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#187464 - 10/26/09 10:50 PM Crash Blossoms
Carpal Tunnel
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Confusion Caused by Crash Blossoms
Now there’s a name for the phenomenon of ambiguously or bizarrely worded headlines: “crash blossoms,” as suggested by a poster ...
...grisly humor (“Lawmen from Mexico Barbecue Guests,” “Lucky Man Sees Pals Die”), physical impossibilities (“Genetic Engineering Splits Scientists,” “Milk Drinkers Turn to Powder”), logical absurdities (“War Dims Hopes for Peace”), inadvertent racism (“Greeks Fine Hookers”), unknowing sleaziness (“Prostitutes Appeal to Pope,” “Pastor Aghast at First Lady Sex Position”), ew-provoking nastiness (“Child’s Stool Great for Use in Garden”), and innovative adventures in law enforcement (“Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant,” “Drunk Gets Nine Months in Violin Case”).
The funniest (to me) one listed is from a comment; however, I'm putting it in the Too Good to be True Dep't.:
Years ago, a woman from Fertile, Minnesota was turning left at an intersection in the town of Climax, Minnesota. Tragically, as she made the turn, another vehicle struck hers and she died at the scene. This tragedy was immortalized to all of Minnesota by the headline…FERTILE WOMAN DIES IN CLIMAX
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#187465 - 10/26/09 11:25 PM 
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...grisly humor (“Lawmen from Mexico Barbecue Guests,” “Lucky Man Sees Pals Die”),
I'm having some trouble trying to figure out what the non-grisly reading of these ones is.
Meanwhile, here's where it all started. More about it here at Language Log. And nary an ad in sight.
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#187471 - 10/27/09 08:17 AM
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and maybe the Man is from a town called Lucky? or he's lucky because he didn't die in the same accident that killed his pals? neither very happy, I'll grant you.
that's all I got.
Edited by Buffalo Shrdlu (10/27/09 08:19 AM)
Edit Reason: more thoughts...
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#187472 - 10/27/09 12:48 PM
old hand
Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 988
Loc: Frozenwastesistan
----please, draw me a sheep----
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#187474 - 10/27/09 06:22 PM
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 12/01/00
Posts: 12519
and maybe the Man is from a town called Lucky? or he's lucky because he didn't die in the same accident that killed his pals? neither very happy, I'll grant you.
that's all I got.
Yeah. Thanks, Buffy.
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#187478 - 10/27/09 09:06 PM
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Registered: 01/18/01
Posts: 598
Loc: Australia
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?referrerid=109801&t=603219
My personal favourite, being that it's cricket-related:
"the bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willie"
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#187479 - 10/27/09 09:48 PM
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 10392
Loc: Louisville, KentuckyIt's nice to see your fonts, though, to borrow a phrase from Anna.
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#187488 - 10/28/09 11:32 AM
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Registered: 06/23/06
Posts: 3729
Loc: Netherlands, the Hague
*Gay Marriage brings Clinton and Dole together.
*Man arrested after drowning. ( most of them lose their point when translated.)
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