Crash Blossoms

[mockney piers]

A long term obsession of mine, poorly and particularly ambiguously worded headlines, that I recently discovered are called crash blossoms from "Japan Violinist linked to JAL crash blossoms"

I'll kick off with this one from Excite News

MEXICAN MAYOR SLAIN IN DRUG-PLAGUED STATE

[HAL9000]

Samoan clerics finger homosexuals over global warming

[mockney piers]

:)

[SeanMacGabhann]

oh that's too good

[legalbeagle]

PANDA MATING FAILS; VETERINARIAN TAKES OVER

[Narnia]

US President wins on budget, but more lies ahead.

[Loz]

From the Beeb today...

"Sick PCs should be banned from the net".

They were talking computers, rather than pervy policemen.

[woofmarkthedog]

15 May 2009?? Dimbleby: "Margaret Beckett, you were fingered by the Telegraph..." Williams: " Ooh! Don't be disgusting!"??

[*Bob*]

Sent to me by an overseas friend..

[legalbeagle]

The Guardian: ?British Left Waffles on Falklands.?

[mockney piers]

Lovely lb.

Bob I'm not sure that's ambiguous, but it is marvellous!!

[Jeremy]

Bob's image = fake

Still funny though

[*Bob*]

I only just noticed that the inset pictures are captioned 'accused' and 'shafted'.

[*Bob*]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Bob's image = fake

>

> Still funny though

Is it a fake?

[Jeremy]

I was positive it was at first.

Not so sure now...

[*Bob*]

I don't think it is - or if it is, someone's gone to great lengths.

There are reports and updates on the trial online - plus other stuff on Kiweweesi too.

[*Bob*]

"Penis size murderers get hard time"

[Emerson Crane]

Surgeon says "I would give my right arm to be ambidextrous"

[????]

Not a heading but a fantastic first liner in an Irish freebie yesterday about the amateur astronomer bloke from Dublin who found an exploding supernova in his garden shed lab/telescope

" Now it's not many Dubliners who'd rather find a red hot heavenly body in their garden sheds than their beds"....you wouldn't get that in the fookin metro.

[gwod]

or this

[Loz]

This has to be my favourite - the headline/journo name combination is an absolute classic...

http://regmedia.co.uk/2010/03/26/times_grab.jpg

[Ridgley]

Great thread>:D

[david_carnell]

It's not really a crash blossom but good enough, I think, to be re-published:

http://www.thepoke.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/week-in-pics-23-10-10/headline.jpg

[mockney piers]

I thiiiiink this qualifies,

?Obama and rivals trade debt blows?

[Brendan]

Very good.