I realise there's nothing inherently wrong with this headline...

[SOteric]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/04/health/main1179685.shtml

It just strikes me as amusing.

[Debbi801]

1. I completely agree. (nt)

[GOPisEvil]

It strikes me as amusing also.

Those turkeys are smarter than we think.

[SOteric]

7. *snerk*

There's a cartoon in my head with a phone and a turkey 'talking turkey.'

[XemaSab]

2. I see what you're saying...

I also liked the picture of the goose and the duck.

[DS1]

3. Is their weatherman called

Avian Winters?

[SOteric]

9. And their news anchorwoman

is Fleuda Coupe.

[DS1]

15. Bravo

wow

[Heidi]

4. You have a good eye for headline humor, SOteric.

"Drug and alcohol speaker on tap" <-- possibly the worst and best headline I've ever written.

:hi:

[SOteric]

10. It's the curse of the snarky.

Yours is pretty good too. :7

:hi:

[Rhiannon12866]

5. I see your point! Sad, but amusing, nonetheless... :D n/t

[kick-ass-bob]

6. As god as my witness, I thought Turkeys could fly!

:D

[jpgray]

8. I apologize to whomever sees this before it gets deleted

But is it proper to refer to a male turkey as a cock gobbler?

[SOteric]

11. Tsk.

[asthmaticeog]

12. !

:spray:

[dolo amber]

14. ...

:woohoo:!!

[DS1]

16. wouldn't the same apply, in a different light, to a female turkey?

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. It's not grammatically incorrect, but

any halfway-decent editor should know the pitfalls of such construction. I'd change this to "Two deaths from bird flu reported in Turkey" or "Two reported dead from bird flu in Turkey."

On a newspaper page, where space is restricted, editors sometimes get lazy to make a hed fit. But that's a poor excuse, and there's no excuse at all online.