Yeah, that was 2017. Why do I have a feeling this year’s will be bigger?
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So 2017 really was pretty much a dumpster fire of badness. There were a few things, though, that made it a little more bearable. Not necessarily for the copy editors who wrote these headlines, but hey, everybody needs a laugh … or 5,000.
This is the kind of headline I wouldn’t be able to resist writing … but I’m nuts.
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This is one of the reasons we put attributions with a colon at the beginning of the headline at our paper. Pretty sure the foreign minister isn’t the attacker.
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Right now Tom Jones is rewriting “Sex Bomb.”
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Yeah, this one’s really crappy.
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No, because I did too. It’s really bad when even inanimate objects have drug problems.
Screenshot from Laura (@LNH_9)’s Twitter page.
I would think frogs would be more comfortable in the outfield catching flies.
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It really shouldn’t be necessary to insert (left), but …
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I think I’ve heard this joke before.
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There’s not enough fun in the coroner’s office … oh, funds? Never mind.
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Not from this past year, but too funny to ignore this old one from my own paper (pre-merger). Some lines are just too long.
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Serenity is a fuzzy belly 
Thanks for the bloopers, Blooper. I embarrassed myself by repeatedly laughing out loud.
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Nothing to be embarrassed about … Unless you were in public at the time. And it was maniacal laughter.
But that does make people leave you alone …
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“Sex Clams”? What won’t they think of next?
“Diarrhea Of A Madman”? Does it run in the family?
In four of the books in the Xanth series by Piers Anthony, there is a character named “Dor” whose magical talent or ability is making inanimate objects (such as airplanes) talk back to him when he asks them questions. When Dor is a little boy, he hears strange noises coming from his parent’s bedroom at night. The next morning, he asks the bed what his parents were doing and the bed tells him. After this, Dor’s parents spend most of their time out of town traveling on diplomatic missions for the kingdom.
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That snort you just heard was me.
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What snort? I didn’t hear nothing.
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I guess I should use the bullhorn for that, then. 😜📢
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Since you are female, maybe you should use a cowhorn?
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Ba-dum-bum. 🥁
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I apologize for the joke Brenda but I couldn’t resist temptation this time. I could have suggested more cowbell instead.
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We all need more cowbell. 😉
Don’t be surprised if “cowhorn” makes it into a Strange Brew. It made Deering snort.
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In that case, I hope John Deering does not try to blame it on me. I do not need my fifteen seconds of infamy because I have already been there and done that more than once. I have already had my fifteen seconds of infamy because I am a musician. Yes I am on both YouTube and Facebook performing with my friends and partners-in-crime.
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Mwahaha!
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