# Unintentionally Funny Headlines from Organisations that should know better

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 20, 2013, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-funny-headlines-from-organisations-that-should-know-better/658802 "2013-05-20T10:12:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidklk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@davidklk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidklk)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-funny-headlines-from-organisations-that-should-know-better/658802/1 "2013-05-20T10:12:40Z")

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Pretty much as it says in the title, on the BBC website today’s headline news article:

“Splits expected over gay marriage”

Splits? They haven’t even got married yet!

(for those blissfully unaware, the article is actually about division within the conservative party about whether this should be legalised. Full Article:  
[Gay marriage: Deal to allow bill to proceed in Parliament - BBC News](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22588954))

Anyone else seen any unintentionally funny headlines?

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**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-funny-headlines-from-organisations-that-should-know-better/658802/2 "2013-05-20T11:05:03Z")

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from an earlier thread - “Foot heads arms body”

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=133762](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=133762)

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**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-funny-headlines-from-organisations-that-should-know-better/658802/3 "2013-05-20T21:52:44Z")

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One I saw in the local paper years ago (sorry, no link)

Police Forced to Shoot Man With Knife