Why Print Cannot Die: The Funniest Newspaper Articles

1. Kev
   March 10th, 2009 at 7:58 am

   The Condom Truck one is from the Toronto Sun - dumbed down news for people who don't like too much analysis or critical thinking in the morning.

   I point this out because I don't want people thinking that this headline was a mistake; it's fairly typical fare from the headline editors at the Toronto Sun. I don't read the Sun, but if I come across a copy in a coffee shop, I sometimes scan their headlines because they're like this!

   I've often thought that they like to slip in these little word plays just so they can have fun wondering whether or not it's going to go right over their reader's heads. Another thing they like to do; have a big colour front page picture and a giant attention-grabbing front page headline that have nothing to do with each other, but are funny in juxtaposition.

   It's always fun to check out the Sun boxes as I walk by and see what kind of twisted meaning they have created by mashing up unrelated words and images.

2. Kev
   March 10th, 2009 at 7:59 am

   Oh, and Oxford Road 6 is near my house!

3. Gauldar
   March 10th, 2009 at 8:33 am

   That was worth a chuckle, but this still takes the cake.

   http://www.thelocal.se/616/20041111/

4. melanie
   March 10th, 2009 at 9:25 am

   that was a wonderful link. i laughed so hard. thanks for making my day!

5. Screen Sleuth
   March 10th, 2009 at 10:12 am

   That link almost made me spit out my orange juice...did no editor look at that??

6. Essie
   March 10th, 2009 at 11:39 am

   yay London Ontario !

7. tinfoil
   March 10th, 2009 at 1:23 pm

   My wife was stuck behind this accident on her way into London. Good to see The Sun is still having some fun.

8. Morgan
   March 10th, 2009 at 3:55 pm

   Omg, the toy Yoda gag had me peeing my pants laughing!

9. Chuck
   March 10th, 2009 at 4:10 pm

   Hmmm, seems like this is a tribute to the best content stolen without attribution from Criggo...

   http://criggo.wordpress.com/

10. PaulVI
    March 11th, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    I remember the "toy Yoda" case. The radio station/DJs were ordered to give her a new car.

11. PaulVI
    March 11th, 2009 at 2:57 pm

    How about this one from 2007:

    "Anna Nicole Smith Body Held in Baby Case"

    Without thinking, I wondered how the body fit in the case.

    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-29643966_ITM

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