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more fun with brutal ledes.

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by writing irish, Mar 7, 2008.

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  1. digger

    digger New Member

    "The football gods wept on the Delta Saturday."

    (Sorry, Batman, I'm just having a little fun cross-posting from one thread to another).

    By the way, this one really wasn't terrible, given the circumstances.
     
    digger, Mar 11, 2008
    #37
  2. farmerjerome

    farmerjerome Active Member

    Why, oh why, must I read threads like this when I'm about to go to bed. I'm wide awake from laughing now.
     
    farmerjerome, Mar 12, 2008
    #38
  3. dragonfly

    dragonfly Member

    A few years ago, we actually centerpieced a story on a prep basketball gamer that began:

    ``You can't win a basketball game if you don't put the ball in the basket more than the other team. Fortunately, the Podunkville Panthers didn't have that problem.''

    the headline was something like: Podunkville knows where to put the ball

    ...
     
    dragonfly, Mar 12, 2008
    #39
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