# Stop me before I pun again! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 4, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-me-before-i-pun-again/367279 "2006-08-04T03:12:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-me-before-i-pun-again/367279/1 "2006-08-04T03:12:13Z")
Probably not Jay Leno quality, but [this](http://www.journal-advocate.com/Stories/0,1413,120%257E7826%257E,00.html) headline (the second story) in our local newspaper today had everybody in the office rolling their eyes. This was the headline that actually appeared in the newspaper, too. Front page. Don’t they send these kids to journalism school any more? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-me-before-i-pun-again/367279/2 "2006-08-04T03:54:42Z")
I have no idea where to even start looking for the article, but many years ago (maybe 12 or so), there was a case of a female naval officer being raped and wound up getting pregnant. The headline read “Seamen belived responsible for pregnancy” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-me-before-i-pun-again/367279/3 "2006-08-04T04:05:41Z")
Not sure if it was a pun, but it was amusing to hear on the radio a headline that came out as: “Il wishes good health to Castro” Referring to Kim Jong Il of North Korea. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-me-before-i-pun-again/367279/4 "2006-08-04T09:26:42Z")
Back when Salman Rushdie was big news and had gone in to hiding, A South Island of New Zealand newspaper (I think it was the Otago Daily Times) ran a story about a fishing competition. The headline was, **SALMON RUSH DAY IN TIMARU** :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-me-before-i-pun-again/367279/5 "2006-08-04T09:53:18Z")
[QUOTE=Sunrazor] Probably not Jay Leno quality, but [this](http://www.journal-advocate.com/Stories/0,1413,120%257E7826%257E,00.html) headline (the second story) in our local newspaper today had everybody in the office rolling their eyes. This was the headline that actually appeared in the newspaper, too. Front page. Don’t they send these kids to journalism school any more? [/QUOTE] Oh, come now. Copy editors live for this kind of fun! I actually appreciate a good newspaper headline pun. Unfortunately, my paper of choice – the Chicago Sun Times – has a penchant of particularly forced puns, especially in the sports section. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-me-before-i-pun-again/367279/6 "2006-08-04T10:16:03Z")
I can’t find a cite for this but many years ago an unexploded bomb (or something similar) was discovered in sand at a coastal resort somewhere in the UK. The headline read: **Shell Found On Beach** ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-me-before-i-pun-again/367279/7 "2006-08-04T12:30:45Z")
_Bike_ has had a couple of zingers over the years: Over an article about a road-legal racing combo: **Slung Low Street Chariot** And on a feature about Harley riders in Newcastle: **Hog On The Tyne** ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-me-before-i-pun-again/367279/8 "2006-08-04T13:45:53Z")
A few years back, while visiting my grandparents, I noticed a headline in their local newspaper. It seems that the principal at Pulaski Middle School had done something wrong and, as a result, lost her job. The headline: **PMS Principal Fired** I didn’t know you could be fired for that. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-me-before-i-pun-again/367279/9 "2006-08-04T14:03:08Z")
About ten years ago, my dad sent me a clipping from the local paper about a man who had hung himself in the woods. The final line of the article (paraphrased) “there was no telling how long he had been exposed to the elements, but the coroner estimated he had been at the end of his rope for about two weeks.” ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-me-before-i-pun-again/367279/10 "2006-08-04T14:28:40Z")
Best ever, IMO Scottish football team Inverness Caledonian Thistle beat Celtic 3 - 1, which was a huge upset. It spawned the headline \*\*“Super Cally go ballistic, Celtic are atrocious”. \*\* genious [[BBC SPORT | Football | Other Scottish | Super Caley dream realistic?](http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/2875957.stm)](BBC Link) excerpt > [@](#): > > That result, one of the biggest ever upsets in Scottish football, led to the equally famous newspaper headline “Super Caley go ballistic, Celtic are atrocious”.