A great headline evokes surprise, curiosity – and questions. Take one like “Neo-Nazi Bomb Kills Young Man, Mom Angry.” This nails the troika perfectly – as in A) “Who the fuck wrote that headline, B) what in God’s Good Christ were they thinking! and C) did they fire the Copy Editor before or after this appeared?”
For comedy dicks like us, finding one of these gems is like consensual sex with a Christmas morning made of chocolate. And their train-wreckishness comes in a delicious assortment of flavors.
Some of these headlines are most certainly due to ignorance-based operator error. Some smack of a headline writer with a good sense of humor (and an asleep-at-the-wheel editor), while still others have the suspicious air of a disgruntled employee who simply decided to have some fun/revenge on their way out the door. Below is a sampling from our ‘Fucked-Up Headlines’ collection.
As always, if you see a worthy example – or have a favorite nugget from your collection – send it to us! If we like it, we’ll add it to the gallery and give you a credit as the source. And we’ll buy you a pony!
