BBC Online is always a good source of unintentionally funny headlines. One that still makes me chortle is
EXPLODING STAR HUNTERS MAKE HISTORY
but this is topped today by a story from round my parts my neck of the woods, which is all about an upcoming auction of a large collection of rare tin toys. The headline is
RARE TIN TOYS GO UNDER THE HAMMER
which makes me wonder if any will be left to be sold. It reminds me of a (true) story of a joiner once employed by my father who was cautioned by a site foreman for using too much wood. ‘It doesn’t grow on trees, you know’, he said.
go → grow in the final sentence? My wood’s not much of a goer anywhere.
thanks you sir. mispront crrecticated.
I remember our geography teacher once telling the class that paper didn’t grow on trees… he ended up leaving to be a professional linesman (or referee’s assistant, whatever they’re called now) in the English 3rd division. I wonder if he got more respect there?
Heh. I haven’t seen any howlers lately, but my parents laughed for days about a local headline that ran something like “Man struck by lightning/Taken to hospital, discharged”.
Oh. And while I was writing for the paper, there was the deeply unfortunate “Students can pork for charity”. Bonus.
There’s one I keep on my fridge for the awful ridiculousness: “Bush Urges All Autocrats To Yield Now To Democracy”.