There is hardly anything better than waking up at the crack of dawn and making some English breakfast: scrambled eggs, bacon, fried tomatoes and mushrooms, a bit of toast with marmalade, and a large mug of Earl Grey tea. And what better way to enjoy this feast than by eating it whilst you read the morning newspapers?
Unfortunately, some newspaper headlines can make us do a spit-take and drench the entire page in delicious tea (splash of milk, no sugar). You know the type of headlines that I mean: unintentionally amusing, very silly, and quite obvious how stupid they are if the overworked editors would look at them with a pair of fresh eyes.
Our team at Bored Panda has run, flown, and swum all over the planet looking for hilarious and idiotic newspaper articles, all for your amusement. So put your reading glasses on, scroll down, and upvote the headlines you enjoyed. We’d love to hear about any peculiar and giggle-worthy headlines that you’ve come across; even better if you’ve come up with them yourselves!
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Well not all police unities have an alison Dubois or a Jess Mastriani in thir rank yet ;p
Load More Replies...Yes, this is exactly I was going to say. Let's talk about homicide victims that do talk.
Load More Replies...It’s not unheard of for the cops to arrive at the scene as the victim is dying, and manage to get some kind of statement about who attacked them and why right before they succumb to their injuries. It’s the only situation I can think of that fits—-not very common, but not unheard of.
There are 10 people in the world, ones that understand binary and those that don't ;)
Not only is the headline awful but quite sexist too. There are just as many women who are good at math and love it.
One of them worked for NASA, and a lot of the early astronauts wouldn't get in the capsules without her work. (Literally; they insisted she check the orbital and fuel burn figures over the early computers.)
Load More Replies...The same person who programmed the talking Barbies with "Math is so hard!"
Load More Replies...I'm going to send this to the math teachers in my building - all 3 of whom are female!
Hey, it could stand! If 4 out of 10 disliked math, but 3 of 10 disliked say history and another 2 disliked say biology and 1 disliked chemistry, that is still the majority!
That would be a plurality rather than a majority, though.
Load More Replies...This is just the kind of stable genius thinking that is frequently exhibited in public
*flat earthers and anti vaxxers scram around looking for alternatives to oxygen*
I wonder how they get to that conclusion. The studies, the cientistas involved, the money and the experiments... Oh... The experiments
Actually there’s a pretty solid theory that oxygen slowly degenerates the body - why antioxidants are so heavily advertised
I mean isn’t there something to grab at bc the difference between oxygen and air?
Oxygen only makes up a percentage of air. It's a mix of gases: nitrogen, helium, hydrogen, neon, etc.
Load More Replies...I adore newspapers, just like I love books, writing things in notebooks, watering my ficus tree, and sketching on real paper. They’re real things that don’t disappear once the power goes out, the internet goes down, or the moment a zombie outbreak starts (Max Brooks’ ‘The Zombie Survival Guide’ will be worth its weight in gold then and I keep it by my bed at all times). However, times are changing. More and more news and entertainment can be found in the digital world. Which means that the print media industry is slowly declining.
Never heard of someone over 20 being referred to as a teen, either!
Load More Replies...:::: facepalm ::::: Are there actual editor's that work at these newspapers or...?
Let's just say that there are people who receive salaries as editors and leave it at that.
Load More Replies...As someone who lives in Toronto, I can guarantee you it was...
Load More Replies...You mean, in reality they hide them in some forest barns? That sounds reasonable!
Load More Replies...Not as dumb as you might think: submarines are generally stored on land when not in use... But yea its still a goofy headline...
Surely the submarines are kept carefully hidden in the china cabinet
Holy S**t who would've thought? I was wondering why we don't see them in the air!
Hopefully for long enough to kill the crew (no air, food, water). They try to hide and threat eliminated! Also this is not world war 2...hiding under water cannot truly hide from modern surveillance technology!
For example, in 2018, weekday print newspaper circulation in the United States decreased by 12 percent, while Sunday circulation fell by 13 percent, according to the Pew Research Center.
What this means is that on Sundays, when most Americans have more free time, they’d rather do something else than buy a newspaper; like browse the internet.
They then went to a meth lab and u would never guess what they found. (Man, this sounds like a click-bait headline)
Last week they raided a cemetery and found corpses. Their efforts at identifying the corpses has met a dead end.
No, it's like firing the only decent typesetter they had an hour before it went to print.
