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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Speaking of misleading headlines #129106 06/22/2004 2:09 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 Cape Cod, MA, US Flatlander addict Flatlander addict Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 Cape Cod, MA, US It doesn't involve British breakfast food or violations of the Geneva Convention in WWII, but I saw a supermarket tabloid this weekend that was trumpeting two pieces of "news" just like this (imagine the text centered on the cover of the mag): JOY! Drew Barrymore To Wed! Courtney Cox's Baby Girl! Remove that second ! and it becomes a MUCH bigger story. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Speaking of misleading headlines Faldage 06/04/2004 1:10 PM Re: Speaking of misleading headlines Jackie 06/04/2004 1:44 PM Re: Speaking of misleading headlines inselpeter 06/04/2004 5:55 PM Re: Speaking of misleading headlines wow 06/05/2004 1:03 PM Re: Speaking of misleading headlines tsuwm 06/05/2004 1:15 PM Re: Speaking of misleading headlines sjmaxq 06/05/2004 8:20 PM Re: Speaking of misleading headlines nancyk 06/05/2004 10:35 PM Re: Speaking of misleading headlines Faldage 06/06/2004 12:14 AM Re: Speaking of misleading headlines Fiberbabe 06/06/2004 4:55 PM Re: Speaking of misleading headlines belMarduk 06/06/2004 8:11 PM Re: Speaking of misleading headlines Zed 06/15/2004 7:03 PM Re: but, but, sir... Buffalo Shrdlu 06/15/2004 7:12 PM Re: but, but, sir... Capfka 06/16/2004 2:51 PM Re: Speaking of misleading headlines bonzaialsatian 06/17/2004 1:37 PM Re: Allied push bottles Faldage 06/17/2004 1:49 PM Re: Allied push bottles RhubarbCommando 06/18/2004 2:23 PM Re: Allied push bottles Zed 06/18/2004 7:29 PM Re: Waffles Faldage 06/18/2004 7:31 PM Re: Allied push bottles Jackie 06/21/2004 3:09 PM Re: Allied push bottles Zed 06/21/2004 6:42 PM Re: Allied push bottles Faldage 06/21/2004 7:06 PM Re: Allied push bottles Jackie 06/22/2004 1:24 PM Re: Allied push bottles Faldage 06/22/2004 1:57 PM Re: Speaking of misleading headlines TEd Remington 06/06/2004 8:09 PM Re: Speaking of misleading headlines Flatlander 06/22/2004 2:09 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,280 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 7 JerryC 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,136 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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