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Real or Fake Headlines... Can You Tell What's True and What's Sh*t Sara Made Up?
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Sara quizzes Kristina on real or fake headlines, play along! Kristina brings how to create a strong headline for all of our newspaper writers out there.
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Laughing with Ginger's Podcast Introduction
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Hello, thanks everyone for tuning into Laughing with Ginger's. The podcast were two feisty redheads with loud laughs, share crazy stories, play games, and spread silliness and joy. That little tie-dye tangerine over there is my partner in crime on the Laughing with Ginger's podcast, Christina Curry. And that is Sarah Allefin, not a dog tour. And my co-hosts on Laughing with Ginger's.
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Oh God, that commercial. They should have, you know, they should have stolen that for like all kinds of content when we wrote that script. I know, I know. It's a brilliant script if I do say so. Yeah, it really is. We did a good job with that. Speaking of doing a good job. Shout out to all the reporters who wrote the fantastic headlines that I brought of crazy news and
00:01:57
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I also made up some fake headlines for you today. So you are going to be playing real or fake news, the Sarah edition.
Headline Game Segment
00:02:05
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Oh my God, I'm so excited. I brought well, so I have like the rules around how you build like a good headline. They're kind of boring, but it's interesting to know.
00:02:24
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I mean, I know. I think it's really fascinating. Maybe an article you read was more interesting than the one I read. I mean, I just think it's fascinating because you're going to read it. I also brought one of the most funniest headlines, and you might already have found it. But any search I typed, that popped up a few times. So I'm like, OK, I have to bring it into the space in case she doesn't bring this one into the space.
00:02:56
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Just to throw that out there. Most of mine are relatively current. Oh, this one's from the 80s? Yeah. Then I probably didn't bring it. Probably don't know it. All right. All right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a good one. It's a doozy. I love it. I love it. Do you want my first headline?
00:03:26
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Yeah, I do. So is this real news or fake news, Christina? Oh, and I brought the bylines for any that are real. Oh, good. So real or fake.
Cicadas and Zombie STDs: Real or Fake?
00:03:40
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I'm ready to keep score. Oh, um, cicadas are nature's weirdos. They be stronger than us and an STD can turn them into zombies. Yeah.
00:03:57
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What? Like that is. Although you get squirted on when you walk by them or under them. So I feel like that part is real, but the STD zombie thing feels so bizarre. How do they eat like they're like a walking dead. I'm going to go with true.
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Ding, ding, ding. Oh my God, how do they, like, what? Do they walk around like, like, I don't understand the zombie thing. That is so nuts. I can send you the article. I did not read it because I knew if I read too much of these, I would give it away. Oh yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's how I'm good at this part of the game. I don't read it.
00:04:51
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Very well. I skim it. I know it's good. And then I just put it out of my brain as being real part of your brain down. I wonder if they are like eating brains from like other cicadas. So it says the periodical cicadas that are about to infest two parts of the United States. Luckily, I live in one awesome.
00:05:15
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are downright weird. You are correct that they pee on you. Like if you walk under a tree or anything and you're like, huh,
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That feels kind of like a nice little, like rain came through. It is cicada pee. It also is very sugary. And the sound that you hear is all about them having sex. Oh my God. That's what's happening. How do you know it's sweet? Did you lick it? No, it's just sticky on your skin.
00:05:50
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It's like sugary. Did I say sweet? I thought I said sugary. You said sweet. Oh, maybe you did. Maybe you said sugary. I don't know. Those two are very interchangeable. I'm like, what is she doing putting that paint or not? It's sticky. I have had it get in my hair. I've had it get all over. Oh, God. Oh, God. Yeah, we get them really bad in this area of the East Coast.
00:06:25
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I'm one of those people who would always be like, I think I just felt some rain and then like 25 minutes later would realize that I had walked through cicada pee. Good times. You want another one and then you can tell me how headlines are made. Yeah, definitely.
Eggplant Emojis Ban in Indonesia
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Um, we're starting off strong here with one point for Christina. Um, you are going to, I'll figure out what you're going to win. Eggplant emoji banned in Indonesia citing inappropriate usage and sparking freedom of speech discussion.
