# From the Stupid Headllines Department: gsdgsd gsdgsdgsdggsi (Really.) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 11, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-stupid-headllines-department-gsdgsd-gsdgsdgsdggsi-really/201077 "2003-09-11T23:35:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-stupid-headllines-department-gsdgsd-gsdgsdgsdggsi-really/201077/1 "2003-09-11T23:35:31Z")
[Click here and be amazed.](http://www.kentucky.com/mld/heraldleader/sports/6696476.htm) 😕 ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-stupid-headllines-department-gsdgsd-gsdgsdgsdggsi-really/201077/2 "2003-09-11T23:39:45Z")
And people complain that all the news is depressing!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-stupid-headllines-department-gsdgsd-gsdgsdgsdggsi-really/201077/3 "2003-09-11T23:41:34Z")
Awesome! I work on a newspaper’s Web site (as I just finished posting about in another thread), and I can totally see how this happened. Glad I didn’t do it. A coworker once grabbed a story off the wire and posted it, but messed up the headline slightly. Original headline: something like, “Grammys are Eminem’s big night” Except the last two letters accidentally got left off. It was only up for a few minutes, thank heaven. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-stupid-headllines-department-gsdgsd-gsdgsdgsdggsi-really/201077/4 "2003-09-11T23:50:46Z")
It might be garble, but it has 19 inches! Obviously good enough for the sports pages… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-stupid-headllines-department-gsdgsd-gsdgsdgsdggsi-really/201077/5 "2003-09-12T00:01:49Z")
Well 19 inches is nice… But have I always felt that width of the column was far more important. I wonder how many people read the whole thing to see what happened? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-stupid-headllines-department-gsdgsd-gsdgsdgsdggsi-really/201077/6 "2003-09-12T00:04:18Z")
It’s not the width or the length, it’s how you format the text. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-stupid-headllines-department-gsdgsd-gsdgsdgsdggsi-really/201077/7 "2003-09-12T00:05:34Z")
A thrilling read. Captivating in it’s humor and pathos. Get ready for the TV spinoff! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-stupid-headllines-department-gsdgsd-gsdgsdgsdggsi-really/201077/8 "2003-09-12T00:08:16Z")
A greater question would be, Why is it still up? It was posted last week. ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-stupid-headllines-department-gsdgsd-gsdgsdgsdggsi-really/201077/9 "2003-09-12T00:08:33Z")
If you haven’t properly prepared the sheet the text will be fuzzy and out of focus and the whole experience will fall flat. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-stupid-headllines-department-gsdgsd-gsdgsdgsdggsi-really/201077/10 "2003-09-12T00:14:19Z")
And there’s no substitute for crisp, firm text. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-stupid-headllines-department-gsdgsd-gsdgsdgsdggsi-really/201077/11 "2003-09-12T00:27:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jackelope \* > \*\*Awesome! > > I work on a newspaper’s Web site (as I just finished posting about in another thread), and I can totally see how this happened. Glad I didn’t do it. > > A coworker once grabbed a story off the wire and posted it, but messed up the headline slightly. Original headline: something like, “Grammys are Eminem’s big night” > > Except the last two letters accidentally got left off. > > It was only up for a few minutes, thank heaven. \*\* I remember your telling me that story. Although I think this particular “headline / story” was meant to be a test… but if it was a test, why leave it up for six days? I have NO idea… F\_X ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-stupid-headllines-department-gsdgsd-gsdgsdgsdggsi-really/201077/12 "2003-09-12T02:28:18Z")
From the Raleigh,N.C. News and Observer (around 1996): 2-60-3 wakemed story head this is a summary graf. It will be several lines long. It will be very interesting to read and to write. This is a summary graf. This was attatched to a real story,though. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-stupid-headllines-department-gsdgsd-gsdgsdgsdggsi-really/201077/13 "2003-09-12T03:46:13Z")
What on earth was wrong with _lorem ipsum dolor sit amet_… ? ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-stupid-headllines-department-gsdgsd-gsdgsdgsdggsi-really/201077/14 "2003-09-12T04:01:26Z")
It’s odd, but at least it’s not insulting. Back when I was in college, the regular campus paper ran a long article about a local artist in their weekly arts insert. Nobody noticed that one of the photo captions was still dummy copy, which unfortunately read: “Something about how bad her art really is.” At the rival paper, where I worked, our standard dummy headline was “Moo Moo Moo Moo.” At least if that slipped through by accident, we wouldn’t have to print any contrite apologies afterwards… ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-stupid-headllines-department-gsdgsd-gsdgsdgsdggsi-really/201077/15 "2003-09-12T04:03:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*A greater question would be, Why is it still up? \*\* It’s still up because… err… _HONEY! Could you please come to the bedroom? There’s something that needs to be taken care of toot-sweet!_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-stupid-headllines-department-gsdgsd-gsdgsdgsdggsi-really/201077/16 "2003-09-12T04:57:39Z")
Badger, badger, badger, badger … Mushroom … mushroom … I’m sorry, what forum was this? [backs slowly out of thread] ---
**Author:** ![d12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71c47a/32.png) [@d12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d12)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-stupid-headllines-department-gsdgsd-gsdgsdgsdggsi-really/201077/17 "2003-09-12T05:41:05Z")
Which Doper/Farker beat me to submitting this? ☚ ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-stupid-headllines-department-gsdgsd-gsdgsdgsdggsi-really/201077/18 "2003-09-12T05:47:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by masonite \* > \*\*What on earth was wrong with _lorem ipsum dolor sit amet_… ? \*\* Oh. And I was thinking this was the translation. guess not . . . ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-stupid-headllines-department-gsdgsd-gsdgsdgsdggsi-really/201077/19 "2003-09-12T05:54:20Z")
At my campus paper where I work in Page Design, some designers often design their pages using dummy text and headlines. We know what stories we have, however, so to identify what story will go where, they will often make up fake headlines for each story. One that comes to my mind was about the Professor who denigrated homosexuality in his weblog (that I posted a pit thread about a while back). The designer’s fake headline: “Very bad professor, bad, bad, bad” I thought it was funny. Another kinda funny thing is that our website ([www.idsnews.com](http://www.idsnews.com)) has (or used to) a quirk where it would sometimes display the wrong headline for the front page story, but only if you were on a Mac and it still had yesterday’s cookie in it. You’d get the wrong headline, but the correct subhead and story. This led to some interesting juxtapositions. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-stupid-headllines-department-gsdgsd-gsdgsdgsdggsi-really/201077/20 "2003-09-12T06:07:42Z")
Hehehe!! I have my template with dummy text up on my site but it isn’t linked from anything so it is irrelevant: [http://fathom.org/opalcat/template.html](http://fathom.org/opalcat/template.html) It’s fun to search for “dummy text” on google. You get interesting things. Here is a nifty tool: [http://www.duckisland.com/GreekMachine.asp](http://www.duckisland.com/GreekMachine.asp) Try the hillbilly one 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-stupid-headllines-department-gsdgsd-gsdgsdgsdggsi-really/201077.md?page=2)