Feb 06
Stop presses for Headline of Year.
Cats: Uncategorized, words|This is a masterpiece. It was spotted by The Language Log. It is a headline worthy of a Nobel-prize. The story came from the Associated Press but the headline is so Fox.
Police: Crack Found in Man’s Buttocks
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Police searching a downtown home found a man hiding 15 plastic bags of crack cocaine in his buttocks.
Pierre Lynch, 20, of Washington, D.C., was searched after he went to a home on Charles Street Thursday night.
Police had gone to the home after officers saw suspected drug dealing in the area, Sgt. Jim Robison said.
Lynch was charged with possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine, possession of crack cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, obstructing and hindering and making a false statement to police officers.
February 6th, 2008 at 8:19 am
Har har. I heard a joke along those lines…at Rita McNeils expense.
February 6th, 2008 at 8:38 am
That really cracked me up…..
February 6th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Some days it must be great to be a headline writer. What’s next? Cheese smugglers?
CHEESE FOUND UNDER MAN’S BALLS
*sigh*
I have an adolescent boy’s sense of humor.
February 6th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Oh, god Dick, don’t say Rita MacNeil and buttocks in the same sentence cuz I like rita.
YAM, dang it, why didn’t I think of that first!
BeckEye, I would expect nothing less from the Princess of Puns.
February 6th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
EEEuuuuwwwww,BeckEye — cheese balls with a nutty coating!!
February 6th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Yup, that one works on so many levels, doesn’t it? You simply cannot go wrong with a headline like that. Nor Beckeye’s, for that matter.
February 6th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
YAM, you said that so much better than I did.
barbara, I used to write headlines for a living and like you say, the multi-layered ones are the best. I think BeckEye should write headlines for a living.
February 7th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
HA HA HA! I needed that.
February 9th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Oh my gosh I love it. Wow, that writer must have chortled while writing that one!
February 10th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Moxie, you did need that. You’re welcome.
toccata, headline writing can be so much fun.