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I was delighted to see that a story about the world's hottest curry today was headlined by ITN as follows:
TEARS ON MY PILAU
A testament to the great tradition of nonsensical ingenuity on the part of British sub-editors. I remember when I had a French exchange student living with me trying and failing to explain to him the grammar and semantics of such Sun headlines as WOTTO LOTTO BLOTTO (after the first National Lottery win). Sports writers seem particularly susceptible: one famous example that many journos remember (also from the Sun, I believe) came after Caledonian Thistle beat Celtic 3-1 in the Scottish league. How's this:
SUPER CALEY GO BALLISTIC, CELTIC ARE ATROCIOUS
Although sometimes they will try this kind of thing even on a seemingly serious story. After Pyongyang tested a nuclear missile they went with:
HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE KOREA?
I have a particular soft spot for that one. However my favourite of all time came in a braodsheet, after Labour MP Michael Foot was asked to chair a committe looking into disarmament. The headline ran:
FOOT HEADS ARMS BODY
TEARS ON MY PILAU
A testament to the great tradition of nonsensical ingenuity on the part of British sub-editors. I remember when I had a French exchange student living with me trying and failing to explain to him the grammar and semantics of such Sun headlines as WOTTO LOTTO BLOTTO (after the first National Lottery win). Sports writers seem particularly susceptible: one famous example that many journos remember (also from the Sun, I believe) came after Caledonian Thistle beat Celtic 3-1 in the Scottish league. How's this:
SUPER CALEY GO BALLISTIC, CELTIC ARE ATROCIOUS
Although sometimes they will try this kind of thing even on a seemingly serious story. After Pyongyang tested a nuclear missile they went with:
HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE KOREA?
I have a particular soft spot for that one. However my favourite of all time came in a braodsheet, after Labour MP Michael Foot was asked to chair a committe looking into disarmament. The headline ran:
FOOT HEADS ARMS BODY