Load More Replies...It also says Exclusive to all newspapers and asks for contact from people who have seen her in Morocco. What trash-rag is this?
It's from the British satirical magazine Private Eye. It's a satire on the British press who were running around like headless chickens just printing any old rubbish to fill pages. Many of the papers were utterly pathetic in their response to her death and worthy of far worse than satire.
Load More Replies...Doesn't belong here as it's from a UK satirical magazine -- it's INTENTIONALLY stupid.
Ehm, I am pretty sure this newspaper article was meant to be a joke. I already noticed couple of times that BP has difficulties with recognizing good satire or irony.
The number for having seen her is the same as the other one. I think this is a satire
It is. It's from the UK humour mag Private Eye.
Load More Replies...To all those commenting about the phone numbers being the same: actually, they exist purely of zeroes after the preselection. I'm pretty sure this number won't work anyways.
You are right and I don't understand why someone is downvoting you for that.
Load More Replies...Not a real headline. This is satire from the humorous UK magazine Private Eye.
Jesus was an amateur compared to this guy! This guy didn't wait for 3 days
Load More Replies...I actually think this one is clever. Likely someone faked his own death and ran away from some commitment like jailtime or child support. I would read the article with a title like that.
That's probably exactly what they meant. I'm from South Africa where this newspaper is printed and this is quite tame and believable compared to some of the other headlines they use! :)
Load More Replies...And the situation is only getting worse for newspaper journalists and other staff members. Based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Employment Statistics, in 2018, 37,900 people worked in the newspaper industry as reporters, editors, photographers, film or video editors. That is 14 percent fewer employees than in 2015, and a whopping 47 percent less than in 2004.
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I love this article, it lets me post sarcastic comments and it not be considered rude. I am very happy 😊😊😊
Holding text that someone forgot to change. Often says Lorem Ipsum dolor...
Yes, and on a follow up, what does “Loren Ipsum Dolor” even mean?
Load More Replies...This is why my newspaper syndicate never used placeholder text - we just left appropriate-sized blanks if we couldn't think of a headline. In the years I was with them, we had maybe a handful of papers hit stands with blanks where headlines or photo captions should have been, and nobody called to complain.
Club Captain Elected if they're short on space. Somebody dropped the ball. Editor--or what passes for one--would be my guess.
Load More Replies...Not necessarily. It happens more often than you think, and people in the business know it's just a mistake.
Load More Replies...One of my copy desk bosses would say: "If you have to use placeholder text, just use X's. That way if people are going to take offense, they have to work at it." This was after a basketball player's headshot appeared over the placeholder caption "Mug Shot" and we got a few angry phone calls from people wanting to know if we were deliberately trying to create the impression he'd been arrested.
That's a bit lazy, don't you think. Now we have to come up with the headline ourselves!
Does that mean rich people need less money? This sounds like a Communist plot.
Now what about bugs crawling around but having wings? Now I'm confused.
Load More Replies...:0 I thought they were little dragons! Does that mean… no- it can’t be… the earth isn’t flat?! (DUN DUN DUNN)
Oh, come on! Any of my cats can type better than that!
Load More Replies...Was about to ask how, but you've explained it. Thank you kind stranger!
Load More Replies...And the rest of us should all applause what this one armed man is doing; LETS GIVE HIM A HAND, EVERYBODY!
Gotta pass the time while waiting for the other golfers to play their shots...
If he just " played with his own balls" he could have saved himself an awful lot of trouble and money.
That's exactly what I thought too! LOLOLOL
Load More Replies...Even after cheating on his wife with all those women? Dude has a problem.
I think his have his name branded on them--so no one else grabs them.
Load More Replies...Except you are an antivaxxer. Cause Bridges are not natural and they can collapse! Don't trust Big Bridge! They only want your money! Improve your natural bite-resistance against all kind of natural animals in the water and improve your stranght and stamina by swimming instead of using bridges like Big Bridge told you! Start doing your research now and wake up sheeple!
Load More Replies...Especially if you were driving you car to the river.
Load More Replies...So I’ve been flying over them the whole time, doing it all wrong and no one told me?!?
I dont understand ... am i just really thick
Load More Replies...If you can pitch it right to Admin, you can major in ANYthing. (And get a Phd in it, too.)
Load More Replies...My mother used to call pooping, “something special.” So any use of that phrase is already hilarious to me.
Wow, that's some school. I wish I could have known a graduate or two. Or three or four.....
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I Ah, elementary school really was quite the horror.
