>Newspaper headline amusement:
>
> ACTUAL NEWSPAPER HEADLINES >
> * Grandmother of eight makes hole in one
> * Police begin campaign to run down jaywalkers
> * House passes gas tax onto senate
> * Stiff opposition expected to casketless funeral plan
> * Two convicts evade noose, jury hung
> * William Kelly was fed secretary
> * Milk drinkers are turning to powder
> * Safety experts say school bus passengers should be belted
> * Quarter of a million Chinese live on water
> * Farmer bill dies in house
> * Iraqi head seeks arms
>
>Some become unintentionally suggestive: >
> * Queen Mary having bottom scraped
> * Prostitutes appeal to Pope
> * Panda mating fails - veterinarian takes over
> * NJ judge to rule on nude beach
> * Child's stool great for use in garden
> * Dr. Ruth to talk about sex with newspaper editors
> * Soviet virgin lands short of goal again
> * Organ festival ends in smashing climax
>
>Grammar often botches other headlines:
>
> * Eye drops off shelf
> * Squad helps dog bite victim
> * Dealers will hear car talk at noon
> * Enraged cow injures farmer with ax
> * Lawmen from Mexico barbecue guests
> * Miners refuse to work after death
> * Two Soviet ships collide - one dies
> * Two sisters reunite after eighteen years at checkout counter
>
>Once in a while, a botched headline takes on a meaning opposite
from the one intended:
>
> * Never withhold herpes from loved one
> * Nicaragua sets goal to wipe out literacy
> * Drunk drivers paid $1,000 in 1984
> * Autos killing 110 a day, let's resolve to do better
>
>Sometimes newspaper editors state the obvious:
>
> * If strike isn't settled quickly it may last a while
> * War dims hope for peace
> * Smokers are productive, but death cuts efficiency
> * Cold wave linked to temperatures
> * Child's death ruins couple's holiday
> * Blind woman gets new kidney from dad she hasn't seen in years
> * Man is fatally slain
> * Something went wrong in jet crash, experts say
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