On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:28:43 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:

> On 7/8/2011 12:51 PM, blake murphy wrote:
>> On Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:55:36 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> It's a good idea, though these would have to be cut up. I'm fond of
>>> half sour type of pickles, but they don't keep long. I never did
>>> take up canning, I should put up pickles.
>
>> "When Ben Bradlee, former Managing Editor of the Washington Post retired,
>> he related a story about headlines and their creators. Bradlee always kept
>> his eyes on the headlines to keep the pranksters at bay. He apparently did
>> not scrutinize the "Food" section, or they never would have gotten away
>> with "Putting Pickles Up Yourself" (an actual headline)."
>>
>> <http://talk.baltimoresun.com/showthread.php?t=270901>
>
> (laughing) Sometimes I think editors print some headlines hoping to
> wind up on Leno. That's funny.
>
> nancy

i thought the head published somewhere was 'you can put pickles up
yourself,' but i couldn't really verify that.

your pal,
blake