Do you also remember the jump rope version: M eye crooked letter crooked letter, eye crooked letter crooked letter, eye hump back hump back eye? Any child who grew up with that should never be able to forget how to spell it.
Load More Replies...Yo Dawg, I heard you like plans ... So we are making plans to plan strategic plan.
Captain America: Tony what is the plan for attack? Iron-man: Attack. (flies off)
A strategic plan planned strategically is strategizing a plan to plan strategies
The art director must have overruled the poor copywriter.
Load More Replies...I mean, even if someone had the idea that the slice might look like a G - there are a lot of proofreaders, editors, directors and whatnot reading an article before it goes to print. How can this go through all those instances without ANYONE being like "uh, guys... don't you think it looks like... kinda, you know... a little wrong?"? I seriously don't get it!
That really is an excellent point. Sadly, I've worked with all of those various people and been slapped down for voicing my concerns that the general public won't get their 'clever concept' so I've seen it happen. To the point where money was lost. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Load More Replies...Oh, I was just coming here to post that. Guess they thought 'rapeseed' would be a tough sell...you think?
Load More Replies...Wow, this is a failure on two levels - one, that slice of grapefruit looks like a C, not a G and they didn't HAVE to use all caps, they could have just bolded the font to make it stand out more. F-
I think they were trying to make the slice look like a G... that worked out for them well
So if you have a room underwater with a broken AC, you’re hot AND wet…?
Load More Replies...You mean, "Rooms are hot with broken air conditioners." cracks me up....
On a separate note, that’s awesome! Means society is finally getting somewhere!
I didn't realise sexual orientation was listed on the application form?
It's the article under that which creates gasps
Load More Replies...Wait what. Like half of my scout group wasnt straight. And all the leaders knew who was gay/straight/bi/anything else.... and they were super supportive? I thought this was already a thing?
Your troop was ahead of its time. There have been some who elected to disband rather than allow a 'sullying influence'. The Boy Scouts as an organization are remarkably hidebound. I think it's the national organization, not most of the individual leaders. After all, the Republicans love them...
Load More Replies...It’s sad that ever had to be a headline. As a Cub leader, I can honestly say that sexual orientation makes no difference to a person being adventurous, loyal, hard working or a nice person....that’s all personality!
I don't know if I should be happy that the boy scouts allows gay boys, but continues to disallow gay leaders???
Your pic made me try and brush a hair off my screen. I'm dying. XD
Load More Replies...No one even gave a little hand to the actual president....
Load More Replies...This looks fake - there is a distinct line where the color changes. And I understand the smaller print would be harder to read, but it's too blurry compared to the headline. Just saying
looks photoshopped, the font is not one used by papers usually and looks off from the rest
Actually it is frequently used, as it is slightly more dyslexia friendly than the typical 'Georgia' font
Load More Replies...“At first, we thought it might have been from Greenland. But no.....”
If I had my way, there would be fewer hunters. I'll be out there protecting the innocents...already protect them on my farm and on my ranch.
Hey, at least they said fewer and not less! That’s a win in my book. 😉
To be fair, a lot of hunters try to claim that hunting is good for increasing animal populations. My guess would be that this is showing they're wrong.
And hunters are great conservationists. We can kill off all the main predators because the hunters will take their places--and kill, the old, the weak, and the sick. Right. I was able to decipher a little of the article--"naturally" other deer would move in to replace those they shot. Surprise, they opted to stay in their established territories.
Load More Replies...Probably laughing at how they look - some people pull some great faces when they're singing. Just look at people in cars at traffic lights singing away... look mad.
I, personally, don't mind looking mad when I do that. And when I see others dancing and singing their little hearts out, I smile and am happy for them having a good time 😊
Load More Replies...Maybe there's something in the article about the singers doing sign language?
Or they were just happy that something came in and they weren't totally ignored.
Load More Replies...Just as the Interpretive Dance Troupe did at the school for the blind.
Look though the *little* holes on the binoculars.
Load More Replies...Who decides that she's gone missing? Maybe she went somewhere to get some kissing?
This one's actually not too bad, when you think of all the perils caused by earthquakes. The ground splitting open, fires from broken gas mains, tsunamis.....
Liquefaction is another main cause, but only in water-saturated/low-lying areas.
