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Thread: Famous BBC RSS Feed Headlines!
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Eutychus
From the edge
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If you use the Firefox browser there is an option in the toolbar for BBC news headlines in RSS feed. These are so short as to be occasionally ambiguous, if not downright bizarre.
I was wondering whether anyone else has noticed this.
Your contributions are invited for intriguing and/or humourous BBC (or similar) RSS feed headlines, with the date they were spotted (bearing in mind that they do change quite frequently).
Here's one from earlier on today, just to set things going (or sink the thread...):
Rover photos from Mars hill
[ 13. February 2013, 04:36: Message buggered about with by: Ariston ]
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Eutychus
From the edge
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<struggling valiantly>
Seen now:
Uganda urged to release condoms
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Roseofsharon
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Japanese Tourists Confirmed Dead
What, all of them? London Streets filled with zombies?
And
Asian Peat Fires Add To Warming
Presumably that's why they were lit!
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churchgeek
Have candles, will pray
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Originally posted by Eutychus:
Rover photos from Mars hill
Hmm... Maybe that's how St. Paul warmed the crowd - showing them powerpoint slides of his pets?
I don't have anything to contribute, since I don't use that browser, but I hope you folks who do keep posting. These are amusing.
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Wesley J
Silly Shipmate
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You can actually see RSS feeds without subscribtion. On the BBC News frontpage, click on the 'RSS' button on the left. (See here, or on other BBC pages. ![[Biased]](wink.gif) )
Looks to me this game is a bit like a 'funny or unusual headlines' one - which I think is a brilliant idea. Thanks, Euty. ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
So, here goes: quote:
Blair defends UK Katrina response
Oi! Was there one in the UK, too?
quote:
Katrina: Are you a survivor?
<tentatively> Erm, no? Why do you ask? ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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India 'will cut' Kashmir troops
Converting to Judaism?
[ETA: fixed typo]
[ 06. September 2005, 02:16: Message edited by: Wesley J ]
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Sir Kevin
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Owen kept guessing ; the poor footballer never did sort out the right answer, did he?
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Eutychus
From the edge
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Refineries return after Katrina
They had been hiding in Mexico all this time.
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Hazey*Jane
Ship's Biscuit Crumbs
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Afghan warlords to face poll ban
They won't even be allowed to do them in The Circus
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rewboss
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This one from about a month ago:
London bomb accused in court
(It turned out -- and I had to read the article to work it out -- that it was about the people who were accused of attempting to set off suicide bombs in London. They had appeared in court.)
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MiceElf
Not your average mouse
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This is a slight tangent, but whats a thread without a tangent?
Heard on local radio this evening while driving home from w*rk.
Hardened Criminals steal £3000 worth of Viagra.
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Eutychus
From the edge
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In the "read three times before faint light of possible comprehension dawns" category today:
Data dangers dog hard drive sales
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Wesley J
Silly Shipmate
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Brown calls for oil price effort - Keep it up, folks! You know you can do it!
People's daily lives - Ah, I seeeee. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
Download your Ashes wallpaper - Sackcloth available soon!
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Eutychus
From the edge
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quote:
Originally posted by Wesley J:
People's daily lives - Ah, I seeeee.
With similar clarity, and consecutive just now:
Media comment
and
Events as they unfolded
What one might expect from news, I suppose...
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Ariel
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My favourite headline has to be the Oxford Mail's recent:
"Archbishop backs nuns in pub fight."
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Wesley J
Silly Shipmate
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William to be homeless patron - Poor him! Was it Charles who got jealous?
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Esmeralda
Ship's token UK Mennonite
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There are certain famous, though possible apocryphal, ones that come up again and again, eg:
Judges to act on nude shows
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Young couples face mounting problems
Humorous writer Fritz Spiegel has a good collection in his book Keep taking the tabloids
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Wesley J
Silly Shipmate
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Women hail menstruation ruling ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
The ladies went to court? Equal sex ruling - for men now, too?
(Link to story here)
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Eutychus
From the edge
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A couple of rather visual ones today:
Bush and Putin stand firm on Iran
...but Blair's toes are hanging over into Turkmenistan.
Shwarzenegger to run again
Should this be on the "claming healing" thread?
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Eutychus
From the edge
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It now boringly says
Shwarzenegger seeks re-election
D'you think they're reading this thread? ![[Paranoid]](graemlins/paranoid.gif)
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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just checked BBC and found:
Straw Attacks Iran Nuclear Stance
...which is why I always prefer good old fashioned hay...
Comet
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"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Ann
Curious
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Just seen on BBC: quote:
Petitioning parliament by mouse
Squeak ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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Wesley J
Silly Shipmate
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Texan troops call as storm nears - Won't this blow the phonelines?
Shoppers 'threat to orang-utans' - Shopping malls in the rain forest?
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Wesley J
Silly Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by Wesley J:
Texan troops call as storm nears
Apologies - just couldn't resist: ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
If there's somethin' strange in your neighborhood
Who ya gonna call...?
