Headlines of Utter Weirdness

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  • Wesley JWesley J Circus Host
    She shouldn't drink, as already legless.
  • Wesley JWesley J Circus Host
    Wasn't there a character in The Lord Of The Rings called Legless? - No, wait, that's Legolas. My bad.

    I'll get my cape.
  • In fairness, she did have two legs if needed. But I had never heard of her before the show, but loved here there. So sad that she needed more surgery on her leg.
  • The Oxford Mail is frustrating as often the headline on the front outage bears no resemblance to the one in the article, so you'll have to take my word for this one.

    Man arrested after huge police presence seen with 'blue lights'

    Leaving aside the quotation marks, were they invisible in ordinary coloured light?
  • This is a perfect headline: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp341d5w549o

    "Disappointment after bed bugs cancel Christmas fete". You have to feel sorry for all those people who were hoping to have a great time at the bed bugs Christmas fete.
  • HedgehogHedgehog Shipmate
    "Christmas won't be Christmas without any bed bugs," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.
    --Little Women (New Revised Translation)
  • There's a certain irony in the fact that the place is located in Beds...
  • There is nothing worse than a Beds bed bug. They just feel right at home.
  • AzzAzz Shipmate Posts: 11
    From the BBC: "Man hand delivers Evri parcels dumped by bins". Watch out for those parcel-dumping bins, rather prevalent at this time of year!
  • Wesley JWesley J Circus Host
    Was the man 'hand' separated from the man? Spooky!
  • I expect the report was left over from Hallowe'en...
  • Wesley JWesley J Circus Host
    edited December 4
    That's what I thought too. - Hand vs Bins. Yep, definitely.
  • Shouldn't 'bins', whoever they are, be 'Bins'?
  • Another Oxford Wail classic with a completely different headline when you click on it:

    "Disabled puppy found the weight of sugar bag in waste bin"

    How do you parse that?
  • For a start, was the 'weight' that of the sugar bag plus the waste bin containing it, or just the bag?
  • HedgehogHedgehog Shipmate
    I read it as the dog found the line on the sugar bag that states what the weight of the package is. To be honest, I have seen dogs do far more impressive tricks than that.
  • O yes - ISWYM.

    Clearly, the Oxford Wail is staffed by AIs, or by people whose first language is not English - possibly Klingon?
  • O yes - ISWYM.

    Clearly, the Oxford Wail is staffed by AIs, or by people whose first language is not English - possibly Klingon?

    I don't think it's anything as intelligible as Klingon, frankly.
  • Hmm. Do they perhaps obtain material from the Donald J Trump Word Salad Emporium?
  • Meanwhile, in Southend (from the BBC): "Giant purple dinosaur caught fly-tipping on CCTV". There are pictures!
  • Didn't he realise that, if he fly-tipped onto the CCTV camera, it might just catch him in the act?

    O wait...dinosaurs aren't very bright, even when purple...

    And why do they think it's relevant to mention his size?
  • It is a fantastic video of the dinosaur https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c8r3pgr5jdxo
  • Didn't he realise that, if he fly-tipped onto the CCTV camera, it might just catch him in the act?

    O wait...dinosaurs aren't very bright, even when purple...

    And why do they think it's relevant to mention his size?

    Size matters. I used to get e-mails telling me that all the time.
  • It is a fantastic video of the dinosaur https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c8r3pgr5jdxo

    It's quite something, isn't it? The lack of a report of flytipping and the pole danceresque twirl at the end says to me that someone was playing up to the camera!
  • SandemaniacSandemaniac Shipmate
    edited December 5
    Didn't he realise that, if he fly-tipped onto the CCTV camera, it might just catch him in the act?

    O wait...dinosaurs aren't very bright, even when purple...

    And why do they think it's relevant to mention his size?

    Size matters. I used to get e-mails telling me that all the time.

    🤣🤣

    [Hostly Minor Magick Hat on]

    Aubergine/eggplant emoji removed, as in this case does not contribute much to the post or the thread, and as meaning of quotes and post are clear anyway. - Let's please stick to more conventional emojis if need be; otherwise, and mostly, please try to use words from the rich vocabulary of the English language and alphabet and Latin script, of which there are plenty, and which can very creatively - and smuttily, if you must - be used (including punctuation) if desire... should arise. Thank you.

    Wesley J, Circus Host
    [Hostly Minor Magick Hat off]
  • 'Rogue raptor' and 'prehistoric predator'...O! the all-embracing and artful aid of alliteration!
  • Again BBC: "Pub hit by bulldozer may have been targeted, police say". Wow, the detectives are really on the case!
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