Best headline ever

Post by Basil Jet
"Storm Bronagh arrives in Plymouth and nearly blows a wheelie bin over"

Nah. The best headline ever has stood for decades;

"Nut Screws Washer and Bolts"

abelard

2018-09-21 10:07:53 UTC

Post by Basil Jet
"Storm Bronagh arrives in Plymouth and nearly blows a wheelie bin over"

Nah. The best headline ever has stood for decades;
"Nut Screws Washer and Bolts"

i like...fog in the channel....europe cut off

--
www.abelard.org

Andy Walker

2018-09-21 10:48:21 UTC

Post by Basil Jet
"Storm Bronagh arrives in Plymouth and nearly blows a wheelie bin over"

Nah. The best headline ever has stood for decades;
"Nut Screws Washer and Bolts"

Nah. "Monty Flies Back to Front". With "Giant Waves Down Queen
Mary's Funnel" a distant second.

--
Andy Walker,
Nottingham.

JNugent

2018-09-21 11:22:08 UTC

Post by Basil Jet
"Storm Bronagh arrives in Plymouth and nearly blows a wheelie bin over"

Nah. The best headline ever has stood for decades;
"Nut Screws Washer and Bolts"

Nah. "Monty Flies Back to Front". With "Giant Waves Down Queen
Mary's Funnel" a distant second.

Fritz Spiegl (RIP) published two small books entitled "What The Papers
(Didn't Mean To) Say", absolutely full of these.

One I remember referred to an international disagreement on oriental
imports of motor vehicles:

"Chinese In Car Clash".

[I have both editions but cannot for the life of me find them on any
bookshelf at the moment. I wonder if they're among the books in
plastic-box storage out in the garage? I shall check...]

Fruitiest of Fruitcakes

2018-09-21 11:40:43 UTC

Post by Basil Jet
"Storm Bronagh arrives in Plymouth and nearly blows a wheelie bin over"

Nah. The best headline ever has stood for decades;
"Nut Screws Washer and Bolts"

Nah. "Monty Flies Back to Front". With "Giant Waves Down Queen
Mary's Funnel" a distant second.

Fritz Spiegl (RIP) published two small books entitled "What The Papers
(Didn't Mean To) Say", absolutely full of these.

You know you want to, but please don’t.

Post by JNugent
One I remember referred to an international disagreement on oriental

Oh dear...

Post by JNugent
"Chinese In Car Clash".
[I have both editions but cannot for the life of me find them on any
bookshelf at the moment. I wonder if they're among the books in
plastic-box storage out in the garage? I shall check...]

A thread to avoid forever, methinks....

JNugent

2018-09-21 12:09:41 UTC

Post by Fruitiest of Fruitcakes

Post by Basil Jet
"Storm Bronagh arrives in Plymouth and nearly blows a wheelie bin over"

Nah. The best headline ever has stood for decades;
"Nut Screws Washer and Bolts"

Nah. "Monty Flies Back to Front". With "Giant Waves Down Queen
Mary's Funnel" a distant second.

Fritz Spiegl (RIP) published two small books entitled "What The Papers
(Didn't Mean To) Say", absolutely full of these.

You know you want to, but please don’t.

Post by JNugent
One I remember referred to an international disagreement on oriental

Oh dear...

A thread to avoid forever, methinks....

Too late... they've been found.

g***@googlemail.com

2018-09-21 12:44:22 UTC

Post by Basil Jet
"Storm Bronagh arrives in Plymouth and nearly blows a wheelie bin over"

Nah. The best headline ever has stood for decades;
"Nut Screws Washer and Bolts"

Nah. "Monty Flies Back to Front". With "Giant Waves Down Queen
Mary's Funnel" a distant second.

I have a Chinese friend who has a pet lion.

"What do you call him?", I asked.

"Ryan....."

JNugent

2018-09-21 14:21:07 UTC

Post by Basil Jet
"Storm Bronagh arrives in Plymouth and nearly blows a wheelie bin over"

Nah. The best headline ever has stood for decades;
"Nut Screws Washer and Bolts"

Nah. "Monty Flies Back to Front". With "Giant Waves Down Queen
Mary's Funnel" a distant second.

