Funny but ridiculous newspaper headlines that actually made it to print

[post_page_title]Going out on a limb there[/post_page_title]

Okay, Jay Cronley, we see what you were trying to go for there. You had a nice, feel-good piece on your hands, about a man who had lost a limb somehow and now enjoyed the kindness of strangers. We get all that.

Going out on a limb there

But we really think it was worth the extra three minutes it would have taken you to come up with a headline that DOESN’T mention applauding and a one-armed man in the same sentence. Open a thesaurus, dude. There are tons of alternatives. And yes, “salutes” works, but it’s still a little mean.

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