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.

Posted by chrisdye on March 15, 2004 with category tags of

11 comments
Bishop thanks Heaven for Little Boys


Does it have to relate to one particular news story?
   comment by Mariana (#35) on March 15, 2004

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.
   comment by Sean (#34) on March 16, 2004

Carpenter Nailed
   comment by vinny9 (#33) on March 16, 2004

Atmosphere: 7, Columbia: 0
   comment by vinny9 (#33) on March 16, 2004

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
   comment by vinny9 (#33) on March 16, 2004

Chris- "last week" is an interesting turn of phrase
Sean- Congratulations!
Vinny- so tactless! imagery of pounding bush soo painful!
   comment by Mariana (#35) on March 16, 2004

Thanks, Sean. I'm still working on step 1.
   comment by Alex (#118) on March 16, 2004

Hotel patrons in Iraq having a Blast
   comment by Reverend_Jerry (#40) on March 17, 2004

A future headline: Chris Dye? It's done
   comment by dustin (#1) on March 18, 2004

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)
   comment by alice (#60) on March 21, 2004

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"
   comment by Alex (#118) on March 22, 2004

   

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