Tuesday 18 August 2009

You'd be unhappy too


I do wish headline writers would think before publishing.

Yesterday I spotted this one: "Man shot dead by police 'unhappy'."

I dare say he was - you would be too if you'd been shot dead. It's only after reading the story that you become aware of the what the headline writer meant.




9 comments:

Alan Burnett said...

Yes, I sometimes think daft headline spotting should be a recognised bobby rather like train spotting

kapgaf said...

Sadly, Alan, I don't recognize any bobbies and they seem to get younger all the time.

My suggestion for a name for a collector of silly headlines is: a cutoffbyfoggist

Ms Scarlet said...

Yes, but headlines like this can make you giggle all day. Wonderful.
Sx

♥ Braja said...

I think I'm more content *not* reading the meaning....:)

Phil said...

do people still read the media with its biased and deranged views....

I though we got our wisdom from Chairman Bill !

Kabbalah Rookie said...

After reading the article, I think the headline should have been "Man shot dead by police 'happy'," but that wouldn't be half as funny. Poor guy - I guess he got what he wanted.

Chairman Bill said...

Alan: Bobby?

Kabbalah: Good one!

Scarlet: Just make sure you don't jiggle while you giggle.

Braja: Reverse spin?

Phil: If only, if only.

Kabbalah (again): Well, it wasn't happiness.

Kat said...

Yesterday I heard my husband say "Well, no shit!" Apparently he was watching a show where they were demonstrating deadly weapons and a guy said "We can't use these on live people for the purpose of demonstration"

The Girl With The Mousy Hair said...

After reading the article " off his trolly" may have been a better discription. Poor Fella.
I must say to Kat we use the phrase " no shit Sherlock " for moments like like that.