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What a Way to Start
the Day
I listen
to a local radio show most Wednesday mornings which features a spot called
"Choose Your News." Here's how it works:
The
announcer reads four headlines, three pulled from the Weekly World News. One,
he made up. Our job is to pick the one he made up and call in. If we are
correct, we win tickets to something--maybe a concert, most likely, wrestling.
Sometimes,
the headlines are so far-fetched,
they are beyond far-fetched. Lots of times, they contain potty-humor (stuff
guys relate to. Having guys, I relate). Then, there are the ones that leave me
laughing all day long.
For
example:
The department store elevator
leading straight to hell.
Brazilian ants are invading North
America and eating everything in sight.
Rare monkeys have been spotted with
slicked-back hair like Elvis.
Siamese twin sisters-one a nun and
the other a bad girl.
And the
guys usually toss in others about aliens (very popular), Bigfoot, Sasquatch,
voodoo. You get the picture.
When my
friend started going to Wednesday work-out with me, we always pause for a
moment to listen to the show and guess which "headline" is the fake
one. Today's:
Stockbroker and wife sell
everything to live in a nest in the Sequoias.
!!! I
can't get that picture out of my head. A huge, twig nest perched high in a tree
in California with people camping in it. That's crazy. And funny. (Well, so is
the one about the monkeys too.)
Those are
highly creative guys. Isn't that cool?
Let's be adventurous. Can you put on your thinking cap and post a
headline--real or made up?
Vicki Batman is taking a drink of
her diet Coke and thinking "no way in he** would she live in a nest in a
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17 comments:
Good morning, Liz and friends. I hope everyone can put on their thinking caps and come up with a wacky morning headline worthy of the Weekly World News!
I'm an avid believer in the old cliche truth is stranger than fiction - which has me wondering what the real headlines were - lol.
have any of the morning headlines inspired you to write another cute story?
This is great, Vicki and Liz! Welcome, Vicki. I listen to "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" on NPR all the time. They have ongoing features such as this. It's wonderful. Thanks for the post. I'll put my thinking cap on.
Having lived in Russia, I try to keep up with the news from there. This past week there was one about a Boyz to Men concert and Russian efforts to increase the birth rate (not necessarily during the concert!).
Here goes:
Identity theft victim gains higher credit score
Now you guess...real or not?
I love the idea!
40 Year old mom has son's baby.
Hmmm... could it have happened?
I believe Barb and Melissa. I'm so accustomed to all the reality news around here that absolutely nothing would cause me to wonder whether it was true or not.
The latest around here is that an inordinate number of women are getting the exact tattoos across their breasts that Kapernick has across his chest.
Can you believe THAT?
Patti
yagerdelagrange@gmail.com
That is really scary, Patricia! And why do I believe it?? You're right...reality TV has us believing almost any weird behavior is probably true! Now I feel compelled to tell you about my weird tattoo moment. My 8th grade son played on a competitive basketball team last summer...he played up so he was with high school kids, and sometimes seniors. I knew it was going to be a bad game when he stood opposite a kid (I'll call him a kid but he was really a grown man) with a huge tattoo across his chest that said, "BLESSED". We now joke that when a kids sports back doubles as a diaper bag, we know it's going to be an interesting game. ha!
Hi, Chris! LOL, no, none of them have inspired me to write a story. But you never know. lolol
Hi, Cassy! I think what is great is that we all have a creativity and this is how these guys use there. Thank you for visiting with me.
Hi, Liese! That is hilarious. I thought the birth rate thing was tied to the concert until I read your comment in parentheses. So funny.
Hi, Barb: That is an excellent headline. And could most likely be very true. lol
Hi, Melissa! You got it. And probably has happened. Thank you for posting.
Hi, Patti! Tattoos on their chests??? I keep wondering what they will look like in the nursing home. Pretty scary.
Hi, Barb--again! That's some tattoo moment in high school. And I'd never thought of a backpack as a diaper bag. Geez! oxox
I love these. How about this. Great tits cope well with warming.
True or false??
Hi Vicki and Liz!!! Here's one! Poor Man finds a hundred dollar bill under his puppy's bed after he lost his first canine tooth.
Hi, Liz! OMG, that's just...awful. Funny and...awful. lol
Hi, Alisha!That one could actually work for the program. Too bad they don't consult us. Thanks for participating. lol
Tits are birds apparently!!!!!
I love the Weekly World News. Nobody does headlines better! Back in the '90s, I bought myself a year's subscription, knowing it would help me write better headlines. A couple of my favorites:
Town terrorized by giant flying cats.
and
Factory worker's head caught in squeezer machine.
and
Repentent banker turns Robin Hood, tossing millions in public fountains.
(Okay, two of those are from WWN. One of them is mine.)
Fun, Vicki!
Hi, Sally, those are the kinds of headlines the guys come up with every week. I laugh a lot and try to figure out which one is the fake. So from yours....let's see...the factory worker's head.
Anyone else want to guess?
Nope, the factory worker was theirs. The banker is mine. Gotcha! :)
Oh, Sally, you are so funny. Thx. :)
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