Unfortunately, the story is about a Tokyo cop who was suspended, and who then resigned, for issuing tickets to two foreigners for traffic offenses other than their main violation, driving without licenses.
Why the Japan Times has to use the more bizarre headline above is beyond me, but I hope that all readers know by now that you can’t expect anything worth reading to ever come from the Japan Times.
I like this AP headline – Jive-talking twin Transformers raise race issues
Ladies and gentlemen, I present the Rapping Cop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxcaWGWEja0
I thought this headline from the other day was pretty excellent:
Penguin deaths prompt sniper aid
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8153168.stm
I call your rapping cop and raise you a dancing cop.
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3lclZIf3sI[/link]
[whoops]Whoops.[/whoops]
“Drinking binge at banquet kills Chinese official” running through AP right now.
I also recall a “Pakistan shocks India with early assault” headline that I saw on a new reader but turned out to be about #&&$ing cricket.
“news reader / ticker”
Not ironic, but pretty cool. Beats Putin anyway.
“Man uses chainsaw to fend off mountain lion in Wyoming”