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Re: Fantastic Headlines
« Reply #6960 on: January 19, 2016, 07:37:39 PM »
Why mutton flaps are killing Tonga.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35346493

I thought it was fizzy drinks wot caused it like...? ::)

We should alert the gubbernment. I want to see lots of Ministers on TV being angry about mutton flaps  razz: razz:

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Re: Fantastic Headlines
« Reply #6961 on: January 19, 2016, 08:23:43 PM »
Why mutton flaps are killing Tonga.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35346493

Oh, is that what mutton flaps are.   redface:
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« Reply #6962 on: January 19, 2016, 08:28:35 PM »
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Re: Fantastic Headlines
« Reply #6968 on: January 20, 2016, 07:33:58 AM »
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Re: Fantastic Headlines
« Reply #6971 on: January 21, 2016, 10:11:57 PM »
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pigs-head-tied-to-muslim-school-gate-sparks-police-hate-crime-probe-a6825931.html

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A severed pig's head was tied to the gates of an Islamic school
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Why describe it as a 'severed pig's head'?
If the head hadn't been severed then the headline would be:

"A pig was tied to the gates...."

Of course if it had said 'a pig's severed head'.......

Our editorial standards are doomed.  noooo:

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Re: Fantastic Headlines
« Reply #6972 on: January 21, 2016, 10:18:07 PM »
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pigs-head-tied-to-muslim-school-gate-sparks-police-hate-crime-probe-a6825931.html

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A severed pig's head was tied to the gates of an Islamic school
::)

Why describe it as a 'severed pig's head'?
If the head hadn't been severed then the headline would be:

"A pig was tied to the gates...."

Of course if it had said 'a pig's severed head'.......

Our editorial standards are doomed.  noooo:

Nick needs a job...... rubschin:

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Re: Fantastic Headlines
« Reply #6973 on: January 21, 2016, 10:56:26 PM »
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pigs-head-tied-to-muslim-school-gate-sparks-police-hate-crime-probe-a6825931.html

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A severed pig's head was tied to the gates of an Islamic school
::)

Why describe it as a 'severed pig's head'?
If the head hadn't been severed then the headline would be:

"A pig was tied to the gates...."

Of course if it had said 'a pig's severed head'.......

Our editorial standards are doomed.  noooo:

Indeed.  They probably thought the piggly doings was a terraced plot
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Re: Fantastic Headlines
« Reply #6974 on: January 21, 2016, 10:59:23 PM »
Is that like half a dead mouse? redface:
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