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    Headline of the day...

    Graveyard Of Rhino-Sized Mega-Wombats Found http://uk.news.yahoo.com/graveyard-r...105305476.html
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    Thanks, Tully - here's another one: Americans favor Obama to defend against space aliens: poll http://uk.news.yahoo.com/americans-f...215920670.html

    This time of year always used to be called the 'silly season' because the media were short of meaningful stories - but somehow I don't think this is the case any more. Instead, we get fed stories on Mega-Wombats and space aliens (and possibly alien mega-wombats from space) to distract us from reality. Or, with due regard to Raaaid, from what we are told we are supposed to think reality is...

    Then again, my favourite newspaper headline of all time was entirely factual (or near enough factual to justify itself, and get by the sub-editors and wartime censors, or possibly factual enough to be believed later, even if it was never actually used): Eighth Army push bottles up Germans...
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    Originally Posted by AndyJWest Go to original post
    Then again, my favourite newspaper headline of all time was entirely factual (or near enough factual to justify itself, and get by the sub-editors and wartime censors, or possibly factual enough to be believed later, even if it was never actually used): Eighth Army push bottles up Germans...
    I had to read that five times before I figured out what's wrong with it..... must be getting old.
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    Lol! You are getting old, Tully.

    Sadly, the renowned polar explorer Sir Vivian Ernest Fuchs FRS is no longer with us to inspire headlines regarding his expeditions - see http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardia...-style-cliches.
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    Here's one:

    Carnival worker at Marin County fair arrested in theft of Petanque balls-
    http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_...ce=most_viewed

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    "A carnival worker at the Marin County Fair pleaded guilty Monday in the theft of a player's balls at the Civic Center petanque court. The balls, valued at $80, were stolen Thursday afternoon, but the owner did not initially report the theft. On Sunday, a friend told him another man was trying to sell the same balls nearby."
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