Not a headline as such - but a photo from "Wales Online" of cows being herded along Neath station.They caused a lot of disruption as all trains had to stop. https://tinyurl.com/2s3pvkym
Nothing wrong with this headline on the BBC website: "Cyber attack contingency plans should be put on paper, firms told" - except I read it as "Cycle attack ..." which gave a slightly different slant on it!
For some reason that reminded me of a book entitled The Revenge of the Methodist Bicycle Company (a study of Sunday public transport in Toronto in the late 19th C). As I remember it, the title was the best part of the book.
The gases produced by the consumption of Sprouts may well help spread whatever virus the roast dinners contain...
Whoever comes up with these risible headlines surely does not have English as their first language. I expect they're some sort of AI, anyway, rather than humans, and I doubt if I'm the only person who regards the term 'artificial intelligence' as an oxymoron.
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When I was growing up in Orkney in the 70s, "Oxy" referred to Occidental Oil, who operated the terminal at Flotta which made quite a large number of Orcadians considerably richer than the rest of us, as they were earning oil-rig salaries. I knew several people who gave up interesting, rewarding jobs like teaching to sit at the oil terminal watching dials and twiddling knobs, but for three times their previous salary.
I suspect an "oxymoron" might have described someone who had the chance to work for them, but didn't ...
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Here's one that falls into the "strange but true" category: "You can fire pumpkins from a massive orange cannon at this Welsh attraction".
Need new computer screen glasses, that's for sure!
Whoever comes up with these risible headlines surely does not have English as their first language. I expect they're some sort of AI, anyway, rather than humans, and I doubt if I'm the only person who regards the term 'artificial intelligence' as an oxymoron.
When I was growing up in Orkney in the 70s, "Oxy" referred to Occidental Oil, who operated the terminal at Flotta which made quite a large number of Orcadians considerably richer than the rest of us, as they were earning oil-rig salaries. I knew several people who gave up interesting, rewarding jobs like teaching to sit at the oil terminal watching dials and twiddling knobs, but for three times their previous salary.
I suspect an "oxymoron" might have described someone who had the chance to work for them, but didn't ...
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