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Oh my god, I feel like that could totally be true. Like, I'm gonna go with that's accurate. I was so sure that wasn't right. It's gonna be really hard this time. I had too much fun.
00:07:38
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Oh, god. Um, I guess you're winning eggplant emojis on this one, huh? Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Okay, so a good and I'm gonna be specific here newspaper headline. Um, like how to write a good newspaper headline.
00:07:56
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is five to 10 words at the most. Also rules are made to be broken. Let me just say that because I looked up like the historic like most iconic newspaper headlines and the very first one breaks the first rule right away. And I was like a lot of words. That's amazing. Yeah. So five to 10
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The first one was from 1912 that I have here that's iconic. And it's Titanic sinks four hours after hitting iceberg. 866 rescued by Carpathia. Probably 1250 perished. Ismay safe. Mrs. Aster maybe. Noted names missing.
00:08:44
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They call out two specific people that one save, one maybe, and then a whole bunch of people that are missing. Oh my God. It's actually kind of funny because the New York Times reported that when that happened, when it said that most everyone
00:09:05
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else was in denial that an unseekable ship sunk. And so everyone else was saying, everyone's safe, no lives lost. All this stuff in New York Times is the only one that like actually was accurate. Wow. I know. Um, it also says to use present tense and active verbs, but don't start with a verb. So for instance, like an example is man skateboards for homeless. Mm hmm. Present tense.
00:09:34
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active. Yeah, but we're not starting with interesting. I would just like to remind you I did not have this information when I wrote my fake headline so we can see if I followed these rules. I know but I'm not gonna go based on facts. I'm going based on my gut.
Fake Anti-Tourism Campaign in Canada
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Well, yeah, but I'm still curious. Yeah, yeah. Alright, there's more but let's let's do some quizzes.
00:10:04
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Okay, okay. So Americans no longer welcome in Canada, a new anti tourism campaign called Don't Come Here is scheduled to begin airing on television in the US in late May.
00:10:27
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oh my god don't come here oh my god get it together that is like a really good headline don't come here
00:10:47
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Oh God, I have to type that out. I need to remember that. Don't come here. Okay. I feel like if this was during COVID time, this is totally real. So I'm going to go with yes, it's real. Damn it.
00:11:10
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I mean, I do so bad at this game. It seems so real. I know it does. I couldn't get it together. Someone needs to write an article where that's the headline. Oh, god. That's funny. Do you want another one? I do.
00:11:47
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Honestly, I think I would fail this game. This stinks. A noxious weed forces Arizona National Monument's picnic area to close until May.
00:12:07
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This stinks. That's another really good one. Oh my God, that could be for those Sriracha, where they make the Sriracha. Oh yeah. And how it was smelling the town up and they had to temporarily stop producing Sriracha. Well, they've been conditioning forever. This stinks, I know.
00:12:33
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Yeah. Someone should have written like an op-ed that's titled this thing. That would be good. Missed opportunity. All right. I'm going to say. I'm going to say it's fake.
00:12:57
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Christina, you only have one eggplant emoji. Oh, God, that's not enough. Oh, man. The byline is visitors to Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in south central Arizona might not be able to use the attractions picnic area until May.
00:13:25
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Oh my God. That is really weird that that's weird. That that's real. Oh man. Yeah. If I was going to make something up, I feel like going with a national park would have been a good move because it's so targeted toward you and your lifestyle. Yeah. Yeah. It would have made sense. Yeah.
00:13:53
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All right. You want to lay some facts on me? Yes. Okay. So, um, do not use articles like B or N or, uh, it just takes up space and you know, it's a headline. Money is time. It doesn't mean anything. Yeah. That makes sense. I'm doing really well, by the way, on all of my fake ones.
00:14:19
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Oh, good. Okay. Okay. As I'm like, listening to these, I'm like, Oh, checked that one, checked that one. You're a natural headline maker. And then it also says to not use conjunctions like and that you substitute that with a comma. So for instance, President declares peace comma holiday.
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Oh, yeah. Yeah. I could see that. It totally like it's almost like your brain just formulates that next part organically and naturally, you know, it's kind of weird. Yeah. Comma pause and then just one word can really like sum up what's happening there. Interesting. Yeah. You're right. Yeah. Oh, language. You want to give me another one or you want my next
00:15:16
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Real or fake headline? Yeah, let's do real or fake headline. I've got this. I swear. Lego head mug shots add to California's debate on policing and privacy. Lego head mug shots. What does that even mean? I don't even get it. Wait, say it again. Say it again. Say it again.
