Favorite lede you've written

[sportsgopher]

The lede threads are both great so how about posting the favorite (best, funniest, most poignant, most clever) lede you've written?

Mine would be:

Eisenhower was in a pickle. And not one of those sweet gherkins either. No, this was one of those big vinegary things you get at the fair.

Courtney Lynn had fouled out and C.J. Carson was relegated to the bench.

Brit Miller was saddled with an aching back, not to mention four fouls.

And the Panthers were all tied with Normal West with just more than a minute to go.

 

[OceanLottery]

"this was one of those big vinegary things you get at the fair."

HA!

 

[spnited]

The lede threads are both great so how about posting the favorite (best, funniest, most poignant, most clever) lede you've written?

Mine would be:

Eisenhower was in a pickle. And not one of those sweet gherkins either. No, this was one of those big vinegary things you get at the fair.

Courtney Lynn had fouled out and C.J. Carson was relegated to the bench.

Brit Miller was saddled with an aching back, not to mention four fouls.

And the Panthers were all tied with Normal West with just more than a minute to go.

As an editor, I would have told you to throw your first graf away and start over. That is awful.

 

[jboy]

The lede threads are both great so how about posting the favorite (best, funniest, most poignant, most clever) lede you've written?

Mine would be:

Eisenhower was in a pickle. And not one of those sweet gherkins either. No, this was one of those big vinegary things you get at the fair.

Courtney Lynn had fouled out and C.J. Carson was relegated to the bench.

Brit Miller was saddled with an aching back, not to mention four fouls.

And the Panthers were all tied with Normal West with just more than a minute to go.

As an editor, I would have told you to throw your first graf away and start over. That is awful.

Don't like pickles, huh?

 

[slappy4428]

Can't think of my best lede, but my best headline was from a sloppy, wet, nasty cross country race:

Union wins race only a mudder could love

 

[funky_mountain]

The lede threads are both great so how about posting the favorite (best, funniest, most poignant, most clever) lede you've written?

Mine would be:

Eisenhower was in a pickle. And not one of those sweet gherkins either. No, this was one of those big vinegary things you get at the fair.

Courtney Lynn had fouled out and C.J. Carson was relegated to the bench.

Brit Miller was saddled with an aching back, not to mention four fouls.

And the Panthers were all tied with Normal West with just more than a minute to go.

As an editor, I would have told you to throw your first graf away and start over. That is awful.

Don't like pickles, huh?

he probably just doesn't like pickle_juice.

 

[slappy4428]

The lede threads are both great so how about posting the favorite (best, funniest, most poignant, most clever) lede you've written?

Mine would be:

Eisenhower was in a pickle. And not one of those sweet gherkins either. No, this was one of those big vinegary things you get at the fair.

Courtney Lynn had fouled out and C.J. Carson was relegated to the bench.

Brit Miller was saddled with an aching back, not to mention four fouls.

And the Panthers were all tied with Normal West with just more than a minute to go.

As an editor, I would have told you to throw your first graf away and start over. That is awful.

Don't like pickles, huh?

he probably just doesn't like pickle_juice.

N-i-c-e pull...

 

[EE94]

If, on the 'morrow, Germany should happen to defeat us at our national game, let us remember that twice this century we have defeated them at theirs.

 

[Jones]

I can't say I was down with the pickles lede either. I just don't have spnited's cold, dead heart. The heart of an editor, in other words.

My favorite lede:

"It takes Colin Farrell forty-eight seconds to call me a c&nt."

My mom was so proud. At least she was crying what I think were tears of pride.

Interestingly, perhaps, my first line for that story was actually, "Things don't start well." And then I went into the c-line. That was a judicious cut by my editor; I was well-served by his heartlessness.

 

[slappy4428]

When did spnited get any kind of heart?

 

[joe_schmoe]

I don't know if it's my favorite, but one I remember from the last few years:

"Jesus wept. John and Mark rejoiced."


Texas baseball playoff game...losing pitcher's first name was Jesus. Mark and John both hit homers off of him.

 

[spnited]

When did spnited get any kind of heart?

Thanks, slap. People need to be reminded of that every now and then.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

I can't say I was down with the pickles lede either. I just don't have spnited's cold, dead heart. The heart of an editor, in other words.

My favorite lede:

"It takes Colin Farrell forty-eight seconds to call me a c&nt."

My mom was so proud. At least she was crying what I think were tears of pride.

Interestingly, perhaps, my first line for that story was actually, "Things don't start well." And then I went into the c-line. That was a judicious cut by my editor; I was well-served by his heartlessness.

Why did Colin Farrell call you a c&unt?

 

[Overrated]

The lede threads are both great so how about posting the favorite (best, funniest, most poignant, most clever) lede you've written?

Mine would be:

Eisenhower was in a pickle. And not one of those sweet gherkins either. No, this was one of those big vinegary things you get at the fair.

Courtney Lynn had fouled out and C.J. Carson was relegated to the bench.

Brit Miller was saddled with an aching back, not to mention four fouls.

And the Panthers were all tied with Normal West with just more than a minute to go.

As an editor, I would have told you to throw your first graf away and start over. That is awful.

Awww...come on. At least he used "more than a minute" instead of "over a minute."

p.s. Spnited's reply was fantastic.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Hu Na. Na-na-na-na. Hey, hey. Goodbye.

I was young an tabloidy once.

 

[HejiraHenry]

On the tragic death of Jeff Healey:

Swayze wept.

 

[forever_town]

I can't think of a particular lede that was my favorite. However, I can still recite to you my favorite second graf of all time.

I'd written a story about the university I went to and its preparation for Y2K, and the fact officials expected to be ready for the changeover. I wanted to set apart my story from the army of stories about the Y2K transition -- and from most tech stories -- so I wrote the following second graf: "Turns out they were right."

From the people who've read that story, it had my desired effect: To make the reader go, "woah!" and read the rest of the story.

 

[schiezainc]

I love to use cheesy, clever ledes and gush like a schoolboy when i feel one is particularly awesome.

My latest one?

"The Podunk girls basketball team went 1 of 22 from beyond the 3-point line in Tuesday night’s Division II playoff opener against Whatchamacallits.
That number said everything you need to know about the game because, with the way the Whatchamacallits were playing defense, the Podunks were long shots, at best, to pull out the victory."

A little wordy to get where i wanted to go, but i liked it anyway.

 

[silvercharm]

It was a dark and stormy night.

 

[HejiraHenry]

It was a dark and stormy night.

I used "It was a dark and stormy afternoon ..." once, when it was, in fact, a dark and stormy afternoon that sent a football team running for cover during a practice session.

Hey, a youthful indiscretion. It made our cartoonist laugh, anyway.