> I must add the headline from my college town newspaper in Macomb, Illinois. > When love found two young people from the towns of Normal and Oblong, the > banns were posted thusly: > > "Normal Girl Marries Oblong Boy"
How about these, from "Anguished English', by Richard Lederer:
DEAF MUTE GETS NEW HEARING IN KILLING
DEFENDANT'S SPEECH ENDS IN LONG SENTENCE
WILLIAM KELLY, 87, WAS FED SECRETARY
MILK DRINKERS ARE TURNING TO POWDER
S. FLORIDA ILLEGAL ALIENS CUT IN HALF BY NEW LAW
QUATER OF A MILLION CHINESE LIVE ON WATER
DRUNK GETS NINE MONTHS IN VIOLIN CASE
SURVIVOR OF SIAMESE TWINS JOINS PARENTS
CARRIBEAN ISLANDS DRIFT TO LEFT
IRAQUI HEAD SEEKS ARMS
NEW AUTOS TO HIT 5 MILLION
PROSTITUTES APPEAL TO POPE
PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS
CAUSE OF AIDS FOUND- SCIENTISTS
EYE DROPS OFF SHELF
SQUAD HELPS DOG BITE VICTIM
DR. RUTH TO TALK ABOUT SEX WITH NEWSPAPER EDITORS
MINERS REFUSE TO WORK AFTER DEATH
TWO SOVIET SHIPS COLLIDE, ONE DIES
KILLER SENTENCED TO DIE FOR SECOND TIME IN 10 YEARS
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And these are saying what's obvious:
IF STRIKE ISN'T SETTLED QUICKLY, IT MAY LAST A WHILE
WAR DIMS HOPE FOR PEACE
COLD WAVE LINKED TO TEMPERATURES
SMOKERS ARE PRODUCTIVE, BUT DEATH CUTS EFFICIENCY
CHILD'S DEATH RUINS COUPLE'S HOLIDAY
BLIND WOMAN GETS NEW KIDNEY FROM DAD SHE HASN'T SEEN IN YEARS
MAN IS FATALLY SLAIN
ENFIELD COUPLE SLAIN; POLICE SUSPECT HOMICIDE
SOMETHING WENT WRONG IN JET CRASH, EXPERT SAYS
DEATH CAUSES LONELINESS, FEELINGS OF ISOLATION
bye,
Caio Rossi
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