"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing."

                --Archilochus

Glenn Reynolds:
"Heh."

Barack Obama:
"Impossible to transcend."

Albert A. Gore, Jr.:
"An incontinent brute."

Rev. Jeremiah Wright:
"God damn the Gentleman Farmer."

Friends of GF's Sons:
"Is that really your dad?"

Kickball Girl:
"Keeping 'em alive until 7:45."

Hired Hand:
"I think . . . we forgot the pheasant."




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Wednesday, April 12, 2006

This Just In From The Unintentionally Hilarious Headline Department


It wasn't THAT bad, Bartolo, was it?

From the Long Beach Press-Telegram.

H/T CLO.

Comments on "This Just In From The Unintentionally Hilarious Headline Department"

 

Blogger Gentleman Farmer said ... (4:17 PM) : 

You know, some of us who are (shall we say) "over 50," don't find references to "colon abuse" particularly amusing. No, we do not.

 

Anonymous Anonymous said ... (4:20 PM) : 

And the first line of the story is pretty ominous, as well: "Since Bartolo Colon's body is not telling him anything is wrong, his next course of action is to review videotape to see why he was thumped by the New York Yankees on Sunday . . . ."

I'd think that after being "thumped by the Yankees" your body would tell you something.

 

Anonymous Anonymous said ... (6:06 PM) : 

"Unintentionally" hilarious? I have my doubts. A baseball player with a name like Colon is something that headline writers live for. If you want to check out some great flubs in newspaper headlines and captions, check out the classic books Red Tape Holds Up New Bridge and Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim. One of my favorites was the headline for the story explaining the change in Utah law that made the firing squad the sole form of execution in that State. Previously, condemned convicts had the choice between firing squad and hanging. The headline read: All Utah Condemned to Face Firing Squad.

 

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