Headline Gnus

I love headlines. They crack me up. I believe most of the cheeky ones are written very deliberately. But I'm sure that sometimes, The Funny just happens, completely undetected by editors.

Take a couple of this morning's msnbc.com headlines, for example:

1. Mortgage Applications Fall Sharply. Youch... sounds like a wicked paper cut in the making.

2. Fight Over Clean Air Program Heads to Supreme Court. Are you also picturing a cartoon cloud of dust with lots of arms and legs flailing about, moving along the street?

3. Bush Avoiding Many Races. Um... yeah. ...'nough said.

4. Construction Spending Falls Again. I wonder if they were sitting on the same desk as the mortage applications?