This one from our beloved Wales Online is more of a game because it is a "premium" article that I can only read if I pay. As a result, I have no easy way of figuring out exactly what it is the headline is trying to tell me! Join in the game! What are they saying?
Prison worker assaulted woman before his brother collapsed his trial with vile texts
It seemed to be going fairly clearly until we got to the brother. Who seems to have collapsed...or not. And he was trying out vile texts? That doesn't sound quite right. And for that matter, when we say "his trial", to whom are we referring? The prison worker or the brother?
We are relieved to read in the Glasgow Herald today: Woman charged in connection with dissident republican bomb.
I had not heard of such an ordnance as a dissident bomb. Could this be one of the new generation of smart weapons?
Is a rover that intended for Mars still a Mars rover if it's only stayed on Earth, or does it have to have been to Mars for it to be called a Mars rover?
"Wales Online" (ever reliable!): "Man seriously injured as police cordon off area outside hotel and restaurant". So what happened? Did he get bound up in the "Do Not Cross" tape?
Many, many years ago I remember a headline in (I think) The Sun which read Priest who wed nun appeals to Vatican. I think the only answer to that would be "I'm pretty sure he doesn't".
... and another from the ever-giving local press, in this case the local rag where we used to live, the Chichester Observer - Stop treading water on sewage reform. I think the only response is 😱🤮
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Prison worker assaulted woman before his brother collapsed his trial with vile texts
It seemed to be going fairly clearly until we got to the brother. Who seems to have collapsed...or not. And he was trying out vile texts? That doesn't sound quite right. And for that matter, when we say "his trial", to whom are we referring? The prison worker or the brother?
I had not heard of such an ordnance as a dissident bomb. Could this be one of the new generation of smart weapons?
Better than behind the bike shed, I suppose.