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by Joseph Bayly on July 12, 2012 - 1:44pm

Every once in a while I'm completely thrown off by the titles of news articles. Yesterday I ran across one that made me scratch my head and ask, "Mitt Romney is a pretty female?" The title was...

"Which Female Politician Is Pretty Enough to Run for VP Beside Mitt Romney?" (The article is here.)

Put your funniest headlines and headline misunderstandings in the comments.

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Submitted by Robert Woodyard on July 12, 2012 - 3:04pm

We lived in Oklahoma in the 90's when Wilma Mankiller was the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation. So any headline with her name caught attention. "Mankiller wants more money." "Mankiller attacks legislature." And "Gloria Steinem honors Mankiller." No surprise in that. Or when Ms. Magazine named "Mankiller Woman of the Year."

Submitted by Joseph on July 12, 2012 - 4:20pm

Wow. Those ones are really funny! 

Submitted by Tim Bayly on July 12, 2012 - 4:41pm

There's the pre-release copy of Doug Wilson's recent book, "Father Hunger," that had a bunch of promotional info on the back page. Published by Nelson, they suggested a national speakers tour with Doug paired with Mark Driscoll and Tim Keller. The promo stuff went on to ask reviewers interesting in helping to promote the book to get in touch with Doug's publicist named Lisa or Mary or Carol "Smotherman." Doug and Tim Keller hanging together fronted by a publicist named "Smotherman? Funny.

Submitted by Al Stout on July 13, 2012 - 9:23am

The visuals of today's politics is geared toward the feminine. Our masters are calling on us to embrace our emotions and vote viscerally. The Church has imbibed deeply in all this as well. To paraphrase Lewis, "We create women without breasts and bid them to be pretty..."

al sends

Submitted by Ross on July 14, 2012 - 6:08am

But in terms of names, you can't top the situation in the Philippines, where for many years the chief of the Catholic church there was, literally, a man called "Cardinal Sin"!  

Submitted by Sue McKeown on July 15, 2012 - 11:57pm

When Alex and I moved to Ohio, our first dentist here was a Dr. Payne.

Submitted by Daniel Meyer on July 16, 2012 - 8:02am

In a church in a town we used to live in is a barber named Les Niccum.

Submitted by Sue McKeown on July 16, 2012 - 5:13pm

The large Tom Raper RV Sales signs on I-70 West for miles and miles before reaching Indiana always makes me wonder why in the world the guy doesn't change his last name. A little off-topic because his name isn't a profession/name mismatch, though.

Maybe some of you Indiana folks or anyone cruising into Ohio on I-70 East may have thought the same things.

Submitted by Elliot Huck on July 16, 2012 - 7:07pm

You're not alone out there; I've thought the same thing every time I pass one of those signs.

Submitted by Daniel Meyer on July 17, 2012 - 12:59pm

At my company is a customer advocate named Goad who helps the programmers' sense of urgency match our customers sense of urgency on support matters...

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