# You've Got Head Lines Going the Wrong Way

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-head-lines-going-the-wrong-way/236935>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 28, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-head-lines-going-the-wrong-way/236935 "2004-03-28T17:41:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-head-lines-going-the-wrong-way/236935/1 "2004-03-28T17:41:07Z")

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In honor of my 2,000th post (note: by the time you read this, the counter will likely have ticked higher), I’m creating a thread repository for all your headlines that make you go, hnnh?

[Mods: I’m assuming that a critical analysis of media headlines would fall under ‘literature.’ But if there’s a better forum, sorry, and go ahead and move this along.]

Type of headlines for this thread: typos; amphibolies; ironic juxtapositions; tasteless; and the just plain poorly worded.

Optional: Your humorous comment that shows how the headline is odd or poorly worded or can be taken in a different way.

And so, from the Metro Section of the NY Times on Tuesday, March 9, 2004 we have the two first entries:

**City Police Giving Back Seized Cars.**

_Well, if the cops had remembered to change the oil…_  
**Police Shoot 2 Men After a Tip About Marijuana in an Apartment**

_I didn’t know dropping a dime on MaryJane users puts cops in such a rage. They shold have at least gone to the apartment first._

## Peace.

[Headlines are size 5 and Times New Roman font, bolded]

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**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-got-head-lines-going-the-wrong-way/236935/2 "2004-03-28T18:00:03Z")

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[Obviously, the hamsters are screwing with me. They just took 40 off my post total. \<sigh\> Oh, my Kingdom for a 1 minute _post facto_ edit function.]