Absurd Headlines That Should Not Have Happened

By Shehzad in News On 12th July 2016
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#1 Andrea Leadsom says she'll bring back fox hunting to improve animal welfare

Did...did anyone tell her that's not how it works?

#2 New York City gives $78 million worth of tax breaks to dead people

But the living are screwed.

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#3 Delta Plane Mistakenly Lands at South Dakota Air Force Base

Hopefully the pilot didn't say, "uh oh" over the intercom.

#4 Council staff had to watch hundreds of hours of explicit CCTV for lap dancing club case, court hears

"Darn honey, I have to work late again."

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#5 St. Louis-area woman on ISIS hit-list told to "arm up"

The only thing worse than Jehovah's witnesses knocking on your door to give you this information is an FBI agent telling you this.

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#6 Teenager's love of hummus leads to near fatal shooting in Cincinnati

Ground chickpeas are serious business.

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#7 Microsoft invites ‘bae’ interns to ‘get lit’ on ‘lots of dranks,’ then apologizes — again

So. Much. Cringe.

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#8 Police: Using cane to operate car, paraplegic leads Portsmouth police on high-speed chase

When there's a will...

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#9 South Carolina town bans saggy pants, $600 fine for repeat offenders

This is what we've come to.

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#10 'Kerry snail' blamed for 45-minute traffic jams – Healy Rae

I knew it. I freaking knew that all of the traffic can be traced back to one person.

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#11 Seagull drone poops sunscreen...uh, thanks

Such a wonderfully gross idea.

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#12 Man injured after bullets thrown into Canada Day bonfire

The bullets later apologized.

#13 St. Petersburg homeowner discovers soda-stealing burglar petting the family dog

This criminal's all right.

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#14 Buc-ee's Demands $67K Back From Ex-Employee Because She Left

Can she make a countersuit claim on the basis of their stupidity?

#15 Treating alcoholics - with wine

This will end well.

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#16 Would-be Colorado Springs carjacker foiled by total inability to drive stick

"He just...totally sucks at driving cars." - What I would say if I was the cop giving a press conference on this sad, sad event.

#17 Indigenous woman yells 'I hate white people' before punching white woman, but it's not a hate crime judge rules

Come on, this sh*t goes both ways.

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#18 Vegans go on the offensive over advert starring Lee Lin Chin, a bowl of kale and a flame thrower

Vegans, getting pissed off about something? What else is new?

#19 Fired Fort Lauderdale cop brings black girlfriend to hearing to prove he's not racist

"See! I'm screwing one of these people!" Is what he probably said.