Thursday, October 21, 2004

GOVERNMENT ADMIT PLANS FOR ROSSI, PARFITT TO FACE FIRING SQUAD RATHER THAN CARRYING ON ROCK PAST THE AGE OF 69:

Yes, we know, but sometimes we just can't help ourselves.


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By Simon Hayes Budgen

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The sub-editors at the FT used to be infamous for their various headline in-jokes - during "The Britpop Years" (TM) they were forever working in the names of current bands into the headlines, peaking with "OASIS BLUR PULP ISSUE" where (I seem to remember) a book publisher called Oasis had issued a profits warning due to a large number of returns... great stuff!

22/10/04 8:53 am
Simon Hayes Budgen said...

I'd love to have seen them write that one...

"Look, would it be fair to suggest the issue was a Symposium? Or maybe the issue was one that had been left to itself for a while..."
"You can't work Sleeper in, I've tried already..."
"Nope, I've checked all the dictionaries and there's no way we can bend Echo Belly into it..."

23/10/04 12:42 pm

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