Headline comedy
It’s almost the weekend and I just had a glance at The Island front page as a last effort of procrastination. One of the headlines reads, “Army shells miss SLMM chief: Oslo calls for explanation” That’s a bit harsh isn’t it? Can’t expect those shells to be so accurate.
Reminds me of some other funny headlines I’ve seen and heard of in our newspapers. A couple of years ago the following was on the front page;
“Train to Pakistan comes to Colombo” It was referring to a movie that just began screening in Colombo, but with South Asian rail networks, one could never be too sure.
An old favourite, the accuracy of which I can’t guarantee, is about the time Mrs B had just opened up a new waterway around the same time that China’s PM Zhou Enlai (pronounced chew enlai) passed away. One of the Sinhalese papers allegedly had the following summary of the news;
“Sirimawo paippey aree, Chiney chew giya…”
Off to Unawatuna for the weekend, w00t.
