Comments on: I would kill to write a headline like this… http://www.freelanceunbound.com/2009/07/03/i-would-kill-to-write-a-headline-like-this%e2%80%a6/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:41:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Freelance Unbound http://www.freelanceunbound.com/2009/07/03/i-would-kill-to-write-a-headline-like-this%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Freelance Unbound Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:30:14 +0000 http://freelanceunbound.wordpress.com/?p=1694#comment-97 Indeed: one clear advantage of online over print is that you don't have to work within a tight page grid. Of course then you are constrained by other factors - such as SEO. Although this one probably wins on that score too... Indeed: one clear advantage of online over print is that you don’t have to work within a tight page grid.

Of course then you are constrained by other factors – such as SEO. Although this one probably wins on that score too…

]]> By: billbennettnz http://www.freelanceunbound.com/2009/07/03/i-would-kill-to-write-a-headline-like-this%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-96 billbennettnz Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:09:26 +0000 http://freelanceunbound.wordpress.com/?p=1694#comment-96 Yes. But I would have preferred to have written an even better headline without the lame, non-headlinly verb 'are' stuck in the middle. Perhaps he/she/it was concerned with filling the space. It would scan better as: "Fake hookers kill wrestling midgets " Yes. But I would have preferred to have written an even better headline without the lame, non-headlinly verb ‘are’ stuck in the middle. Perhaps he/she/it was concerned with filling the space.

It would scan better as:

“Fake hookers kill wrestling midgets “

]]> By: Soilman http://www.freelanceunbound.com/2009/07/03/i-would-kill-to-write-a-headline-like-this%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Soilman Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:51:53 +0000 http://freelanceunbound.wordpress.com/?p=1694#comment-95 We are thinking alike. I saw this yesterday and had precisely the same thought. What a classic. We are thinking alike. I saw this yesterday and had precisely the same thought. What a classic.

]]> By: Tom Van Hout http://www.freelanceunbound.com/2009/07/03/i-would-kill-to-write-a-headline-like-this%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Tom Van Hout Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:41:22 +0000 http://freelanceunbound.wordpress.com/?p=1694#comment-94 Reminds me of the time American basketball player Wayne 'Tree' Rollins bit - yes, bit - his opponent Danny Ainge, leading to the equally irresistible headline: "Tree bites man" Reminds me of the time American basketball player Wayne ‘Tree’ Rollins bit – yes, bit – his opponent Danny Ainge, leading to the equally irresistible headline: “Tree bites man”

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