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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!

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.

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

Not as dumb as you might think: submarines are generally stored on land when not in use... But yea its still a goofy headline...

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

Surely the submarines are kept carefully hidden in the china cabinet

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

Holy S**t who would've thought? I was wondering why we don't see them in the air!

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

WHAT?? You mean that submarines can't be hidden in the jungle??

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

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!

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

That's generally how submarines are supposed to walk, underwater...

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

Because they so flight unfit, they tried it before in the sky

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Brent Kaufman
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe they've invented a submarine that moves through the air; like a tube that carries people and military stuff from one place to another. It might need flat structures attached to the sides (maybe for stability, but I don't know. I'm not an engineer in aquatic machinery). That would be so cool!

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

I THINK one of those "Subs," according to this article, "is tracking their submarines in the open ocean." Too bad we can't all just get ALONG!!

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

*Gasp!* It's been right under our noses!!! MEN!! GET PERSHING ON THE PHONE!!!

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

Actually, they're just hiding them above the clouds. Has no one noticed?

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

Nah man, they're all in Tibet, waiting for the movie 2012 to come true, and flood the world

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

Man, I thought they were hiding them in the pool!? I guess I better go move mine then. LOL

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

Its a trick. While we're looking for submarines in the sea they are actually overhead in the sky.

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

And I thought they were burying them in sand on the beach!

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

Nope. Look closely at those submersible rides at Hongkong Disneyland....!!!

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

Ah, I see the "Stop being poor" idealism never seems to grow out of fashion.

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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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