Agreed. Broken pipes (leaking gas -> fire, explosions, leaking water -> no drinking water supply, flooded cellars... , leaking sewage system -> pollution, flooded areas), damages on power lines -> short cirquits -> blackout and/or fire. As mentioned before, liquefication in some areas, landslides in other areas, tsunami waves (ok, in case of tsunami, the wave damage is probably worse than the shaking itself)....
Load More Replies...That's so mean but I laughed! Who thought about that and then published it anyway?
Load More Replies...Winter has come and gone as far as the article is concerned.
Load More Replies...Yeah, you can see the journalist put himself in the homeless person's shoes. "Ok, great, I didn't die this winter ... That's just my luck... Now what?"
“Let’s eat Grandma!” “ Let’s eat, Grandma!” Punctuation saves lives!
This headline leaves nothing to the imagination. No one will read the article if you give everything away in the headline.
She must prefer Mounds bar..since, you know. Almond joys and all that.
But to be honest, after reading that headline, you’ll be like “wtf” and want to read the article...
Really? Do share, I've been puzzling over this one!
Load More Replies...Sometimes you write a headline just to insult someone. This headline could easily have been "Scientist Pisses Off Reporter".
i don't know, it did cure them from any suffering :D
Load More Replies...Now what essential information you are missing here is that the Metro Herald is an Irish newspaper, very few of us know what the sun looks like!!!
This is true. I've never seen the Sun in Ireland, and I've watched every episode of Father Ted.
Load More Replies...Pretty sure I saw this as a real headline in Scotland, not ironic. It rains a lot..
Wouldn't be surprised. Irish and Scottish can have similar humour.
Load More Replies...That's how I describe the beach to the first timers. " Go ahead, turn ,t you will see a big piece of blue after some sand; this is the SEA!
In today's snowflake world, people are triggered if you assume their gender.
Or fakes? Falsies often look better than the real thing. And haven't they ever heard of binding breasts?
Load More Replies...He must have been the guy that was arrested for everything. (See number 21).
So are they just gonna keep his coffin/ashes in a jail cell when he dies?
Great, we must have an immortal guy in there,.... That can't be good
Journalistic standards are not what they once were unfortunately. I always do enjoy a good laugh in the morning though and these certainly do provide that.
I can't wait to hear how their investigation goes. What if they find more dead people in the graveyard?
At least it was found in the graveyard hope that it was buried properly.
If he wasn't in the ground beforehand, then yes, that'd be a problem I expect
Did they think, "OK, if you shoot living people they die, so what happens if you shoot dead people?"
They did use to say less sex increased chances - something to do with sperm quality.
Neither they nor you said it have to be sex with the same man.
Load More Replies...I wonder how many millions in tax money they spent on that study 🙄
Wooden shoes are also called sabots. One could assume that they are worn by saboteurs. Entirely reasonable for a poorly-read librarian to fear them.
The type of shoe is actually the origin of the word 'sabotage.' Back in the Middle Ages, a group of field workers was upset with their cruel master, so they strapped on their sabots and trampled a field of his crops.
Load More Replies...Very true. I work at a FD and we've been called to pick up patients RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE ED DOOR from gunshot wounds. Something about insurance...blah, blah, blah, blah.
Load More Replies...In this case, it's not the headline that's stupid, it's the procedure... And the people behind it.
Unfortunately, that is common. I am a nurse and was told that if a visitor s a heart attack or cardiac arrest, we are to call 911 as it is a "liability issue". I'd think it was more of a liability to call 911 and not treat on the spot.
Probably to a hospital with an A&E or ER (or whatever it's called wherever you are) as general hospitals might not have the facilities.
Load More Replies...Once an old man collapsed and hit his head really hard on the pavement and was bleeding profusely. It all happened about 30 meters away from the hospital. We helped keep him comfortable and spoke to him (he was really groggy) while a man ran to the ER for help. A nurse ran back with him and tended to the old man until a few minutes later an ambulance showed up. It was all very efficient. It's been years since that incident, but I still feel bad for the old man. He looked so confused. (This happened in Spain.)
In a world where Tide Pods CHallenge exists, this is not unecessary...
Parents, lock up potential poisons or put them out of reach. Teaching children about the dangers is great, but it's shocking to know that so children under the age of 6 got ahold of poison.
When I was 3, I swallowed some of my mom's RX meds because I thought they were pretty. Had my stomach pumped. They were in her purse, left within the reach of 4 children.
Load More Replies...I feel like this was edited and the original headline said "reminds everyone not to take poison lightly" at the the end, as in take the items in your home that could be dangerous seriously. But I could be wrong.
