Emperor Visits Neptune
Brilliant, but not as interesting as it sounds. Other splendid headlines:
Leapfrogging Mayor Injures Woman Dressed As Tomato.
Good Smell Perplexes New Yorkers.
Wrestling Midgets Killed By Fake Prostitutes.
Rove: Bush Hardly Worst President.
Mexican Beauty Queen Arrested In Gun-Filled Truck.
He Was Naked, On Crack, And In Alligator's Mouth.
Swiss Accidentally Invade Liechtenstein.
Letters To God End Up In Ocean, Unread.
This must be the best:
I Kicked Burning Terrorist In Balls So Hard I Tore A Tendon In My Foot.
Or maybe this one, from only today:
Iran's Ahmadinejad Criticizes West Over Human Rights.
Leapfrogging Mayor Injures Woman Dressed As Tomato.
Good Smell Perplexes New Yorkers.
Wrestling Midgets Killed By Fake Prostitutes.
Rove: Bush Hardly Worst President.
Mexican Beauty Queen Arrested In Gun-Filled Truck.
He Was Naked, On Crack, And In Alligator's Mouth.
Swiss Accidentally Invade Liechtenstein.
Letters To God End Up In Ocean, Unread.
This must be the best:
I Kicked Burning Terrorist In Balls So Hard I Tore A Tendon In My Foot.
Or maybe this one, from only today:
Iran's Ahmadinejad Criticizes West Over Human Rights.
posted by Terry Glavin at 9:06 AM
9 Comments:
Great mind, and that:
http://www.tomharris.org.uk/2009/07/13/is-this-the-best-headline-in-the-world-ever/
And unemployed bloggers keep saying journalism is dead and "citizen journalists" will fill the job for free? Perhaps if it's about celebs like Michael Jackson or Paris Hilton. Citizen journalists are welcome to be first in that department. But when it comes to news and great headlines about things that matter or amuse they are no competition.
But it could happen, right? Sure, and a citizen carpenter, plumber and electrician will build me a house for free, right?
Good one Terry. I'll have to give the last headline the nod. Because that really is outrageous. Although I must say I found the one about the wrestling midgets and the fake prostitutes was pretty good too. And I was so intrigued by the leapfrogging Mayor and the woman dressed as a tomato I'm going to have to find out MORE !!!! :)
Hi Terry it's me again...actually I think you're right.I hadn't noticed that the hero cabbie was from Glasgow. So now I just have to say that one is the best.
How does the old saying go? If you're looking for a fight Glasgow is NOT the place to find one... :)
Me, I hesitate between the alligator and the burning terrorist.
Mahmoud, though - oh well, he is getting to be so XX century ;-)
Good stuff, Dr G; a Worthwhile Canadian Initiative, in fact.
Finally - and be warned that trying to understand this made my head hurt - two readers, Gus Murray and Andrew Blow, separately contributed the daddy of all headlines.
This story traces its origins back to a small Scottish fishing village called Bridge of Allan which is known for harvesting tench and, more to the point, for holding annual events to see who could eat the most of the stringy fish in one sitting. It started off quite small but as it is the only contest of its kind, it soon attracted widespread, even international, contestants. The year in question is 1990 and the final saw portly local Graham Hicks (from Fife - not far away) up against Sweden's Sven Larssen.
In what was described by locals as a tough encounter, the final took place every Saturday until a best-of-five result was achieved. Hicks ran out the eventual winner in the fourth round, eating 11 fish and beating his much fancied opponent by two.
But no one summed it up better than the local rag, The Bridge Bugle, which ran with the headline: "One to three for Fife's Hicks; Sven ate nine tench."
Hmm! Earlier post incomplete. Error detected. Take Two!
"Worthwile Canadian Initiative"
Ah! The understated classic! I wish Aussies were as good.
My most recent fav headline is two years old:
"From the jaws of a shark comes a ripping yarn"
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/diver-saved-from-jaws-of-a-shark/2007/01/23/1169518709539.html
And this has to be the all time best. But first you have to read the story:
"Finally - and be warned that trying to understand this made my head hurt - two readers, Gus Murray and Andrew Blow, separately contributed the daddy of all headlines.
This story traces its origins back to a small Scottish fishing village called Bridge of Allan which is known for harvesting tench and, more to the point, for holding annual events to see who could eat the most of the stringy fish in one sitting. It started off quite small but as it is the only contest of its kind, it soon attracted widespread, even international, contestants. The year in question is 1990 and the final saw portly local Graham Hicks (from Fife - not far away) up against Sweden's Sven Larssen.
In what was described by locals as a tough encounter, the final took place every Saturday until a best-of-five result was achieved. Hicks ran out the eventual winner in the fourth round, eating 11 fish and beating his much fancied opponent by two.
But no one summed it up better than the local rag, The Bridge Bugle, which ran with the headline: "One to three for Fife's Hicks; Sven ate nine tench."
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/12/20/1040174394322.html
Alakurda:
By far the most astonishing and brilliant headline I've ever read. Thanks for the contribution!
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