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Ph_ish

PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2005 9:21 am


(Ooh my first topic!)
I've laughed out loud over it several times.
The New York 'Weekly World News'. It's a newspaper, but it's so full of absolutely hilarious headlines it can't possibly be real. It is real, unfortunatley, but do people really take it seriously? I don't know. Here's an example of a few headlines from the 'science' section...

"SCIENTISTS INVENT THE ULTIMATE CUSS WORD
By MATT KIRSCH
AFTER TEN long years and millions of dollars, Canadian scientists claim they have developed a new cuss word which is the mother of all profanity.
The word is so horrible, Weekly World News has chosen not to print it."

"SCIENTIST REVEALS: THUNDER CAUSED BY FAT PEOPLE DOING JUMPING JACKS
The results of a prominent new scientific study reveal that thunder is caused exclusively by the pounding sounds created by fat people doing jumping jacks!"

"GO TO THE BATHROOM JUST ONCE A YEAR!
RESEARCHERS are seeking FDA approval of a new pill that would mean only one trip to the bathroom per year."

"GIANT MYSTERY EGG FOUND IN ARCTIC!
Dr. Renay and a team of five colleagues found the partially exposed, 6-foot egg lodged in permafrost while monitoring the movements and mating patterns of polar bears a few hundred miles south of the North Pole."

And possibly my favourite:

"BELGIUM DESTROYED BY ROGUE ASTEROID!
The obscure nation of Belgium, often called "Europe's forgotten country," was virtually destroyed by the impact of an asteroid -- but incredibly, outsiders didn't notice for three weeks."

Take a look for yourselves - www.weeklyworldnews.com
PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2005 9:23 am


GAY PRIDE GROUP TAKES ON KKK IN BID FOR NATIONAL GAY DAY!

Is it just me, or does this whole site seem a little contrived...?
sweatdrop

Nebelstern
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Silver_Tinkerbell

PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2005 9:25 am


BUSH PUSHING TO BE NEXT POPE

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2005 9:31 am


Nebelstern
GAY PRIDE GROUP TAKES ON KKK IN BID FOR NATIONAL GAY DAY!

Is it just me, or does this whole site seem a little contrived...?
sweatdrop


I know it's hard to belive, but it's a real newspaper. My brother's friend brought back a copy from a New York art trip, that's how we found out about it in the first place, before we even discovered they had a website too.

Ph_ish


Nebelstern
Crew

PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2005 9:34 am


Ph_ish
Nebelstern
GAY PRIDE GROUP TAKES ON KKK IN BID FOR NATIONAL GAY DAY!

Is it just me, or does this whole site seem a little contrived...?
sweatdrop


I know it's hard to belive, but it's a real newspaper. My brother's friend brought back a copy from a New York art trip, that's how we found out about it in the first place, before we even discovered they had a website too.


New York Art trip? They do that at my school for gcse.
PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2005 10:16 am


Heh, Page 5 girls..

wink

Invictus_88
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Nebelstern
Crew

PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2005 10:19 am


Invictus_88
Heh, Page 5 girls..

wink


Honestly! Can't you be content with page 3? rolleyes
PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2005 10:22 am


Nebelstern
Invictus_88
Heh, Page 5 girls..

wink


Honestly! Can't you be content with page 3? rolleyes


Nah, these page fives have a setting which lets me rate the ugly ones as just that.

biggrin

*is rather too shallow*

Invictus_88
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Nebelstern
Crew

PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2005 10:31 am


Invictus_88
Nebelstern
Invictus_88
Heh, Page 5 girls..

wink


Honestly! Can't you be content with page 3? rolleyes


Nah, these page fives have a setting which lets me rate the ugly ones as just that.

biggrin

*is rather too shallow*


I did notice a few thousand posts ago... sweatdrop
PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2005 10:51 am


AL QAEDA PLANS TO DROP GAY BOMBS
EXTREMIST Muslim scientists are developing a bomb that turns anyone within a 30-mile radius of its blast into a homosexual, say U.S. Intelligence insiders.

It has to be a joke. (And a tip for the guys, the chat-up lines will get a slap)

Shadow of an Illusion
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Ares

PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2005 11:50 am


This is a real newspaper, but it's looked upon as the purest form of rubbish by most. Unfortunately, some Americans are actually prone to believing these things. It's truly pathetic.

But mostly we just look at them as a joke. Sort of like a gag gift for parties.
PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2005 1:13 pm


Well, if you ask me, which I seriously doubt you will, I think the whole lot is some big joke. I'm aiming to be a journalist and as soon as I get the chance, I'll ask Bush if that's what he really said. I'll have a whole load of microphones and so the whole world will know how ridiculous the idiot is. But also, I think the site's going a bit far with that.

Broken Keys


Boolean Julian
Crew

PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2005 2:34 pm


If you find that funny, you'd really reallly like the Day Today. As I keep telling everyone.
"Headmaster arrested for using big-faced child as sattelite dish."
"Bottomley refreshed after three days on cross."
Can't remember any more headlines right now, but it is very, very funny biggrin
PostPosted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 5:24 am


Oh goodness, yes.

The back-pages of this Guild's threadlist is actually quite amusing. That website is still up it seems. And I'll add to it the cheerily amateur http://www.littleengland.co.uk/le/le.html .

Invictus_88
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Julia Dream

PostPosted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:55 pm


Yes, actually, things like that are really printed. And people really buy them. And then they really believe them. On of the more famous topics for those sorts of tabloids is the Bat Boy, who is just a Photoshopped image of a boy they combined with a picture of a bat... I think the Bat Boy married a Yeti not too long ago...

One of my favorite stories out of a magazine like that was one about a woman who gave birth to twins, and one of them was a chimpanzee. ;D
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