This morning's commute, by the way

[quislibet]

Headlines I saw in other people's newspapers on the commuter rail this morning:

"Teens Accused of Sleeping in Cottage."

"Crash Leads to Body."

"Emotional Finneran Bangs Last Gavel."

"Roman Soldier: Veteran is Still Going Strong at 36."

And several overwrought ones from the Globe travel section:

"Neither Land Nor Man Submit." [a little subject-verb agreement problem there]

"God and the River Will Provide."

"Seeking Heaven in the Barren Earth." (or similar; I didn't write it down)

When I got to North Station, I was met with the strangely affecting sight of construction workers holding a bake sale for a wounded comrade. I purposefully overpaid for a mediocre donut, but then they threw in two bags of chocolate cookies as well because they were closing the table down soon.

Naturally, there was a half hour wait for a B train. But at least I had cookies.

Comments

[synaesthesia.livejournal.com]

If you are ever by Haymarket after 3pm, you can get a free copy of the Herald! Then you can have your very own absurd headlines!

[quislibet.livejournal.com]

Oddly, I don't think anyone in sight of me was reading a Herald. So I'm sure I missed out on the best headlines.

[julishka.livejournal.com]

"crash leads to body" was a good one. you never hear that happening in real life, only on cop shows.

[quislibet.livejournal.com]

I glanced through a Metro on my way home. That one was good enough to share top billing on page 1 with a huge picture of Eddie Vedder; North Korea's announcement of nuclear weapons came at the bottom of p. 7.