# Some days, it's fun to be a headline editor.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-its-fun-to-be-a-headline-editor/607847>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 30, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-its-fun-to-be-a-headline-editor/607847 "2011-12-30T17:31:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-its-fun-to-be-a-headline-editor/607847/1 "2011-12-30T17:31:44Z")

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**[SANTORUM SURGES FROM BEHIND IN IOWA](http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/Santorum-surges-from-behind-in-Iowa.html?cmpid=124488469)**

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-its-fun-to-be-a-headline-editor/607847/2 "2011-12-30T17:32:42Z")

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Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there!

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**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-its-fun-to-be-a-headline-editor/607847/3 "2011-12-30T23:13:23Z")

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[Tired Gay Succumbs to Dix…](http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/07/03/us-athletics-diamond-idUSTRE6622I420100703)

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**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-its-fun-to-be-a-headline-editor/607847/4 "2011-12-31T00:11:28Z")

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LOL! Listening to the radio on the way home, I kept wondering if they were using the word “surges” on purpose, but that headline leaves no doubt.

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**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-days-its-fun-to-be-a-headline-editor/607847/5 "2011-12-31T04:22:10Z")

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Does he also have diarrhea of the mouth?