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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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Zenozenobee
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well not all police unities have an alison Dubois or a Jess Mastriani in thir rank yet ;p

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm interested in knowing more about the ones that do..🤔🤔

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, this is exactly I was going to say. Let's talk about homicide victims that do talk.

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Kathy Baylis
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gotta get Whoopi from Ghost into the police station more often.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, they are strangely silent as they lie there on the morgue slab.

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IzzieM
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I guess not all of them know how to communicate through psychics.

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Ari
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Indeed, "Silence is golden" at the police station...

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Lucinda Overhoussen
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People talk before they die, time between attack and death can be years with medical advances. Which was why they got rid of the "year and a day" rule between attack n and death.

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Kathy Baylis
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s not unheard of for cops to arrive at the scene as the victim is dying, and get some sort of description of the perpetrator and motive for the crime right before they succumb to their injuries. It’s the only scenarios that would fit—-not very common, but not unheard of.

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Ciaran Laing
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3 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think they’re trying to talk about the victims talking to the police before they’re killed?

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AspieGirl88
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Unless they use an ouija board or a psychic, I guess? I personally wouldn’t mess with that, though. 😅

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Marea Lewis
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What? Do they have people that can talk to ghosts in their department or something?

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Our local paper in Niagara Falls, Canada just published this headline. Article #08: The Robert S.K. Welch Courthouse In Downtown St. Catharines. CRIME Homeless sex offender sentenced to house arrest The defendant was sentenced to 45 months behind bars in 2010 after being convicted of two sex offences involving children and ordered to comply with the national sex offender registry. Read More arrow

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reminds me of, "Search of cemetery uncovers dead bodies".

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Sam Rose
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Rarely, cause remember that one police officer who was also a medium?

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Blaise Meloche
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The real question is: why are police "talking" to them when they are dead?!

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Bonny Saxon
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is hard for them to open up (their caskets!) . . . (I'll leave quietly)

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Bonny Saxon
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is hard for them to open up (their caskets)! (I'll leave quiety)

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can just imagine the look on Spock’s face... “hmmm, that’s logical “

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Stephen Anderson
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is baffling to me. Just because they're dead doesn't mean they can't say something...

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Steve Prince
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The should be charged with obstruction and failure to obey the police!

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Jeff Requier
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you die After being taken to the hospital by succumbing to your injuries

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Arran Walker
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’d like to know about the homicide victims (not the “attempted homicide” victims, mind you, but the homicide victims) who talk to the police....

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Rarely"? "RARELY"???? I'm glad that I wasn't swallowing my coffee when I read that, or there'd be another "silent victim"...L!O!L!

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Ren Duvall
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This reminds of a reporter who said something about a dead man not being available for comment

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Very uncooperative, those recently murdered. Rude almost... Sheesh

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That probably has something to do with the fact that they are a homicide victim.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So what you're saying is I can preform necromancy?! Yes!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You only found 40?!!.. Have a look at the sports pages of the Scottish newspapers since 14th Feb 2012. That was the day that, after cheating the taxman out of £90 million, Glasgow Rangers were liquidated. Since then, they have mysteriously risen from the dead, and in their 7th year of playing as a new club, they are aiming to win their 55th league title!

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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.

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.

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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.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It also says Exclusive to all newspapers and asks for contact from people who have seen her in Morocco. What trash-rag is this?

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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.

Do you think that newspapers have a future, dear Readers? Would you like to see a Bored Panda newspaper? Share your thoughts with us in the comments!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Holding text that someone forgot to change. Often says Lorem Ipsum dolor...

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gotta pass the time while waiting for the other golfers to play their shots...

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.....

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This headline leaves nothing to the imagination. No one will read the article if you give everything away in the headline.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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!!!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, reading the text it sounds like they were all wasting time.

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