Friday, February 19, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Funny Sunday Headlines
Nothing better than potty humor from the newspapers to enliven a Sunday morning:
- From the Marin IJ: Teasing a story about a local female skier, editors on page 1 presented: “Armenian Team Taps Skier From Novato.”
This is one of those verb choices that, while tailor-made for tight-real estate newsprint, really should be stricken from the copy desk’s tool belt.
- From the New York Times, a photo caption accompanying the story "A Balance Between the Factory and the Local Farm" reads:
Pavle Milic decided to serve only
I don't know about you, but a teste test sounds really unpalatable, until you discover that the singular of testes is testis.
Even so, don't look for Rocky Mountain Oysters for Mr. Milic's customers, it appears--test or no test.
Labels:
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New York Times,
reference,
rocky mountain oysters
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