Comments on: Ultimate British tabloid headline http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/ultimate-british-tabloid-headl.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 20:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: vinculture http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/ultimate-british-tabloid-headl.html#comment-1587647 vinculture Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195179#comment-1587647  Given that it's the Daily Fail, I'd expect precisely none of the claims in the article to be true.  Given that it’s the Daily Fail, I’d expect precisely none of the claims in the article to be true.

]]> By: Lemoutan http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/ultimate-british-tabloid-headl.html#comment-1587493 Lemoutan Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195179#comment-1587493 transexual lesbian ... transexual lesbian …

]]> By: peregrinus http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/ultimate-british-tabloid-headl.html#comment-1587437 peregrinus Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195179#comment-1587437 Nearly.  He really needs to be a lesbian as well. The embedded "more tittle tattle and brain-drying silliness" box has as the top article "Lesbian basketball star 'who tried to blow up ex-girlfriend's car' released on $100,000 bail on condition she wears an ankle tag" Nearly.  He really needs to be a lesbian as well.

The embedded “more tittle tattle and brain-drying silliness” box has as the top article “Lesbian basketball star ‘who tried to blow up ex-girlfriend’s car’ released on $100,000 bail on condition she wears an ankle tag”

]]> By: Glen Able http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/ultimate-british-tabloid-headl.html#comment-1587420 Glen Able Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195179#comment-1587420 I'd say this is more of a "shake your head and tut at the human trash" kind of story.  For a good, apoplectic asylum-seeker headline, you'd ideally want them to be "jumping the NHS queue in front of a cancer-filled 6 year daughter of a war hero." I’d say this is more of a “shake your head and tut at the human trash” kind of story.  For a good, apoplectic asylum-seeker headline, you’d ideally want them to be “jumping the NHS queue in front of a cancer-filled 6 year daughter of a war hero.”

]]> By: Sagodjur http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/ultimate-british-tabloid-headl.html#comment-1587389 Sagodjur Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195179#comment-1587389 Not that I expect anything less from the Daily Fail, but the article actually contradicts its own headline and says he got 20 weeks rather than 20 days. Sadly, though, I'm more inclined to guess that the 20 weeks is the typo... Not that I expect anything less from the Daily Fail, but the article actually contradicts its own headline and says he got 20 weeks rather than 20 days. Sadly, though, I’m more inclined to guess that the 20 weeks is the typo…

]]> By: giantasterisk http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/ultimate-british-tabloid-headl.html#comment-1587381 giantasterisk Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195179#comment-1587381 What, no pictures of the cheese toastie in question? I'd hardly call this news reporting! What, no pictures of the cheese toastie in question? I’d hardly call this news reporting!

]]> By: AllyPally http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/ultimate-british-tabloid-headl.html#comment-1587352 AllyPally Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195179#comment-1587352 Shame he wasn't a bogus asylum seeker too. That would have pushed every button. Shame he wasn’t a bogus asylum seeker too. That would have pushed every button.

]]> By: MichaelWalsh http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/ultimate-british-tabloid-headl.html#comment-1587335 MichaelWalsh Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195179#comment-1587335 Still a classic: "Headless body found in topless bar."  http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/killer_in_denial_Mln8rm7HW4i2GxSX6jvciP Still a classic: “Headless body found in topless bar.” 
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/killer_in_denial_Mln8rm7HW4i2GxSX6jvciP

]]> By: Bob Williams http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/ultimate-british-tabloid-headl.html#comment-1587325 Bob Williams Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=195179#comment-1587325 I remember the ultimate tabloid headline as being: 'Pop star in sex change mercy dash to palace' I remember the ultimate tabloid headline as being: ‘Pop star in sex change mercy dash to palace’

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