Unintentionally amusing headlines

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?

Snicker:

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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