This has to be one of the more intriguing (and most alliterative) newspaper headlines I’ve ever read:
Feckless fishmonger
faces flak for
foisting fatal fugu
on famished foreign female
faces flak for
foisting fatal fugu
on famished foreign female
Makes you wonder, doesn’t it? The article concerned may be found here. It refers to a Japanese fishmonger who sold a poisonous puffer fish to a foreign woman who didn’t know how to cook it safely. As a result, she died.
Sad story, I suppose, but enlightened by a witty copy-editor.
Peter
Just try reading that headline 5 times really fast! Bet you’ll need a surgeon to untangle your tongue and tonsils.
But seriously… is a fish seller supposed to quiz each buyer to insure they know how to cook before actually completing a sale? That could put a real damper on their business. And for crying out loud, WHY would someone buy a poisonous fish without knowing what to do with it??? If they don’t know anything about marine biology, couldn’t they at least watch the 20-30 mystery shows which feature the puffer fish as a mode to murder?!?!?! Try Columbo, for one! A rather devious chef used the poison from a puffer to dose a competitor’s wine…
Gotta admit though… the headline was priceless! 🙂