Headline double-takes

By Todd Stadler · Friday, November 3, 2006 5:35pm

Trite humor, they say, is the cornerstone of democracy. Or something like that, I wasn't listening that day in economics class. Or whichever class that was.

Point being, here are some things I saw in the news recently that made me laugh. And if they made me laugh, then they'll likely make you guffaw. Assuming, of course, that you are easily amused and/or have a strange laughing disorder.

To see the rest of the blacked-out images below, move your mouse over them. If you have Javascript enabled, all will become clear to you. Or at least you'll see what's underneath the black part. You can click on the image to be taken to the story in question.

Fig. A: Something from the newspaper

Headline 1: "Rodent study may shed light on the French" (Fig. A)

Now to be fair, this isn't the full headline for this article, it's the summary headline on the page where the story continues, inside the front section.

That said, I get it, okay? We no likey the French. They're like filthy rats to us. They eat cheese. Fine.

Whoops, my bad. Turns out the story isn't about Freedom Fries at all.

Fig. B: Something from the TV

Headline 2: "Urine & vomit, alcohol, mangled hot dogs." (Fig. B)

Honestly, the first thing I thought upon seeing this screen-capture was, "I don't think I like the sound of that recipe. This cooking show is not for me." Okay, not honestly, but I did think that was a funny reaction.

It turns out that the actual story isn't funny at all, something like this actual blog entry.