Did you hear about the Roo on the Loose in Alabama?
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said the kangaroo, named Shiela. was spotted Tuesday hopping along the side of Interstate 85 in Macon County, which is between Montgomery and Auburn. The sight snarled traffic, and state troopers shut down both sides of the interstate for the safety of motorists and the kangaroo.
Apropos the recent Supreme Courts's ruling, the 'Daily Star' had a headline like (from memory), 'They think it's all ovaries'.
Clever and funny, with also (I was relieved ) a hint of criticism.
While I loathe The Sun with a passion, I really don't think anyone's ever going to top
SUPER CALEY GO BALLISTIC, CELTIC ARE ATROCIOUS
when Inverness Caley Thistle beat Celtic (who were two divisions above them) in the Scottish FA Cup in February 2000.
Why do I remember this so specifically? It was the day before my birthday, and we were about to go up to Orkney to celebrate my Dad's 75th birthday.
David put a notice up in the choir room that evening before choir practice:
If you want to know why Piglet's in a good mood:
1. It's her birthday tomorrow
2. We're heading up to Orkney
3. Celtic 1 - Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3
It is possible that I am reading too much into this, but in light of Trump's contentious relationship with the media, I was bemused at the Philadelphia Inquirer's headline for the results of the Kentucky Derby: Sovereignty Defeats Journalism.
I think that, as BT has posited before, all the [insert name of town/county] "Live"/"Online" magazines are run by the same stable (something called Reach?), and they are probably all edited by the same people, none of whom have a clue about grammar, punctuation or much else ...
Did you hear about the Roo on the Loose in Alabama?
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said the kangaroo, named Shiela. was spotted Tuesday hopping along the side of Interstate 85 in Macon County, which is between Montgomery and Auburn. The sight snarled traffic, and state troopers shut down both sides of the interstate for the safety of motorists and the kangaroo.
It seems to be a thing these days:
Cows all off Highway 400 in King Township after causing udder chaos for hours
(They got spooked a thunderstorm and ended up wandering up and down one of the main highways to cottage country just in time for the first big cottage long weekend…)
The guy who played drums for Abba apparently died in a tragic gardening accident - really! He fell through a pane of glass in his greenhouse, and severed a major blood vessel.
My thought as well, but if you've ever seen This is Spinal Tap it's life imitating art - there was an American band as well (Toto? Boston?) whose drummer also died in a gardening accident...
(spoiler - one of Spinal Tap's drummers died in a tragic gardening accident)
And they've done another one today: "Free music festival taking place in Cardiff as ticket details released". Personally I think the tickets - let alone the details - should be released well before the event.
And what about this: "Louis Rees-Zammit catches cocktail can while water-skiing as Welshman lives dream with new partner".
[To explain: Rees-Zammit is an ex-Wales rugby player now living in America]. The headline suggests that he is water-skiing and can-catching and that, at the same time, another unnamed Welshman is living their dream life - not so!
If they were to delete the *as*, and insert a hyphen, the sentence would then make sense.
They could even use an endangered semicolon!
I think at some point earlier in this thread (and even I feel no compulsion to track it down) I speculated that they seem to think "as" operates as a period (or "full stop" to reference another thread). These headlines almost always make more sense if you substitute a period for the word "as."
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Headhunters - sounds a bit drastic! And where might they have found them?
Mars?
Beautiful in its desolation - a place where every prospect pleases, but only Musk is vile...
The snake, alas! did not survive...it must have been the wrong kind of electricity...
I was thinking of 'literal' headhunters, with poisoned bows and arrows ...
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said the kangaroo, named Shiela. was spotted Tuesday hopping along the side of Interstate 85 in Macon County, which is between Montgomery and Auburn. The sight snarled traffic, and state troopers shut down both sides of the interstate for the safety of motorists and the kangaroo.
Clever and funny, with also (I was relieved ) a hint of criticism.
when Inverness Caley Thistle beat Celtic (who were two divisions above them) in the Scottish FA Cup in February 2000.
Why do I remember this so specifically? It was the day before my birthday, and we were about to go up to Orkney to celebrate my Dad's 75th birthday.
David put a notice up in the choir room that evening before choir practice:
NYT Twitter/X post, with link to article (paywall) here.
Further puns are in the post, plus this from the article:
"Down down, deeper on down"
Well, it's good to know that he has healthy skin, but was he spotty as a teenager?
Our local news online is rarely, if ever, funny - whether intentionally or otherwise. They just have no idea about grammar, syntax, or punctuation.
It seems to be a thing these days:
Cows all off Highway 400 in King Township after causing udder chaos for hours
(They got spooked a thunderstorm and ended up wandering up and down one of the main highways to cottage country just in time for the first big cottage long weekend…)
No, not gangsters or highwaymen - just traffic.
Also: "ABBA icon dies as band issues heartfelt tribute". Surely the tribute (to their sound engineeer) should have waited until after his death?
My thought as well, but if you've ever seen This is Spinal Tap it's life imitating art - there was an American band as well (Toto? Boston?) whose drummer also died in a gardening accident...
(spoiler - one of Spinal Tap's drummers died in a tragic gardening accident)
Coat getting in progress.
Apparently the Watch Officer fell asleep.
BT - right with you re: "XXX dies as tributes pour in" - that particular mangling of the language drives me crackers.
[To explain: Rees-Zammit is an ex-Wales rugby player now living in America]. The headline suggests that he is water-skiing and can-catching and that, at the same time, another unnamed Welshman is living their dream life - not so!
I think at some point earlier in this thread (and even I feel no compulsion to track it down) I speculated that they seem to think "as" operates as a period (or "full stop" to reference another thread). These headlines almost always make more sense if you substitute a period for the word "as."
No, not that Amazon, it's the other one!