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Some days, writing headlines is the bestest job in the whole world

October 14, 2009

For example:

Tell me that wasn’t fun. Or this one:

Hard to beat the lede on that story, too:

A gay man tried to poison his lesbian neighbours by putting slug pellets into their curry after he was accused of kidnapping their three-legged cat.

While we’re on the subject, this is my all-time favorite lede:

A Baraboo man’s request for movie-watching silence is what caused his transsexual sister-in-law to become enraged and stab him with a sword, the man said in court Friday.

That appeared in the Baraboo News Republic back in March.


2 Comments
  1. October 14, 2009 9:13 pm

    #2 should have a punch line…

  2. Todd permalink
    October 14, 2009 10:38 pm

    Do you even have a transsexual sister in law? Or a sword?

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