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churchgeek
Have candles, will pray
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quote:
Originally posted by rewboss:
This one from about a month ago:
London bomb accused in court
(It turned out -- and I had to read the article to work it out -- that it was about the people who were accused of attempting to set off suicide bombs in London. They had appeared in court.)
Well, now we've got:
Court appearance for bomb suspect
You know, if you suspect something's a bomb, the best thing to do is treat it like a bomb and defuse it or put it out in a field and detonate it. There's no reason to tie up the courts with speculation and arguments and all...
[Witness for the prosecution:] "Well, I was sitting nearby and heard it ticking."
[Defense attorney:] "Yes, but isn't it true you were wearing a wristwatch?"
[Annoyed judge:] "You moron, it's ticking right now!"
[Defense attorney:] "Your honor, I notice you're wearing a wristwatch..."
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AngelicR
Apprentice
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quote:
Originally posted by Wesley J:
quote:
Originally posted by Wesley J:
Texan troops call as storm nears
Apologies - just couldn't resist:
If there's somethin' strange in your neighborhood
Who ya gonna call...?
Does this make them Storm Troopers?
(apologies, it's Friday and has been a looooong old week)
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Wesley J
Silly Shipmate
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![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
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AngelicR
Apprentice
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Also Taser arrest in airport terror alert
I mean, those tasers can be pesky annoying when they're in the wrong hands, but why arrest one?!
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Eutychus
From the edge
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Troops lift Russian-Uzbek ties
"Nikita Ibramovitch! Come here and help me shift this case of Tashkent Rowing Blue butterfly knots, comrade!"
"Nyet, comdrade Nikita. This box of Samarquand cravats is quite heavy enough".
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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Khodorkovsky lawyer 'ordered out'
let's not adjourn for lunch - let's call for a Pizza instead.
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Hazey*Jane
Ship's Biscuit Crumbs
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quote:
Originally posted by Eutychus:
Troops lift Russian-Uzbek ties
"Nikita Ibramovitch! Come here and help me shift this case of Tashkent Rowing Blue butterfly knots, comrade!"
"Nyet, comdrade Nikita. This box of Samarquand cravats is quite heavy enough".
E.coli outbreak assembly inquiry
"Ok, children, which one of you brought the E. coli with you to school? Come on, own up, or we'll keep you all behind until someone admits it"
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HenryT
Canadian Anglican
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Des Lynam takes on Countdown
Incomprehensible ... only slight more when I discovered that "Countdown" is apparently a TV program, and "Des" is a first name.
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Wesley J
Silly Shipmate
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'Breast risk' for the left-handed
Aaaaah, I see. (Do I? Nope.)
Public meeting to discuss attacks
Nice planning these in advance and speaking openly about them.
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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IRA "has destroyed all its arms"
does that make them 'armless ?
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Esmeralda
Ship's token UK Mennonite
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quote:
Originally posted by Wesley J:
'Breast risk' for the left-handed
Aaaaah, I see. (Do I? Nope.)
Well, my husband's left-handed, and he's got... no, that would be telling. ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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how about:
Indonesia Bird Flu Toll Increases
boy the bird flu is getting expensive...
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Wesley J
Silly Shipmate
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Parmalat fraud trial is suspended
Was the trial successful so far? Will we soon get the definite fraud version?
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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this may be a bt bad taste, but
'Suicide bomber' strikes in Kabul
makes me think of a picket line of figures clad in black refusing to go and blow themselves up.
if only.....
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Ann
Curious
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Bush warns of Iraq violence spike
Well, a spike can be quite violent in the wrong hands.
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Wesley J
Silly Shipmate
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Soham killer to learn jail term
At least he's learning. He might even get a degree of uneasiness, one hopes.
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Wesley J
Silly Shipmate
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Blair 'powerless over dentists'
Unconscious during dentistry? Get the poor man a new battery!
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Advocatus Diaboli
Ship's cannon
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Axe killing police arrest three
If an axe-wielding police officer came up to me, I'd allow myself to be arrested, too - it's the lesser of two evils!
(This is an actual headline on the news site - eek!)
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The only way of catching a train, I have discovered, is to miss the train before. (G.K.C.)
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Wesley J
Silly Shipmate
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Fox sets out 'bold' Tory agenda
And who wanted a ban on fox-hunting, eh?
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Wesley J
Silly Shipmate
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Europe ice mission lost in ocean
Must be the global warming.
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Wesley J
Silly Shipmate
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Ministers to publish terror plans
Others never do, which is slightly more worrying.
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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China Astronauts blast into space
and if that mission is successful, they'll start using real ones.
Rocky Road for Xbox 360 Launch
Now I appreciate a good tray-bake, but surely such an event will have grander catering than that.
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o00o
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Tangent - could someone tell me how to get the BBC RSS feed toolbar on Firefox - I can't work out how to do it!
Ta!
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