00:15:46
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Lego head mugshots add to California's debate on policing and privacy. I don't know how a Lego head mugshot is invading anyone's privacy. I don't have an answer for that. I get that. I'm processing out loud. I also feel like California is just a weird state.
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So I'm going to go with that somehow true. Ding, ding, ding. You are the proud owner of a new eggplant emoji. Oh, my God. Duh-duh. Duh-duh-duh. So the next, the byline is a Southern California police department has been handcuffed by Lego.
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The Danish toy company asked the agency to stop adding Lego heads to cover faces of suspects in the photos it publishes on social media. Oh man, I don't blame Lego. Stop using our toys. That feels like a copyright violation and like just imagine the brand impact of that. Yeah, that is not cool police department. Not cool. No.
00:17:12
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I'm with Lego there. I am so with them. There were examples in the article. Oh my God, I might have to Google that later. I'll send you the article. Oh God, it is kind of funny. OK, do you want to give me another fact and then do we want to do a part two or we want to power through?
00:17:37
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Oh, I don't know. I guess it can. I'm down either way. We can power through. We can power through. Okay. I have eight left. Okay, cool. I have six left. Something like that. Okay. The headline. It should be accurate and specific. I mean, I feel like that is a given and that they have to say that
00:18:06
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So city council to cut taxes doesn't mean the same thing as city council to cut budget. There's a difference. That is it.
00:18:21
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And then it should be complete sentences or imply a complete sentence. So crackdown on traffic doesn't tell you who's doing the trafficking and what kind of trafficking. Oh, cut down on trafficking is what it says, not traffic. Either way, it's unclear. You know what is clear? My next headline, which is either real or fake. Oh, my God. All right.
00:18:51
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Give it to me. Woman banned from Disney after attempting to skinny dip in Roaring Rapids River ride. Oh my God, I feel like yes, someone would totally do this. I am very shocked. I am very in Florida. No one's done this yet.
00:19:20
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You know, I didn't do a deep dive. It's possible that someone has done it, but... It's gotta be. It's gotta be. We'll have to do some Googling. I'm sure if they did, Disney would suppress it because they have their own governance there. Mm-hmm. They're like, we don't want those getting out there. Yeah. They really protect their brand. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Like Lego is trying to do. Same. Same thing.
00:19:50
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Just imagine if Mickey Mouse, which is now the original Mickey Mouse, which is now part of the public domain, was over the heads of criminals in their mugshots, Disney would destroy them. They would have a fit. They would have a huge fit. They would be squished eggplant emojis. No one wants to see that. No one wants to see that.
00:20:20
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Oh, God. You want another one or you want to give me some facts? Give me another one. Give me another one. Maple syrup from New Jersey. You got a problem with that? Yes, it's real. I want this to be real. Ding, ding, ding.
00:20:41
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Also, please, everyone from New Jersey, note that I did not attempt a Jersey accent. I just need everyone to know that I did not. Disappointed in you a little bit. A little bit. They would hate me. Yeah, I hear that. I am not going to say that. I live too close to New Jersey for an entire state to hate me.
00:21:09
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OK, so here's the byline. Welcome to New Jersey, known around the world for Tony Soprano, turnpike tolls, chemical plants and dot, dot, dot maple syrup. Hello, they should have had a Jersey Shore.
00:21:30
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Like, that is a little more obvious than the turnpike, whatever that is. I don't even know. Oh, we all know the turnpike tolls. Oh, yeah, no, I have no idea. But Jersey Shore, yes. They also pump your gas for you. So when I went to the University of Maryland, there were so many people I had to teach to pump their own gas. That's interesting. They just didn't know.
00:21:57
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So crazy. They do that in Oregon too. I know. I know. But I feel like Oregonians like would learn even still. Yeah. So there are now groceries, gas stations that you can self pump and there they are like, Oh, if you park over here, it's self pump and you can do it yourself or over here. If you don't want to do it.
