# Unintentionally amusing headlines

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-amusing-headlines/924630>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 3, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-amusing-headlines/924630 "2020-11-03T09:13:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-amusing-headlines/924630/41 "2024-05-30T16:39:41Z")

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Surprised no one’s yet quoted the classic 2000 British sports headline, about a Scottish football team called Inverness Caledonian Thistle – known as Caley Thistle – upsetting Celtic, one of the dominant teams in Scottish soccer. A subeditor at the _Sun_, Paul Hickson, came up with this gem:

“_ **Super Caley Go Ballistic, Celtic Are Atrocious** _”.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-amusing-headlines/924630/42 "2024-06-23T20:17:49Z")

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I’m not the only one who sees this, right?

[![](https://i.postimg.cc/kMTBTj8c/Screenshot-20240623-161422.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/kMTBTj8c/Screenshot-20240623-161422.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-amusing-headlines/924630/43 "2026-03-09T01:52:59Z")

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Snicker:

[https://scitechdaily.com/can-spacex-help-nasa-reach-uranus-before-its-too-late/](https://scitechdaily.com/can-spacex-help-nasa-reach-uranus-before-its-too-late/)

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**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-amusing-headlines/924630/44 "2026-03-09T17:07:35Z")

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There’s a Facebook (I know, I know..) group called Angry People in Local Newspapers that reposts these. Recent gems (just possibly intentional…)

LOCAL WRITER WIN’S GRAMMAR AWARD

GRAN BEATS OFF INTRUDER

NUNS IN FIGHT AGAINST STRIPPERS

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-amusing-headlines/924630/45 "2026-10-17T20:26:34Z")

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This image was probably choosen intentionally by an article writer, but this was on my Google News page today.

[![](https://i.ibb.co/xKmxRGjv/Screenshot-20261017-124230.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/xKmxRGjv/Screenshot-20261017-124230.jpg)

(In case you didn’t notice it, the deer is looking at the camera and winking )

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