Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path

[Salmoneus]

Doreen Lawrence pledges to condemn 'racial profiling' spot checks in the House of Lords.

Hint: the spot checks are not actually taking place in the house of Lords.

[They're taking place at london tube stations. At selected stations, police have been rounding up all non-whites and demanding to see their papers.]

[Risla]

Norway goat cheese fire closes tunnel.

[Salmoneus]

Norway goat cheese fire closes tunnel.

Not seeing the confusion here. Some possible ambiguity between Norwegian cheese and Norwegian fire... but as it turned out it was both.

[Salmoneus]

I was, however, momentarily confused by "Savile float group issue apology", due to three consecutive nouns there also being potential verbs...

[din]

Norway goat cheese fire closes tunnel.

Maybe not too confusing, but certainly pretty entertaining




(nobody was injured)

[jal]

Maybe not too confusing, but certainly pretty entertaining

But all that delicious cheese! :(


JAL

[din]

I've never had it. I'd imagine it's pretty strong. Is it?

[jal]

I've never had it. I'd imagine it's pretty strong. Is it?

It is. But I like strong cheese.


JAL

[Pthagnar]

strong isn't the word. it's just weird.

[Kereb]

both the cop and the geologist are called Viggo
that is awesome

[jal]

strong isn't the word. it's just weird.

I've only ate it once, and that's been a while, so I may have forgotten the exact taste.


JAL

[Pthagnar]

kind of sickly and pasty, reminded me a little of the bright yellow powdered reconstituted stuff that is america's gift to the cheese industry

i did not really care for it much

[Nortaneous]

gjetost isn't strong, it's sweet. and it has the texture of american plastic cheese

[din]

You guys should consider advertising for the cheese industry.

There goes another one off the list...

[Salmoneus]

Technically this might be 'confusing' in theory, though in practice the meaning is clear. Nonetheless, I had to include it as an amusing headline.

Teenagers critical after stabbing

[Nortaneous]

You guys should consider advertising for the cheese industry.

There goes another one off the list...

no, it's actually not bad, except for the texture. and that is easily solved by eating it plain. it is only awful if you try to put it on things.

[Drydic]

You guys should consider advertising for the cheese industry.

There goes another one off the list...

no, it's actually not bad, except for the texture. and that is easily solved by eating it plain. it is only awful if you try to put it on things.

no, it's actually not bad, except for the texture. and that is easily solved by eating it plain.

no, it's actually not bad, except for the texture.

except for the texture.

except for the texture.

[Nortaneous]

i bought more gjetost and i am eating it now. the texture thing gets better if you leave it in the fridge for a week or two.

edit: apparently you're supposed to take a cheese slicer and make very thin slices. that would probably help also.

[Miekko]

strong isn't the word. it's just weird.

But... but... but it's awesome. It's the greatest cheese ever.

[Pthagnar]

no

[Kereb]

y'all are making me curious by saying it's awful

[Pthagnar]

it's not *awful*, i just was told it is the greatest thing ever and it isn't -- it's not awful; it's a weird thing and it reminds me of american cheese! this is truth. you should definitely be curious about it!

also f u linguoboy, you're the moron

[Nortaneous]

get some

[Pthagnar]

if you want uplifting or aspirational or whatever descriptions to counter what i said, then you can think of it as like, the noble/true/Correct/spiritual/yougetwhatimean version of what american cheese wishes it could be in its highest moments -- a processed cheese product with Worth for Aristocrats of the Soul

[Nortaneous]

good lord no you couldn't put gjetost on a burger