00:22:24
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And I also feel like a lot of people in Oregon are transplants. So most of them already know how to like pump their gas, you know? Yeah. Yeah. I, yeah. I also feel like there's a different type of like in Oregon, like you have to be self sufficient. You really do. Like if you have a problem in Oregon, there are a lot of places where you have to solve it yourself.
00:22:51
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It's very different on the East Coast where everything is actually very close together and you might not have to carry a gas can in the back of your car or something. Whereas if you're traveling through certain parts of Oregon, you're gonna have to. And of course, there are cities everywhere and whatever, but I would just say that things are more spread out on the West Coast.
00:23:18
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And we can get away with a lot less self-reliance on the East Coast than you all can. Yeah. Yeah. That makes a lot of sense. It blows my mind how many states you can drive through in such a short amount of time. I can't even wrap my head around that concept at all. Yeah. Like I can drive to New York and have lunch and come back for dinner.
00:23:46
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and have breakfast here. That's just like, I can't, I can't with that. And that's in my car. That's not even like on the train. That's so crazy to me. Like so crazy. Yeah. I could also, it's a little, little more spread out when you're going South. Um, but I could drive to North Carolina in six hours. So it'd be a stretch. I can get there for like happy hour and back
00:24:16
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for like late dinner. I mean, six hours, you're not even out of California yet. No matter which way you're going. I mean, you might not even leave LA yet. True. I'm not factoring in traffic. No, I mean, you can definitely get to like into North Carolina, like comfortably into North Carolina in six hours. And I think Tennessee too.
00:24:45
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Wow. That's so weird. I'm thinking of Kentucky. I mean, you know, whatever. Tennessee, Nashville's an eight hour drive because I mapped it when we spoke at podcast movement. Oh, wow. Eight hours. That's not that bad. Yeah. Like, OK. Yeah. Anyway, I can talk about traffic and driving all day long.
00:25:15
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I know, right? And in the same tune, here's another tip, avoid repetition. Headlines summarize, they don't repeat. So it's raise win, not raise win final game of playoffs. Mm hmm. Mm hmm.
00:25:43
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Everyone already knows what they won, you don't have to say it. Although I probably wouldn't. Yeah, I was gonna say, what if it's like an under known sport? Yeah, I think then probably, like you should say it, but you know, I don't even know what race is, basketball, baseball, I don't know, but people in the know know.
00:26:06
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Giving me the final game of playoffs, even giving me that piece. I'm still like, I still don't know. Are you football? Are you? Are you? I don't know. Swimming? I don't know who you are. But I also know that in that world, they're baseball. Oh, okay. Okay, there you go. I was thinking singer in like swimming.
00:26:32
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I mean, that makes sense. That makes total sense. All right, I need another headline, please. Okay.
Swedish Court's Space Rock Decision
00:26:45
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Swedish appeals court rules Space Rock should stay with the owner of the property where it landed. Oh, why are they calling it
00:26:58
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space rock. I feel like it's like a meteor is that a space rock once it's not in the air. But it should stay with the owner of where it landed like that makes a lot of sense. I'm gonna say it's true. I isn't what is a possession is nine tenths of the law or something is the state. I don't know about the Swedish courts and laws but what did you sorry what did you say true or true?
00:27:27
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Ding, ding, ding. Yeah. Why do they call it a space rock? You are tied up, first of all. Second of all, I'm guessing they wanted to use space because of it being Googleable, because right now there's a lot of talk about like aliens. It's very like on trend and it could make it more likely that people would click on it. It's, you know, search engine optimization. Yes.
00:27:54
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Okay, so here's the byline. A Swedish landowner has won a legal battle to keep a 14 kilogram, which by the way, they made into pounds because we are Americans. Quite the breed in America. Also, I don't know how to convert it and I have to look it up on my phone every time. 31 pound meteorite to answer your question after an appeals court ruled
00:28:24
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that such space rocks should be considered immovable property and part of the land where they are found. Wow, that's like a medium sized dog weight. Yeah, that's like Cluzo. That's a pretty hefty nice rock. My hefty French bulldog bud. If he lands in your yard, it's yours.
00:28:52
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Oh, God. Oh, Lord. I used to live in fear of the hawk picking him up. Oh, my God, dropping him in another neighbor's yard and then claiming him. Possession is nine-tenths of the law.
