In this morning’s paper in an article about recent calls from the leadership of the new government for French people to stop thinking and start doing:
Don’t put Descartes before the bourse, French told
It’s probably not original, but it made me chuckle.
BION I came in here to post that exact headline … !
Old joke: A midget psychic goes on a criminal rampage, is arrested and jailed. He breaks out that night. The next day, the headlines scream, “Short medium at large!”
After a weekend huddle, the city government announces new funding for the ailing transportation system. Headline: SICK TRANSIT’S GLORIOUS MONDAY.
Bike magazine, sometime in the Eighties, had a couple of doozies:
A guy modifies a racing sidecar outfit to make it road-legal. SLUNG LOW STREET CHARIOT.
Four dudes from Newcastle-upon-Tyne with mean Harleys. HOG ON THE TYNE.
And many years later, in the paper (can’t remember which one) as Surrey County Cricket Club close in on the Championship title: SURREY WITH THE BINGE ON TAP.