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Bumfketeer
 Post subject: Idiotic Web heds
PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2004 9:06 pm 
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Do stupid heds on Web sites count?<p>The AOL site currently has this hed:<p>OUR WEATHER IS ALL THE RAGE
Twisters, hurricanes and fires<p>
****Of course, the hed is idiotic. As for the drophed, are "fires" weather? I don't think so.
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Cootaboot
 Post subject: Re: Idiotic Web heds
PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2004 9:24 pm 
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But what about the wily firestorm? It can devastate a forest one minute and a Senate hearing the next.
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paulwiggins
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PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2004 9:37 pm 
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With a devastating effect on virile plantations and virgin land.
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Oeditpus Rex
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PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2004 10:08 pm 
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The majority of AOL heds are bad, and some are horrendous. I've often thought they could use their own folder here, but I'd never actually suggest such a thing. God, no.
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Oeditpus Rex
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Well, maybe just this once...<p>The Most Perfect Storm?<p>Floods, Blizzards & More Attack
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