Local rags can be highly entertaining, as well as providing SFA, jobwise.
Nevertheless, the question does arise as to whether the sub-editors are naive or naughty. A headline like "Towpath Revamp" only causes a snigger about its provincialism but "Two Cars Gutted" is more promising. Can't you imagine them being one number off a lottery win and totally gutted about that?
Or "Woman Flees Fire" on the left page and tucked down low on the right page - "Man Burnt in Housefire".
I also love "Pains After Crash". Well ... er ... yes, suppose there were.
How about "Appeal to Find Friendly Labrador"? In our area, presumably, they're all savage killers, the labradors.
"Pastors on Patrol" reminds me of Hell's Grannies and "Irish Send Fast Filly to Feature in Festival" is too lyrical to be anything but an alliterate contrivance.
However, my favourite has to be the feature piece, "Forensic Evidence of Students' Work", which sports a large photo of five students, in full forensic scientist uniforms, sifting through the undergrowth in search of any work they might have done.
Local rags are the goods and cheaper too by a long shot.
Nevertheless, the question does arise as to whether the sub-editors are naive or naughty. A headline like "Towpath Revamp" only causes a snigger about its provincialism but "Two Cars Gutted" is more promising. Can't you imagine them being one number off a lottery win and totally gutted about that?
Or "Woman Flees Fire" on the left page and tucked down low on the right page - "Man Burnt in Housefire".
I also love "Pains After Crash". Well ... er ... yes, suppose there were.
How about "Appeal to Find Friendly Labrador"? In our area, presumably, they're all savage killers, the labradors.
"Pastors on Patrol" reminds me of Hell's Grannies and "Irish Send Fast Filly to Feature in Festival" is too lyrical to be anything but an alliterate contrivance.
However, my favourite has to be the feature piece, "Forensic Evidence of Students' Work", which sports a large photo of five students, in full forensic scientist uniforms, sifting through the undergrowth in search of any work they might have done.
Local rags are the goods and cheaper too by a long shot.
And often the watchdogs of teh world. Rember the Skibereen Eagle that vowed to keep its eyes on the Tsar's expansionist policies back in the 19th century?
ReplyDeleteA paper in my home town had the headline "Mass Killer Shot Dead!"
ReplyDeleteIt was about a man shooting a weasel or something that had killed loads of goldfish in his pond....
I was a bit young then, Jams, to remember with any certainty.
ReplyDeleteMass murderer!
Underneath all those corny headlines a good local rag reports all the main news without all the hype and spin ;-)
ReplyDelete"Appeal to find friendly Labrador"?
ReplyDeleteYou've got some hope! Around here they all bite park wardens, allegedly...
I suspect that its their total crap-ness which is part of their parochial charm. Seeing as they can't win the public over with excellence its probably a good strategy.
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