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    I was having a conversation with my head of press relations and we were comparing newspaper headlines.

    He claims the best ever is 'Headless man found in Topless bar'

    My favourite is from the sun(surprise) after Elton John got marreied to David Furnish.
    ' Elton takes David up the aisle'

    I win i think--anyone remember a better headline?
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      CommentAuthorDewi
    • CommentTimeNov 10th 2007
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    "Super cally are fantasic celtic are atrocious" has to be up there
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    Two other Sun headlines :

    "Freddie Starr ate my Hamster"

    and, after George Michael was caught being naughty in a public loo

    "Zip me up before you go go"

    tho' I also like the one Dewij quoted for sheer inventiveness.
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      CommentAuthorRae
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    Man With One Arm And Leg Cheats On Other Half -- News Of The World.

    Transsexuals Benefits Cut Off -- Highbury & Islington Express.

    Tony Blair Promises Parents The Right To Smack --Independent.

    Golfers Warned Not To Lick Balls -- BBC Teletext News.

    Deadly Centipede Chases Postman - Daily Telegraph.

    Americans Driven To Suicide By Fear Of Death -- Daily Telegraph.

    Petroleum Jelly Keeps Idle Tools Rust -Free - Chicago Daily News.

    Vinnie Jones Enters Dog In Waterloo Cup -- Liverpool Daily Post and Echo.

    Physicist Recommends Bigger Balls To Slow Down Male Tennis Players - Guardian.

    Passengers To Wait 10 Years For Fast Trains -- The Times.

    Clinton Places Dickey In Gore's Hands - Bangor Maine News.

    RSPCA Fights Motorbikes For Hamsters -- Daily Telegraph.

    Prostitutes To Hold Open Day -- Irish Times.

    Mike Tyson Accused Of Cruelty To Ferrets -- Times.

    Doughnut Trail Leads Cops to Thief -- Reuters headline.

    Man Run Over By Freight Train Dies -- The Los Angeles Times.

    Male Infertility Can Be Passed on to Children -- Reuters headline.

    Great White Shark Battered To Death By Holidaymakers -- The Times.

    Invisible Man Disappears From View -- Reuters headline.

    OR, HOW ABOUT THESE STRANGE HEADLINES FROM VARIOUS NEWSPAPERS:

    Virgins Are Discovered In Essex.

    Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead.

    Something Went Wrong In Jet Crash, Expert Says.

    Include Your Children When Baking Cookies.

    Deaf Mute Gets New Hearing In Killing.

    Complaints About NBA Referees Growing Ugly.

    Police Kill Youth In Effort To Stop His Suicide Attempt.

    Miners Refuse To Work After Death.

    Man Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charge.

    Iraqi Head Seeks Arms.

    Drug Dealers Dealt Heavy Blow Say Police.

    Crashed Jet May Have Flown Too Low.

    New South Wales Government Moves To Tighten Testosterone Availability.

    Bull's Sperm Comes Under The Hammer.

    Ducks Banned From Duck Pond.

    L.A. Voters Approve Urban Renewal By Landslide.

    Bulge In Trousers Was Ecstasy.

    Damp Patches Discovered On Sun.

    Drunk Gets Nine Months In Violin Case.

    Astronaut Takes Blame For Gas In Spacecraft.
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    Posted By: mikepI was having a conversation with my head of press relations and we were comparing newspaper headlines.

    He claims the best ever is 'Headless man found in Topless bar'

    My favourite is from the sun(surprise) after Elton John got married to David Furnish.
    ' Elton takes David up the aisle'

    I win i think--anyone remember a better headline?


    They then topped it a few days later when they went on honeymoon to Venice, and the Sun had a picture of them in a gondolier and the headline 'Now Elton takes David up the Grand Canal' !!!
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      CommentAuthorKenY
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    Are you sure they were in gondolier, not a gondola? Not that is inconceivable, just that even the Sun has limits as to what it can actually print!
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    sadly Keny you are right!! My illiteracy showing through!!
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    I love the following headline from Sun in the 70's. They have never been known for thinking we were part of Europe, and this one summed it up beautifully. After some bad weather which caused the ferries to be suspended, the headline was:

    "FOG IN CHANNEL, EUROPE CUT OFF"!

    I remember thinking at the time, "how will they manage?"

    However, and you had to be there at the time, it's hard to beat the classsic:

    "PADDY PANTS DOWN"
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      CommentAuthorBrianT
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    From a slightly earlier (and seedier) time in the Liberals history - "Norman Hunter bites yer leg. Norman Scott bites yer pillow"
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      CommentAuthorharrysboy
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    Posted By: gordonsI love the following headline from Sun in the 70's. They have never been known for thinking we were part of Europe, and this one summed it up beautifully. After some bad weather which caused the ferries to be suspended, the headline was:

    "FOG IN CHANNEL, EUROPE CUT OFF"!

    I remember thinking at the time, "how will they manage?"

    However, and you had to be there at the time, it's hard to beat the classsic:

    "PADDY PANTS DOWN"


    I cite the 'Europe cut off' piece all the time, when describing what it's like to be English. LMAO

    Another classic from the 70's was in Der Speigel, it read, 'Dr Fuchs, off to America'
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    I think it was in the first ever edition of the Daily Sport "WORLD WAR 2 BOMBER FOUND ON THE MOON!" and like a mug i went and bought the paper.

    Also remember a story in one of the red tops about a man who was kept awake at night and they found birds of prey in his loft. The headline was:

    FOUR KESTRELS MANEOUVRE IN THE DARK
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      CommentAuthorJPSwain
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    Posted By: dewij"Super cally are fantasic celtic are atrocious" has to be up there


    That was 'Supercaleygoballisticcelticareatrocious"
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      CommentAuthorharrysboy
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    Posted By: philipdockerI think it was in the first ever edition of the Daily Sport "WORLD WAR 2 BOMBER FOUND ON THE MOON!" and like a mug i went and bought the paper.

    Also remember a story in one of the red tops about a man who was kept awake at night and they found birds of prey in his loft. The headline was:

    FOUR KESTRELS MANEOUVRE IN THE DARK


    I like that, funny!
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      CommentAuthorHTOrange
    • CommentTimeNov 11th 2007
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    lol I needed a giggle after Tigers display yesterday in the H.C. Mind you I can always look at the bearded wonders who play for us. All in a great cause too.
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    GOTCHA
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      CommentAuthorPaul
    • CommentTimeNov 12th 2007
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    oh my god ive only just finsihed giggling.

    Man With One Arm And Leg Cheats On Other Half -- News Of The World.
    ]Mike Tyson Accused Of Cruelty To Ferrets -- Times.
    Golfers Warned Not To Lick Balls -- BBC Teletext New

    love it
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