Unfortunately, in this age of deteriorating infrastructure, that’s probably not far from the truth, at least for the better maintained bridges.
Part of the settlement should include a lifetime supply of Excedrin.
Load More Replies...It's a 'c**p' headline as it isn't about the sewers smelling but about where the smell is leaking from.
That is a headline which is criticising the teachers who made the original statement and not a daft headline in itself.
i can see that but wow homophobia still goin' strong (bisexual aura intensifies)
Load More Replies...Or the full name of the team, at least. Imagine if the story was about the University of South Carolina Gamecocks (no “Jacks” but, I mean, “C***s off”?)
Nah - it does. Don't do the crime if you can't take the headlines... Edit - just sarcasm!!
Load More Replies...Come ON, I called them last Tuesday! They should have enacted stage 3 by now!
But I like jellyfish. Jellyfish do a better job of governing than humans.
Definitely. Has to be. No one else can pull that off.
Load More Replies...I'm guessing somebody at the insurance put up a stink when he tried to make a normal claim, bet they're sorry now.
As you can see, Snopes is credited for that picture, and if you follow the links, you'll discover that this is indeed fake. :/
he should keep injuring himself on his property whenever he needs money
In some countries these animals are pests. If your kid got eaten by a wild animal, may you also think different. You should not judge to fast if you know leopards only from the zoo.
Load More Replies...Camels have humps. That's the bizarre part of the headline.
Load More Replies...This is not a common headline, but I don't see the "stupid" nor the "funny" part of it. Someone got killed in an unusual way. That's it. Why is it on this list?
St as in stones, it's a form of weight measurement..... That's what I'm assuming it's referring to anyway.
Load More Replies...I see what the owner of the shop did there! Let's go to the fu*king smoke shop! I like it that the newspaper just stick to it.
Where else would Blossom, Bubbles & Buttercup save the day?
Load More Replies...Makes sense if you think about it. Less money for people to vacation, hence less people on beach and in the water, less shark attacks. I don't see anything wrong with this headline.
Yeah, but you normally don't blame someone for doing something good. You'd use another word.
Load More Replies...Could this be from the The Sunday Sport? UK's paper most famous for it's weird and outrageous headlines. Includes ones such as Statue of Elvis found on Mars.
Apparently it was so I upvoted you - don't know why you were downvoted for knowing the truth.
Load More Replies...ARGH - I GOT CAUGHT BY THE SUNDAY SPORT. I did see the headlines but oh well.
Yeah, this one simply isn't true. Everyone can make up headlines though.
Aw well - you win some, you lose some. The Sunday Sport is famous for this type of shite.
Load More Replies...I am surprised there isn't many from the NT (northern territory) News. They are renowned for their funny headlines. A few examples are "why I stuck a cracker up my clacker", "Catnappers shaved my pussy", "trouser snake on a plane", "check out my flaps" and "game of phones" etc
Quite a few of these are actually good. Funny, Ironic or purposefully obtuse, but good.
These were a good laugh for sure! I'm so glad I'm from Utah and the news with Poison Control reminds us all 'Not to take poison'!
Most countries have socially accepted tradions of poisoning yourself. So a reminder is not that bad.
Load More Replies...Our local paper here in Niagara Falls, Canada just published a headline reading, "Homeless sex offender sentenced to house arrest"
Newspaper in Houston posted today ‘“Death was too good for him” says stepmother of slain 16-year-old teen in Humble’. Taken out of context it sounds like she’s an evil person, but the victim was her stepdaughter.
I am surprised there isn't many from the NT (northern territory) News. They are renowned for their funny headlines. A few examples are "why I stuck a cracker up my clacker", "Catnappers shaved my pussy", "trouser snake on a plane", "check out my flaps" and "game of phones" etc
Quite a few of these are actually good. Funny, Ironic or purposefully obtuse, but good.
These were a good laugh for sure! I'm so glad I'm from Utah and the news with Poison Control reminds us all 'Not to take poison'!
Most countries have socially accepted tradions of poisoning yourself. So a reminder is not that bad.
Load More Replies...Our local paper here in Niagara Falls, Canada just published a headline reading, "Homeless sex offender sentenced to house arrest"
Newspaper in Houston posted today ‘“Death was too good for him” says stepmother of slain 16-year-old teen in Humble’. Taken out of context it sounds like she’s an evil person, but the victim was her stepdaughter.
