Sinning with syntax

I love the Daily Mail, here’s two examples from today’s online offering to help explain why I love it so much…

Headline:
‘Prisoner brain-damaged after falling out of bed wins huge £4.7m ‘negligence’ damages’

Wow. How on earth did I reach this stage in life without knowing there was such a thing as a ‘not huge’ payment of £4.7m?

Headline:
‘Female Viagra to be available soon’

I don’t know about you, but the thought of a bunch of late-middle-aged women roaming the streets looking for somewhere appropriate to park their massively blood-engorged erections frightens the willies out of me.

Oh dear, I seem to have punned.

4 thoughts on “Sinning with syntax

  1. Maybe if the £4.7million was split between 4.7million people? It would be lots of very small payments and not one ‘huge’ payment.

  2. I guess it’s better the mental image of all those horny middle aged women scares the willies out of you rather than make you pun in your pants.

    Oh wow, I’m funny.

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