10 Funniest Headlines Ever

January 27, 2011 by Tod in Fail

1. “Statistics Show That Teen Pregnancy Drops Off Significantly After Age 25”

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This is not a mistake made by the journalist who wrote this article. Senator Maryanne Tebedo was the one who stunned everybody back in 1999, when she stated that when teens come to age 25 they stay pregnant rare than the younger teens. It is very rare to see an old lady to heap praise for teenagers today, but she went too far, however.

2. “Puerto Rican Teen Named Mistress of the Universe”

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Oh, what kind of title is that? Honestly, to be a mistress of the universe it doesn’t take only to be a stunning beauty, but it takes a lot of job. Maybe the journalist was illiterate actually, but the title he/she gave to the girl… is just too much.

3. “Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim”

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Here’s another journalist who write without good grammar. It’s an article about a squad which helped a victim bitten by a dog, but with his wrong order of words the headline got a second meaning, and it turned out that the squad actually helped the dog to bite the victim. Nevertheless, it didn’t destroy soldiers’ reputation.

4. “Miners Refuse to Work After Death”

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Miners refuse to work after death, because it is impossible for a dead man to work, isn’t it? However, the strange headline is about miners who don’t want to work after someone else’s death. They actually didn’t want to work after death of their colleague.

5. “Red Tape Holds Up New Bridge”

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In the humorous headline the journalist is reporting about red ribbons that entirely support the weight of a new bridge. However, it’s not the real meaning. The story is about a delaying of the construction of a new bridge due to bureaucratic procedures. “Red tape” means bureaucratic restrictions, while “hold up” in everyday language means delaying. Now the headline is clear.

6. “Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures”

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If the writer thought that this news will be sensational he was very very wrong. Of course that the cold wave will be linked with low temperatures, it’s a notorious fact. In summer he could write a headline like “Hot wave linked with the Sun.”

7. “Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant”

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If courts solve the cases with shooting defendants there wouldn’t be justice at all, so it’s obvious that this is another mistake made by reporters. “The court will begin a trial for the person accused of shooting someone” should be the right headline for this article. It is a story about a juvenile who shot someone and now will be tried by the court, which in legal terminology means that he will be subjected to a trial.

8. “Iraqi Head Seeks Arms”

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Yeah, the head seeks for the rest of the body. We all now what head and arm is, nut the mistake that makes the headline hilarious is the second meaning of these words. It is about a politician – head of the state who seeks for more weapons. However, the headline could make us think that theirs is a walking head in Iraq which is looking for arms, and legs probably.

9. “Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says”

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An expert said that something went wrong in a jet crash. This could be sensational, but only if most of the crashes happened with human intention. It is not the case, so, why did the journalist need an expert to tell him that the crash happened after something went wrong? Funny, but stupid headline.

10. “Federal Agents Raid Gun Shop, Find Weapons”

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Federal agents went to a gun shop, suspicious probably, with intention to raid. And surprise – they found weapons there. Of course, it’s the impression that the headline leaves. But, if you read the text, you’ll find that the previously arrested store owner possessed illegal weapons, despite the legal ones for selling.