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Bertha Venation

(21,484 posts)
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 11:59 AM Jun 2013

BONNIE SLAPS VIRGINIA. What is your favorite headline ever?

Hurricane Bonnie attacked several years ago, and this was one of the headlines. It was in the Orange County Register.

BONNIE SLAPS VIRGINIA.

What is your favorite headline? Funny or serious.

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BONNIE SLAPS VIRGINIA. What is your favorite headline ever? (Original Post) Bertha Venation Jun 2013 OP
from a football game years ago... student newspaper ProdigalJunkMail Jun 2013 #1
In the 1960s the White Sox star pitcher Gary Peters went on the DL. mysuzuki2 Jun 2013 #2
From the wedding section of, I believe, the New Orleans Times-Picayune: KamaAina Jun 2013 #3
From the same paper, when I lived there HarveyDarkey Jun 2013 #5
Now you know why I used to call it KamaAina Jun 2013 #7
Don't you malign my T-P! No headline but I did read a classified there once that said: nolabear Jun 2013 #11
It is my sad duty to report that NOLA is the first major city in the USA without a daily paper KamaAina Jun 2013 #13
"Two ton rear mounted wench." MiddleFingerMom Jun 2013 #18
"One Armed Man Applauds the Kindness of Strangers" ohiosmith Jun 2013 #4
Em...what is the sound of one hand clapping? Oh, wait. I get what you're saying. n/t SwissTony Jun 2013 #15
from the Hillsboro (ND) Banner azurnoir Jun 2013 #6
Brick beats Wall tabbycat31 Jun 2013 #8
OMG, my son and brother live in Brick and can't believe Wall was beat by them. Did you monmouth3 Jun 2013 #16
Yeah it's been all over the paper tabbycat31 Jun 2013 #17
Yes, as a former business owner at the Shore, that had to really hurt...n/t monmouth3 Jun 2013 #20
Homicide victims rarely talk to police charlie and algernon Jun 2013 #9
American Ships Head to Libya Ron Obvious Jun 2013 #10
"Tennessee Crushes George Washington" UrbScotty Jun 2013 #12
"Gretzky fans delight in Edmonton" RedCloud Jun 2013 #14
"MiddleFingerMom to wed Susan Sarandon" MiddleFingerMom Jun 2013 #19

mysuzuki2

(3,521 posts)
2. In the 1960s the White Sox star pitcher Gary Peters went on the DL.
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 12:11 PM
Jun 2013

The headline in the sports page read "Sox face Boston with Peters out".

nolabear

(42,002 posts)
11. Don't you malign my T-P! No headline but I did read a classified there once that said:
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 09:36 PM
Jun 2013

"For Sale: Two ton rear mounted wench."

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
13. It is my sad duty to report that NOLA is the first major city in the USA without a daily paper
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 11:54 PM
Jun 2013

it went to three times weekly a few months ago.

Who will be next?

MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts)
18. "Two ton rear mounted wench."
Wed Jun 19, 2013, 12:50 PM
Jun 2013

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Pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease tell me that she's still available!!!!!
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tabbycat31

(6,336 posts)
8. Brick beats Wall
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 01:50 PM
Jun 2013

These are two towns local to me and the headline related to high school sports.

But to an outsider.....

monmouth3

(3,871 posts)
16. OMG, my son and brother live in Brick and can't believe Wall was beat by them. Did you
Wed Jun 19, 2013, 12:44 PM
Jun 2013

hear about the shooting in Brielle yesterday? My ex and I used to own the Sand Bar in Manasquan, the shooting was at the SB in Brielle. Many furious e-mail on that one.

tabbycat31

(6,336 posts)
17. Yeah it's been all over the paper
Wed Jun 19, 2013, 12:48 PM
Jun 2013

And I heard the new owners of the Sand Bar purchased the establishment 3 days before Sandy hit. Bad timing.

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
10. American Ships Head to Libya
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 09:32 PM
Jun 2013

Also, when the footballer Angelico Fuchs joined the club Benfica, at least one paper ram the headline:

Fuchs off to Benfica

RedCloud

(9,230 posts)
14. "Gretzky fans delight in Edmonton"
Wed Jun 19, 2013, 12:10 PM
Jun 2013

It never explained what kind of fan he used, nor how did it collect delight?

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