# Man Held in Fire

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-held-in-fire/449380>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 15, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-held-in-fire/449380 "2008-05-15T01:34:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-held-in-fire/449380/1 "2008-05-15T01:34:25Z")

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One of my favorite headlines, always.

Tonight’s variation, just flashed over MSNBC at the bottom of the hour newsbreak:  
**Arson Suspect Held in Wildfires**

Forgive the obvious, but…that’s gotta hurt.

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-held-in-fire/449380/2 "2008-05-15T02:55:11Z")

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The best I ever saw is still the Globe and Mail headline, “Marijuana Question Goes To Joint Committee.”

Well, of course it would.