00:29:13
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Someone trains their falcon. I know. Just go pick out little dogs for him. I would get close to a bird to do that. Otherwise, forget it. You would. Absolutely. I just need him for a week and then I'll give him back.
00:29:35
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All the dogs are in, all the rakkis felt like the short-faced dogs that grunt and snore in Christina's yard. All the better if they fart and clear a room.
00:29:57
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Oh, Jesus. Oh, do you want another one or do you want to give me some more history? I have five left and we're tied. All right. Give me a few more. I have one, one left of how to write a good headline. And I have that final, the headline that tops all headlines, but yours have been really good and this might fall flat. Well, thank you. I tried really hard on this. I worked hard today and making this was like,
00:30:27
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going to brain happy hour. Yeah, it's a good decompression. All right, so here's my next one. Okay. And I am sorry that not everyone can hear me doing air quotes when I'm doing them, but I am doing them now. Ginger ism.
00:30:47
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colon, the latest societal acceptable, wait, sorry, the latest socially acceptable form of bullying? Question mark. Gingerism? Oh my God, I haven't. This is a new word for me. We might have to do an episode about gingerism. We may have to. If this line is true, which I haven't decided yet. Um, I feel like
00:31:16
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I feel like this is true. I feel like it's true. Ding, ding, ding. It's such a catchy SEO. You know, bullying is a big thing right now. I feel like you're going to get a lot of hits on the internet with that title. Wait till you hear who released this. Oh my God, who? The Human Rights Campaign calls for greater protection for red-headed children. Yes, amen.
00:31:47
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For the record, I did find a lot of real bummer red headed headlines, but they were things like about people touching people's hair and like
00:32:00
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I can't go out in public on St. Patrick's Day because people kiss me and it was just a lot of like picky things. So I feel like there's some truth to this. And honestly, it is true. You and I have lived experience here. There's a lot of touching, a lot of touching and inappropriate comments. Slude, inappropriate comments.
00:32:28
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They're all sexual. Like not a one is just, I don't know.
00:32:38
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Nice hair. Actually, someone did tell me nice hair on the airplane the other day. Oh my god, somebody told me I like your hair in the karaoke room the other day. Look at that. I feel like there are compliments. It's just that it really sticks out when there's something that like breaks through. Yeah. Yeah. Like the weird, yeah, lewd comments stand on your brain. Exactly. Okay. Are you ready for the next one? Mm hmm.
00:33:12
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I know. Sorry. I'm so sorry to the listeners out there. She can't get her shit together. I can't. I really can't. Peep this exclamation point. Baby Chick steals from local 7-Eleven. Oh my God.
00:33:38
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I'm sorry. Could you all hear that? Okay, here's what I heard. Pete says, and a local chick steals from 7-Eleven or something. A baby chick steals from local 7-Eleven. Oh my God. Oh my God. Can we do that? Can they even fly? I'm going to say it's not true because I feel like a little baby chick can't fly. There are low shelves.
00:34:07
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There are low shelves, but you are correct. I'm not trying. That was a good headline. That's why it's even more embarrassing. That's the only reason I did it because I was like, I can't fly and I feel like.
00:34:32
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It needs to fly in and like snag a thing. I thought about that, but they have super low shelves. And I only know this because as a kid, I used to accidentally kick the part that had the the price tag on it. Oh, yeah. And they would like they're under that little like round plastic thing. And so then I would kick it as I walked by and it would like pop out. And then I couldn't figure out how to put it back because I was a kid and I wasn't very dexterous at that point.
00:35:01
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But I do remember that happening a lot. My aunt worked at a 7-Eleven in case anyone was wondering why I was in a 7-Eleven that regularly to have it happen. I lived in the country. There were not a lot of jobs. My aunt worked at a 7-Eleven for a time.
00:35:24
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All right. You want to give me your last fact and I'll give you my last three. Yeah.
Avoiding Cleverness in Headlines
00:35:29
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Okay. Perfect. Um, you're up by one eggplant emoji by the way. All right. Perfect. The more, the better. Um, avoid clever for clever's sake, which that makes a lot of sense. And this, this example they give me doesn't make a lot of sense, but here we go.
