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”.
I’m not the only one who sees this, right?
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
This image was probably choosen intentionally by an article writer, but this was on my Google News page today.
(In case you didn’t notice it, the deer is looking at the camera and winking )