BS: The Headline Says it All

Subject: BS: The Headline Says it All
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 10 Jan 10 - 10:24 PM

This was written several years ago, but someone over on Twitter dug it up, and it is sublime. A perfect 10.

I'm sure there are more headlines out there that don't make it onto Jay Leno's List. So this isn't the "I read it in the newspaper" kind of thread, it's just a glance at some great beginnings to stories. And this one is a great place to start:

An editor's dream, this headline.

Skywalkers in Korea Cross Han Solo
        
By BO-MI LIM
The Associated Press
Thursday, May 3, 2007; 3:34 PM

SEOUL, South Korea -- They came from all over the world, poles in hand, and feet ready to inch more than half a mile across a high wire strung over the Han River in a spine-tingling battle of balance, speed and high anxiety.

As part of its annual city festival, the South Korean capital staged Thursday what was billed as the world's first high-wire championship, drawing 18 contestants from nine countries for three days of supreme feats of concentration.

Each acrobat must navigate the 1.2-inch-thick wire that spans the river, with the top prize of $15,000 going to the person crossing it fastest.

The contestants _ 14 men and four women _ include such masters of the high wire as Jade Kindar-Martin of Shelburne, Vt., a former Cirque du Soleil performer who once crossed London's River Thames at a height of 150 feet, and Colombia's Alan Martinez, who ambled across the Amazon.

See the rest at the Washington Post.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: The Headline Says it All
From: bobad
Date: 10 Jan 10 - 10:28 PM

Groan!

Subject: RE: BS: The Headline Says it All
From: GUEST,999
Date: 10 Jan 10 - 10:31 PM

Brilliant.

Subject: RE: BS: The Headline Says it All
From: GUEST,999
Date: 10 Jan 10 - 10:33 PM

And then there's this.

Subject: RE: BS: The Headline Says it All
From: GUEST,999
Date: 10 Jan 10 - 10:42 PM

No comment.

Subject: RE: BS: The Headline Says it All
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 11 Jan 10 - 12:54 AM

Looks like "Guest, 999" has a pent up supply of these things! :)

Subject: RE: BS: The Headline Says it All
From: GUEST,999
Date: 11 Jan 10 - 06:59 PM

I went looking after LMAO over the one you posted. TRhanks.

Subject: RE: BS: The Headline Says it All
From: Bill D
Date: 11 Jan 10 - 10:27 PM

The most famous one was when Buster Keaton's former mansion was for sale in Beverly Hills. One potential buyer was Aristotle Onassis. Someone got a picture, which was captioned "Aristotle, contemplating the home of Buster".