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The perils of headline writing.
Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Started conversation Feb 20, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7254547.stm - "Chelsea boss sent death threats"
What did he do that for? And who did he send them to? Alex Ferguson, maybe?
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A Super Furry Animal Posted Feb 20, 2008
They're too quick for you! They've now changed it to "gets death threats".
Maybe they were sent by Alex Ferguson?
RF
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Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Feb 20, 2008
Well done the BBC! Maybe they do read h2g2 after all.
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I'm not really here Posted Feb 20, 2008
That headline is still on other sites on Dougal. 
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A Super Furry Animal Posted Feb 20, 2008
It's not unusual.
Oh, wait...
That's "Tom Jones Syndrome".
RF
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Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Feb 20, 2008
Blown up by a sex bomb? Doesn't sound too unpleasant to me.
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Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Mar 29, 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7320637.stm - "Football boss sent bullet in post"
What did he do that for? And who did he send them to? Etc.
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Vestboy Posted Apr 1, 2008
Maybe he couldn't afford a gun.
Instructions found in letter: Place bullet against side of head (pointy end innermost). Hit bullet with hammer. Die.
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Baron Grim Posted Apr 1, 2008
A local man won a Darwin Award a few years back by playing Russian roulette with a semi automatic pistol. There was only 1 bullet in the clip.
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Apr 1, 2008
I always liked the one about the guy who made himself a fish costume, then went out swimming. However, he forgot to give himself any airholes and suffocated to death. Daft bugger!
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Vestboy Posted Apr 2, 2008
There was the headline in the Daily Mirror (now known simply as the Mirror) when Michael Foot went to Europe (I hear) to discuss nuclear disarmament.
FOOT HEADS ARMS BODY
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- 1: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Feb 20, 2008)
- 2: A Super Furry Animal (Feb 20, 2008)
- 3: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Feb 20, 2008)
- 4: I'm not really here (Feb 20, 2008)
- 5: Vestboy (Feb 20, 2008)
- 6: A Super Furry Animal (Feb 20, 2008)
- 7: Vestboy (Feb 20, 2008)
- 8: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Feb 20, 2008)
- 9: Vestboy (Feb 24, 2008)
- 10: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Mar 29, 2008)
- 11: Vestboy (Apr 1, 2008)
- 12: Baron Grim (Apr 1, 2008)
- 13: fords - number 1 all over heaven (Apr 1, 2008)
- 14: Vestboy (Apr 2, 2008)
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