I have a Chinese friend who has a pet lion.
"What do you call him?", I asked.
"Ryan....."

That will work better with a Japanese friend (seriously).

Andy Walker

2018-09-21 15:38:06 UTC

Post by JNugent
"Chinese In Car Clash".

I have a Chinese friend who has a pet lion.
"What do you call him?", I asked.
"Ryan....."

Ah. A candidate for the "What do you call ..." entries?
What do you call a woman with one leg shorter than the other?
"Eileen"
What do you call a Japanese[1] woman with one leg shorter than the other?
"Irene"

[1] Thanks, JN.

--
Andy Walker,
Nottingham.

JNugent

2018-09-21 16:27:11 UTC

Post by JNugent
"Chinese In Car Clash".

I have a Chinese friend who has a pet lion.
"What do you call him?", I asked.
"Ryan....."

The first two pages of content from Fritz Spiegl, condensed onto one page:

<https://ibb.co/eg1oBe>

Custos Custodum

2018-09-21 11:35:18 UTC

Post by Basil Jet
"Storm Bronagh arrives in Plymouth and nearly blows a wheelie bin over"

Nah. The best headline ever has stood for decades;
"Nut Screws Washer and Bolts"

Nah. "Monty Flies Back to Front". With "Giant Waves Down Queen
Mary's Funnel" a distant second.

"Cosmo Cantab Cuts King's Cutie"
"Bra firm goes broke"

Basil Jet

2018-09-21 13:37:04 UTC

Post by Custos Custodum

Post by Basil Jet
"Storm Bronagh arrives in Plymouth and nearly blows a wheelie bin over"

Nah. The best headline ever has stood for decades;
"Nut Screws Washer and Bolts"

Nah. "Monty Flies Back to Front". With "Giant Waves Down Queen
Mary's Funnel" a distant second.

"Cosmo Cantab Cuts King's Cutie"
"Bra firm goes broke"

Bra firm goes bust, surely.

A genuine thanks to everyone who has surpassed me in this thread
[wipes tears of laughter]

Custos Custodum

2018-09-21 20:05:33 UTC

Post by Basil Jet

Post by Custos Custodum

Post by Basil Jet
"Storm Bronagh arrives in Plymouth and nearly blows a wheelie bin over"

Nah. The best headline ever has stood for decades;
"Nut Screws Washer and Bolts"

Nah. "Monty Flies Back to Front". With "Giant Waves Down Queen
Mary's Funnel" a distant second.

"Cosmo Cantab Cuts King's Cutie"
"Bra firm goes broke"

Bra firm goes bust, surely.

You would have thought so. Maybe the writer thought it was more
attention-grabbing to avoid the obvious gag.

g***@googlemail.com

2018-09-21 12:44:39 UTC

Post by Basil Jet
"Storm Bronagh arrives in Plymouth and nearly blows a wheelie bin over"

Nah. The best headline ever has stood for decades;
"Nut Screws Washer and Bolts"

Nah. "Monty Flies Back to Front". With "Giant Waves Down Queen
Mary's Funnel" a distant second.

:-)

Handsome Jack

2018-09-21 21:21:33 UTC

Post by Basil Jet
"Storm Bronagh arrives in Plymouth and nearly blows a wheelie bin over"

Nah. The best headline ever has stood for decades;
"Nut Screws Washer and Bolts"

Nah. "Monty Flies Back to Front". With "Giant Waves Down Queen
Mary's Funnel" a distant second.

On journalism courses it is taught that every story must be given a
local angle. For many years the classic example of this was cited as The
Scotsman's reporting of the Titanic disaster, under the headline
"Aberdeen Man Lost At Sea".

--
Jack

General Weyler

2018-09-21 15:48:18 UTC

Post by Basil Jet
"Storm Bronagh arrives in Plymouth and nearly blows a wheelie bin over"
https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/storm-bronagh-arrives-plymouth-nearly-2027226

"Eight Army Push Bottles Up German Rear"

"British left waffles on Falklands"

p***@gmail.com

2018-09-21 17:48:29 UTC