Reason 4,219 not to mess with dummy type

These things always kill me. I know people who still think it's funny to send something to rim with stuff in display type that could get everybody fired:

http://www.collegehumor.com/picture:1774014

 

What a fucking embarassment.

If "standoff" is your jump word, you don't need to have it again in the jump hed. Lazy fuckers.

 

I feel bad for whoever wrote that story.

What if it was a really good story, one that would be used for applications or resume packs? Could you just explain that away to a potential employer? "Uhh, yeah, my editor, um, forgot to put in a headline, uh, but the story's good, right?"

I wonder what happened to who was responsible.

 

I'm sure the editor-in-chief took it on the chin.

 

That reminds me of a dummy cutline we had at our college paper:
"Andy Martin overcame syphilis to beat his opponent, 7-6, 6-2, Friday in Collegetown"

It never made it through, but I always liked to imagine Martin triumphantly fighting through French pox to claim whatever title he won that day.

I know I'm missing the point of the thread, I just thought I'd share that.