Headline-writing is an art. It isn’t easy to do well, and you have plenty of opportunities to embarrass yourself with inadvertent double entendres. I’ve written enough headlines to know.
I ran across this collection of unintentionally funny newspaper headlines recently. Some classic stuff here.
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Chester Morrill, 92, Was Fed Secretary
Chinese Apeman Dated
Drunk Gets Nine Months in Violin Case
Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim
State Dinner Features Cat, American Food
Iraqi Head Seeks Arms
Legalized Outhouses Aired by Legislature
Professor of Greek Thought Dead at 59
All Utah Condemned To Face Firing Squad
Clinic Gives Poor Free Legal Help
Teacher Strikes Idle Kids
Sisters Reunited After 18 Years in Checkout Line at Supermarket
Lucky Man Sees Pals Die
Potential Witness to Murder Drunk
Presidential Hopefuls Dead Even in Kansas Polls
Florida Illegal Aliens Cut In Half By New Law
Trial Ends in Mercy Killing
Woman Off to Jail for Sex With Boys
Owners Responsible for Biting Canines
Governor Wins Budget — More Lies Ahead
20,000 at Mass for Polish Priest Reported Killed
Threatened by Gun, Employees Testify
Services for Man Who Refused to Hate Thursday
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And, to demonstrate that photo captions, too, can jump up and bite you, there’s this:
Jane Butcher (left), shown on the walk of her home in White Plains, is president of the United Way of Westchester -- only the second woman to hold a similar post.
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