New Worst Headline Ever

[Spurminator]

Reader's Discretion Advised...

http://www.theregister.com/2005/09/15/nz_badminton_kerfuffle/

[ShoogarBear]

Gee, guess I have no incentive to visit then . . .

[MaNuMaNiAc]

hahahahahaha!!! priceless!


NZ finds Black Cocks hard to swallow

Chinese not too keen, either

By Lester Haines (http://forms.theregister.co.uk/mail_author/?story_url=/2005/09/15/nz_badminton_kerfuffle/)
Published Thursday 15th September 2005 11:34 GMT
Get breaking Reg news straight to your desktop - click here to find out how (http://sel.as-eu.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=182024&bid=676765&dat=176491&opt=0&rdm=20050714) It was a bloody silly idea in the first place, but New Zealand's badminton world may finally have to concede that calling the national team the "Black Cocks" really is a bit too strong, the New Zealand Herald reports.

Badminton New Zealand adopted the name a year ago as "a gimmicky label to attract sponsors and fans". It worked to a degree, because the organisation was quickly innundated with cash offers from companies such as - you guessed it - condom manufacturers.

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Furthermore, Badminton NZ prez Nigel Skelt confirmed: "At the recent New Zealand Open, crowds were yelling out 'c'mon the Black Cocks'. Whether the team actually adopt the name officially, they're already known as the Black Cocks."

That's as may be, but the International Badminton Federation (IBF) has decided not to take the Black Cocks lying down :lmao. Skelt admitted: "They don't want to see the game lose its composure for the want of a gimmicky name. If you're over in China and you get introduced as the Black Cocks, it raises some issues."

Ah yes, the sticky "we'd rather not entertain Black Cocks in the People's Republic of China" problem http://spurstalk.com/forums/images/smilies/smilol.gif. Badminton NZ will now wait for feedback from its 27 regional associations at its November AGM before deciding on whether or not to let the Black Cocks stand. ®

[Pistons < Spurs]

thats too funny! good find!

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I would say it was the worst headline ever if the pun wasn't blatant.

In our offices, we have a Wall of Shame, of which the worst quotes from our staff go on there...the only rule is it can't be something that's deliberately funny.

It has to be some standard remark that only sounds funny based on sophomoric humor.

Such as the time our design editor came to me asking if I had a wire story to fill some space and without thinking said, "I have a long one ready for you."

[SpursWoman]

:rollin :lol

[Spurminator]

I would say it was the worst headline ever if the pun wasn't blatant.

That's a good point.

I'm not sure if anything will top Johnny Depp's "Chocolate Factory" has a tasty opening.

[ShoogarBear]

Such as the time our design editor came to me asking if I had a wire story to fill some space and without thinking said, "I have a long one ready for you."

Or that famous one where the female TV anchor asked the weatherman on-air, "where was that seven inches you promised me last night?"

[MiNuS]

I wonder what Spurminator was googling for when he found this article??

hmmmmmm??

[Spurminator]

:lol Nice try...

It was linked on this guy's website.

http://www.gordonkeith.com/wordpress/

[ShoogarBear]

See, if you were playing hardball, you could have said


minusplus mother

[Spurminator]

:lol

Yeah but that still leaves the possibility open that I Googled "black cocks"... And I haven't done that in years.

[ShoogarBear]

:lol

[Clarence Uncle-Thomas]

Dat ain't what Anita Hill tol me!