00:35:49
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Raise flip-flop on St. Petersburg. I don't understand the cleverness in it. Yeah, you don't either. The look on your face is like, that doesn't make any sense. Is it St. Petersburg, Florida? It doesn't say. It just says St. Petersburg. It's gotta be St. Petersburg, Florida.
00:36:11
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which makes sense. They're making a, cause it's the Tampa Bay raise. Oh, okay. Okay. So tracking backward from that, it must be St. Petersburg, Florida, and they're making a joke about flip flops. Oh, see, this is why you shouldn't be clever for clever sake. Cause no one is getting that headline.
00:36:37
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Okay. Let me just tell you. Unless you're a weird Sarah version of people. Unless Sarah read it and then Sarah gets it. But it took Sarah a second. I had to think about it. Yeah. And a seven second or three seconds, you know, whatever, you're not capturing anyone's attention with that clever air quotes headline. Yeah. Okay. I'm going to tell you a quick story and then lead into the
00:37:05
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what was called the greatest headline of all time. I'm going to drink some more champagne. Yeah. Pour your shamps. Shamps. Shamps. Shamps. Shamps. Okay. On a spring night in 1983, Charles Dingle walked into the after hours
Gruesome Crime and Impactful Headlines
00:37:20
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bar. High on cocaine and drunk on alcohol. He shot and killed Herbert Cummings, the owner of the club. He then took four women hostage. One of the women was a mortician. Dingle discovered when he found her business card.
00:37:34
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In a grisly twist, he demanded she remove the bullet from the victim. When that failed, he ordered her to decapitate Cummings. Here's the headline the next day. Headless body in topless bar. It's pretty good. So the headline actually sparked a movie with the same name, and it has even made an appearance on Saturday Night Live.
00:38:04
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That's, that's really good. I'm impressed. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. There was discussion about whether they could get that through. Yeah. Yeah. There's a whole article about it and like how they were going to like read, you know, what other people said about it with this title. Yeah. Anyway, well, the debate also is, is it a topless bar? And it actually was a topless bar. Oh. Mm-hmm.
00:38:31
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I mean, there's also there's something there with a mortician and a topless bar as well.
00:38:38
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Yeah, there's a lot of, there's a lot to unpack with that headline. Yeah. I mean, you could, you could really, you could make a lot of good headlines with that one story. I feel like you could also make jokes about Dingle being his last name. Cummings. Cummings. Yeah. I mean, there's, there's a lot there. You, there's a lot of ammunition there and you know, I think they chose
00:39:07
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They chose well. Yeah, I think they did. I think they did. Oh, God. All right. Let me bring you home. You think you can do this? You've got three left. You're up by one. I'm feeling pretty confident. All right. All right. Here we go.
Paris Waiters' Speedwalking Race
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Hurry up and wait. Servers speedwalk through Paris reviving a century-old race.
00:39:38
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Oh my God, is that real? Holy moly. I mean, I feel like they do walk pretty fast. That's what you're wondering. I'm going to say it's true. Oh God, I don't know. True. Do you need me to read it again?
00:40:04
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No. Okay. Okay. Well, ding, ding, ding. Oh my God. I can't I almost said no. It's not true. Okay. Give me the byline. I so the reason that I would have questioned it is a centuries old race where there are even servers centuries ago would have been my thought process. Probably people that work for the wealthy, not like waitstaff in the way that we know and love. Oh, yeah, you're right. I didn't even go there. I was like, they do walk.
00:40:33
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I know. That's why I was like, that's what you're wondering. Some 200 servers speed walked through Paris, balancing trays of beverages and croissants, which sorry, everyone who speaks French. On Sunday, I shouldn't have tried it. Paris hasn't held a waiter's race since 2011, but brought it back ahead of the Olympics. I had a meal on my face.
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It's been the byline. It sounds made up. I just imagine a lot of wiggly butts moving really fast, back and forth. I wonder if they have to carry a tray with line glasses. They do. Oh my god, Ruby. The fringes and croissants. Remember, I tried to say it with the French accent and feel. I got distracted. I got distracted with the French accent and completely forgot you even said that.
00:41:32
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Yeah, yeah. Oh my God, that is hilarious. I would go watch that. For sure. I would go watch that with wine. I would definitely be sitting at a cafe outside having wine. Yeah, yeah, I would cheer them on. Oh, I'd write a sign. Oh yeah. I'd write a sign with like a great headline. That would be awesome. You're prepared now. You've done the research.
