Private Eye

John Hearns said:

Have a look at the Commuters cartoon in the latest Private Eye.
Very funny - the commuters discover a line which is reliable, cheap and
quick.
Which turns out to be a Sustrans ex-railway line, and they wish it was
extended to Victoria station.

That cartoon is always brill.

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John Hearns said:

Have a look at the Commuters cartoon in the latest Private Eye.
Very funny - the commuters discover a line which is reliable, cheap and
quick.
Which turns out to be a Sustrans ex-railway line, and they wish it was
extended to Victoria station.

Totally OT, but I think the highlight this week is the clipping from
the Yorkshire Evening Press -

the story: "A woman convicted of assault for hurling rhubarb at her
brother was behind bars today."

under the headline ... "Rhubarb woman gets custody"

regards, Ian SMith
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Totally OT, but I think the highlight this week is the clipping from
the Yorkshire Evening Press -

the story: "A woman convicted of assault for hurling rhubarb at her
brother was behind bars today."

under the headline ... "Rhubarb woman gets custody"

regards, Ian SMith
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A sublime example of the art of the sub-editor.

bookieb.

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John Hearns said:

Have a look at the Commuters cartoon in the latest Private Eye.
Very funny - the commuters discover a line which is reliable, cheap

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quick.
Which turns out to be a Sustrans ex-railway line, and they wish it was
extended to Victoria station.

Totally OT, but I think the highlight this week is the clipping from
the Yorkshire Evening Press -

the story: "A woman convicted of assault for hurling rhubarb at her
brother was behind bars today."

under the headline ... "Rhubarb woman gets custody"

Carrying on the off-topicness:

Mike Harding told how when touring Australia he festooned the front of his
car with rhubarb only later to discover he'd misheard the advice to fit
roo-bars.
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Ian Smith said:

Totally OT, but I think the highlight this week is the clipping from
the Yorkshire Evening Press -

the story: "A woman convicted of assault for hurling rhubarb at her
brother was behind bars today."

under the headline ... "Rhubarb woman gets custody"

It's still got a long way to go before it beats:
"Super Caley go Ballistic, Celtic are Atrocious"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/2875957.stm

--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

Phil Cook said:

Ian Smith said:

Totally OT, but I think the highlight this week is the clipping from
the Yorkshire Evening Press -

the story: "A woman convicted of assault for hurling rhubarb at her
brother was behind bars today."

under the headline ... "Rhubarb woman gets custody"

It's still got a long way to go before it beats:
"Super Caley go Ballistic, Celtic are Atrocious"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_div_1/2875957.stm

My favourites are the WW1 headline following a successful French
offensive, "French push bottles up German rear" and the headline when
Michael Foot was made head of CND "Foot Heads Arms Body"

I believe they are known in Fleet Street as "Ramsbottoms"

--
Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

Tony Raven said:

Phil Cook wrote:

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My favourites are the WW1 headline following a successful French
offensive, "French push bottles up German rear" and the headline
when Michael Foot was made head of CND "Foot Heads Arms Body"

I believe they are known in Fleet Street as "Ramsbottoms"

There was a brilliant one years ago in Private Eye over a story about a
strike in the Essex library service: "Book Lack in Ongar".

And I hardly dare confess it but I've been puzzling over the
"rhubarb/custody" one for hours and have only just seen the wonderful
pun. :-)

My father had some good ones from his days as features editor on the
Sunday Mirror. Over a story about a terrible flood in Italy a
sub-editor had tried to use the headline "Po Overflows" but Dad managed
to catch that one and stop it from appearing. A colleague of Dad's had
also made occasional attempts to get the phrase "Uffa Fox' sake" into
the paper. When he was on the News Chronicle a senior member of the
Barrow Cadbury family had died. The family still had a large stake in
the paper so a front page story was being prepared. For some reason
Dad's suggested headline "Barrow in Furnace" was not used.

--
Dave...

Also sprach dkahn400 <[email hidden]>:

[News-O-STULL]

'tis said that, when editor of the Sun, Kelvin McKenzie was hoping the
Archbishop of Johannesburg would pop his clogs just so he could plaster
"Tata Tutu" over the front page...

--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
This Unit is a productive Unit.

Ian Smith said:

the story: "A woman convicted of assault for hurling rhubarb at her
brother was behind bars today."

under the headline ... "Rhubarb woman gets custody"

Brilliant :-)

Best wishes,
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