Battle of Wits #5 Congratulations to Sean, who wins last week's Battle of Wits, for this entry:
Q:Write a clear instruction manual for a complex task in ten syllables. A: 1. do experiment. 2. wait. 3. hoist Nobel Prize.
Sean therefore wins good chips.
This Week's Battle:
Come up with the tackiest newspaper headline for a tragedy (current, historical, or imaginary)
Example: Brains in Spain Fly Mainly from the Trains
PRIZE: The winner receives an informative fridge magnet.
You have until March 25, 11 PM.
11 comments Bishop thanks Heaven for Little Boys
Does it have to relate to one particular news story? | |
wow. an upset. (alex can share my chips.) thanks!
btw, chris, that example is absolutely astonishingly awful (and therefore v. good). ditto for you, mariana. ye gads. | |
Atmosphere: 7, Columbia: 0 | |
I can't stop. These are just for me. My first one is my only official entry. -Two Towers Too Scoured -German Soap Sales Heating Up
Here's one I actually saw online: -Lesbians Pound Bush for Marriage | |
Chris- "last week" is an interesting turn of phrase Sean- Congratulations! Vinny- so tactless! imagery of pounding bush soo painful! | |
Thanks, Sean. I'm still working on step 1. | |
Hotel patrons in Iraq having a Blast | |
A future headline: Chris Dye? It's done | |
Yeah, I didn't make this one up, but I saw it earlier:
Zombies Push Jesus Out of the Box Office
(Dawn of the Dead vs. The Passion) | |
Perfectly Good Jacket Ruined, Jacqueline Kennedy
initially I was thinking:
Kennedy, King, Lennon: You've Been Punked!
I remember reading an interview with one of the guys for the onion about a rejected headline for the 9-11 issue: "America stronger than ever, say Quadragon officials" | |
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