructions had not been translated very well, they read:

KEEP OUT OF CHILDREN

kwajo.com

Jul 19, 2005, 06:17 AM

I really enjoyed this when it came out:

http://www.plasticbag.org/images/extra/dailymirror.jpg

R.Youden

Jul 19, 2005, 07:02 AM

I really enjoyed this when it came out:

http://www.plasticbag.org/images/extra/dailymirror.jpg

You can see the thoughts "How the hell did I win that one!"

MongoTheGeek

Jul 19, 2005, 12:24 PM

I much prefer british tabloids to american ones tho... have you guys across the pond ever seen Weekly World News? I'm really ashamed for us all. The Mirror and The Sun have a bit of class by comparison... and they don't have Batboy :rolleyes:

The weekly world news is fiction for the most part. They take a bit of hyperbole or metaphor and write a story as if it were true. The did a story about flying saucers and space travel that was based on the moller sky car.

I saw another story that I recognized from another newspaper. Something about a zombie girl dancing the night away at the prom. It was based on a quote along the lines of "I died, when the team lost the championship"

What I fear is when they start using the Onion as source material.

highres

Jul 19, 2005, 12:55 PM

a famous sign at the Gas Station/Restaurant at Strawberry Lodge in Northern California says, "Eat and get Gas". Been there at least 30 yrs... :D

ejb190

Jul 19, 2005, 01:18 PM

Anyone else enjoy Jay Leno's Headlines on Monday nights (The Tonight Show on NBC)? Many of those are classic, espically the weddings.

There is a dinner here in Indiana called "Eat Here and Get Gas"!

Lacero

Jul 19, 2005, 01:19 PM

Many of those are classic, espically the weddings.The most memorable was the Harry-Pitts wedding.

munkle

Jul 19, 2005, 01:49 PM

There is a dinner here in Indiana called "Eat Here and Get Gas"!

I hear there's one in Strawberry Lodge, Northern California too!;) :p

mpw

Jul 19, 2005, 02:27 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by ejb190
There is a dinner here in Indiana called "Eat Here and Get Gas"!

I hear there's one in Strawberry Lodge, Northern California too!;) :p

Bloody chains

kiwi_the_iwik

Jul 20, 2005, 12:06 PM

I rather liked one in The Sun newspaper a few years back in the UK, after a football game between Scottish teams Caledonian Thistle and Celtic.

I bet the journo had been DREAMING of this day...

"SUPER CALLY ARE FANTASTIC CELTIC ARE ATROCIOUS"

Mind you, The Sun did come out with some Blinders - when the General Belgrano was sunk in the Falklands conflict, the front page just read:

"GOTCHA!"

Sort of says it all, really...