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Yeah, I have. I'm ready for it. Okay. Beware of aggressive squirrels. Expect populations of squirrels at national parks to swell due to an early spring and unusually high temperatures. Oh my God, I feel like this was totally a thing that could happen.
00:42:26
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It has been unusually warm. Squirrels are aggressive, and they won't apply very quickly. And they're in national parks. I'm going to say yes. See? You set me up. I was like, either this is totally true or yes, or she just fed me everything that she knows I know. And it's a complete fabrication, but I'm like, it feels so real. It can't be a fabrication.
00:42:57
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Are you like all my boxes? The best, the best, um, I should not give away this secret, but the best lies are based in reality. Oh, so is it bunnies that's multiplying?
00:43:16
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No, I just know that squirrels are aggressive they it has been warm and I bet they're gonna multiply and the food chain won't be able to support it They're gonna steal your stuff. Good luck They're just little assholes that are adorable looking They're so cute, but they're such dicks One of them
00:43:43
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Doug took one of our patio furniture and just shredded it. And then it sat when I took it off the patio. It sat and looked in the window and taunted the dog for days. Yeah. They used to shove little nuts in our pillow, patio pillow and stuff, and throw pine cones down on top of us.
00:44:09
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Oh, we were I mean, I love them. I love them. I want to pet their tail like I want to just like, you know, pet to see how soft their tail is. But I would let one nest in my hair temporarily.
00:44:26
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Like a baby, like a little baby. Yeah. But like, don't poop in it. Like, on that family guy episode where he grows the beard and he has little birds in his beard. Do you know? I was going to make a Lord. Yes. And I was going to make a Lord of the Rings reference. We have very different cultural references.
00:44:54
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I was going to say Radagast, the girl. Yeah, we're definitely coming from two different worlds right now. We were on a walk last week, and this lady was sitting outside on her front patio, or stoop, or whatever, feeding a squirrel. And I was like, oh, is that your little friend? And she's like, yeah, he comes around. And I just, I feed him nuts.
00:45:23
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And like, and like blueberries and stuff. And like her cat was out there too. And the cat was like playing with the squirrel. Like, like that was totally normal. In the middle of the city. That actually feels very on brand for California. Yeah, I guess so. I guess so. Yeah. Yeah.
00:45:46
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All right. Did I lose or did I win? No, there's one left. There's one left. Okay. Okay. Give it to me. Okay. So unfortunately I may have miscounted. Hold on. Five, six, seven. I think I'm winning.
00:46:03
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I definitely miscounted because I think I told you I had 12. You are winning. You have seven eggplant emojis and I have five, but I think I either miscounted the headlines I had or I miscounted. I'm tallying because I had an even number. So this one is just a bonus. Okay, bonus. Got it. Okay. Bedfordshire, colon, black bears at
00:46:31
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Woburn Safari Park ride on swan pedal boats. Oh my God. I want those to be true so I can Google it and see it.
Young Bears on Swan Pedal Boats
00:46:45
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It's true. I got a little distracted in the middle of it because I got a Slack notification and I had my notifications turned off. Sorry. Oh my God. Are they notifying you that a bear is riding a swan?
00:46:59
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I mean, I would love nothing more. And you know what? It's true. Oh, my God. I'm totally googling this. I can just send you a picture right away. Four young bears named Harvard, Maple, Colorado and Aspen enjoyed riding the Petalos at Woburn Safari Park in bed in bed. Wait.
00:47:25
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Oh my gosh, the byline either spelled this wrong or because I just copy-pasted or the headline spelled it wrong, but I feel like it's Bedfordshire, not Befordshire. Ooh, mistake, mistake. It's okay because you know what? They're writing about bears riding a swan pedal boat made for four and there are four bears. I love a good, feel-good fun story like that. They're my favorite.
00:47:56
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I love hearing about that. And if you can throw in an animal in the feel-good story, you got me. Like right in the feels. You know what else got you right in the feels? Eggplant emoji. Eggplant emoji. Oh, God. Oh, I'm swimming in them.
00:48:25
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00:48:52
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00:49:20
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