As you’re reading this, I’m at the Emerald City conference in Seattle or on my way home, but I thought I’d leave a chuckle for the day. Margo’s post on jokes earlier this week had me digging in my Humor file. Here’s one of my favorites.

Every now and then what we write takes on a meaning we didn’t intend. Words can be so pesky when you string them together in a sentence. Or headline…

A Wall Street Journal employee compiled the following list of actual headlines, from other papers, that the Journal staff rated as the most entertaining:

Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
Drunk Gets Nine Months in Violin Case
Enfields Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
Enraged Cow Injures Farmer With Axe
If Strike Isn’t Settled Quickly, It May Last a While
Include Your Children When Baking Cookies
Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
Man Struck By Lightening Faces Battery Charge
Miners Refuse to Work after Death
New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
Plane Too Close to Ground, Crash Probe Told
Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
Prostitutes Appeal to Pope
Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges
Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted
Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
Two Sisters Reunite After 18 Years in Checkout Counter
Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
War Dims Hope for Peace

Read any good headlines lately?