http://crookedtimber.org/2003/08/07/great-headlines-of-the-world/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:29:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://crookedtimber.org/2003/08/07/great-headlines-of-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1990 Nabakov Fri, 08 Aug 2003 07:57:23 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=125#comment-1990 Nice, one Chris B. So that's why they called him the "Desert Bottleopener". Nice, one Chris B. So that’s why they called him the “Desert Bottleopener”.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2003/08/07/great-headlines-of-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1989 MB Thu, 07 Aug 2003 18:27:31 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=125#comment-1989 I didn't realise Worzel Gummidge had been leader of the Catholic Church. "Ooh aah! I gots me infallible 'ead on t'day, Aunt Sally." I didn’t realise Worzel Gummidge had been leader of the Catholic Church. “Ooh aah! I gots me infallible ‘ead on t’day, Aunt Sally.”

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2003/08/07/great-headlines-of-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1988 Chris Brooke Thu, 07 Aug 2003 10:55:17 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=125#comment-1988 Or there's the (presumably apocryphal) "Eighth Army Push Bottles Up Rommel's Rear". Or there’s the (presumably apocryphal) “Eighth Army Push Bottles Up Rommel’s Rear”.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2003/08/07/great-headlines-of-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1987 James Russell Thu, 07 Aug 2003 09:02:30 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=125#comment-1987 That's beautiful. Wonder how John XXIII's current head feels about the attention being given to its predecessor... That’s beautiful. Wonder how John XXIII’s current head feels about the attention being given to its predecessor…

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