Proofreading is a dying art - hilarious

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Proofreading is a dying art. These are headlines:

Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter

It took two or three readings before the editor realized that what he was reading was impossible! They put in a correction the next day.

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Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers

Now that's taking things a bit far!

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Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over

What a guy!

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Miners Refuse to Work after Death

No-good-for-nothing, lazy so-and-so's!

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Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant

See if that works any better than a fair trial!

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War Dims Hope for Peace

I can see where it might have that effect!

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If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile

Ya think?!

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Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures

Who would have thought!

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Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide

They may be on to something!

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Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges

You mean there's something stronger than duct tape?

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Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge

He probably IS the battery charge!

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New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group

Weren't they fat enough?!

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Kids Make Nutritious Snacks

Do they taste like chicken?

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Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half


Chainsaw Massacre all over again!

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Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors

Boy, are they tall!

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And the winner is....

Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead


Did I read that right?
 

If you like bad news titles, check out this website: www.probablybadnews.com

THANK YOU for that link--I'm having a bad day. And I can't explain given that--that this made me laugh...

But it is just too darn funny!

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I love how adulthood helps reduce teen pregnancy chances.:lmao:
 
That first one could be the Monty Python black knight bit..."Its only a flesh wound"

hehehehhehehee
 
This is a true story. They were having problems with a man who was groping women at a local outdoor music theater. The local newspaper headline read: "Woman assaulted at Music Center for third time." My DH, glancing up from the paper says, "Why doesn't she just stay home?'
 
Onelilspark: Thank you, thank you , thank you.....I just replayed the bear story for DH and I haven't heard him laugh that hard in a long time:hippie:

So I'm watching that thinking--oh they put a sillhouette of a bear in the forest, that's silly.

Then they use the stupid bear to demonstrate the bear.

Honestly--they do not teach this in journalism school.:laughing:
 
So I'm watching that thinking--oh they put a sillhouette of a bear in the forest, that's silly.

Then they use the stupid bear to demonstrate the bear.

Honestly--they do not teach this in journalism school.:laughing:

hehehehehehe

The "demonstration" of the way the bear was running reminds me of "South park"
 
THANK YOU for that link--I'm having a bad day. And I can't explain given that--that this made me laugh...

But it is just too darn funny!

teenpregnancy.jpg


I love how adulthood helps reduce teen pregnancy chances.:lmao:

All these are hilarious, but this one just slays me. I would have presumed it would disappear altogether after age 19 - lol!
 
My job is to copyedit and proofread, and I LOVE these! :rotfl2:

The most common one I catch is our editor will use "pubic" instead of "public". That one's hysterical in some contexts...
 















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