Alas the art of fantastic newspaper headlines is disappearing into the mists of history. At one time, you could count on looking at The National Enquirer(tm) while waiting to check out your groceries. No longer. But I still remember how the following headlines made me chuckle:
6) “Tap the Amazing Healing Power of Ketchup”
(Who needs a pill?)
5) “Woman Steals Three-Headed Baby”
(Two-headed baby abductions are so common they’re no longer news.)
4) “News Reporter Eaten Alive by 80-ft. Dinosaur”
(I have a sneaking admiration for the correct usage of the hyphen between “80” and “ft.”)
3) “Archaeologists Discover Skeleton of Satan. Find of the Century”
(Discovering that the Prince of Darkness existed and the Goodness reigns unopposed is only the find of the century. Geez, the millennium at least)
2) “Learn Ten New Ways to Talk to the Dead”
(I never knew the ten old ways. I’m so embarrassed.)
1) “L.A. Quake Opens Gates of Hell”
(There goes the neighborhood.)
– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef
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