Quotulatiousness

January 12, 2010

Headline writing 101: get the reader’s attention

Filed under: Health, Humour, Media — Tags: , — Nicholas @ 12:51

For a perfect example of how to grab the (male) reader’s attention, pay heed to Lester Haines:

Women to ‘chest drive’ Bulgarian airbags
‘Simulated breast prosthesis’ – sport before you import

As you’d imagine, based on the headline, there are images in this article that might be unsafe for certain work environments.

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2 Comments

  1. Fan service for your male readers?

    Comment by Da Wife — January 13, 2010 @ 18:15

  2. Readers, hell. _I_ paid attention to the article. 😉

    Comment by Nicholas — January 13, 2010 @ 18:19

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