Archive for September 24th, 2006

Funniest Headline of the Year

Posted by C. J. Summers on September 24th, 2006

I hope this doesn’t appear in the print edition like this:

Scary Headline

In case you can’t see the image: the headline says “Most voters say governor should live.” The subhead says, “63 percent say it’s ‘very important’ or ’somewhat important.’”

Well, it’s gratifying to know that most voters say the governor should live, but I’m a bit concerned about the 37% who don’t think it’s even “somewhat important.”

I can’t tell you how confused and appalled I was before realizing that this story was about the governor living in Springfield; not about the governor living in general. Once I figured it out, I couldn’t stop laughing. The headline isn’t as funny by itself, but coupled with the subhead, it cracks me up every time!