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10 Local News Captions That Will Have You Laughing

Mar. 5, 2013 3:53pm Billy Hallowell

Sometimes, local news is underrated and prematurely dismissed, with national news taking a more coveted place in political and social conversations. But, in many instances, what happens at the local level has a profound impact on the nation at large.

All this aside, rather than focusing on the serious effects that regional happenings can have on society, BuzzFeed took a more humorous look at some overtly-comical local new captions — lower-thirds that were, most likely, not originally intended to be funny.

While the outlet selected 38 of what it calls the “best local news captions of all time,” TheBlaze has chosen 10 from the pool. Ranging from unique to overtly hilarious, these are apparently real screen shots from local news television broadcasts across America. Here they are:

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10 of the Funniest Local News Captions Youve Ever Seen | Lower Third

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You can find all 38 local news captions over at BuzzFeed.

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Comments (47)

Galt45
Posted on March 7, 2013 at 1:59am
Well, who hasn’t urinated in a reservoir?

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- Quester55
  Posted on March 7, 2013 at 2:32am
  Birds poop in the water, Animal life pee & poop in the water, Waste Disposal Co.’s, Illegally dump in the streams that feed these water areas, Crop-dusting Chemicals, drift into these water sheds, So if a Man relieves his bladder in or near one, What’s the crime?
  Just one more reason to bitch about nothing!
  
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Inform
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 11:07am
the last two are great.

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Joyzee
Posted on March 6, 2013 at 7:05am
Fall asleep standing up news reporting

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- PlowMan
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 1:16pm
  So, you go around all day and don’t crack a smile? I mean really, do you think all news should be doom and gloom? It’s the scope of the entire news organization here. Mostly hard news, mixed with human interest stories. Wow, is all I have to say to you.
  
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Warphead
Posted on March 5, 2013 at 8:42pm
Sure to get captions tomorrow. Bill O’Reilly goes ballistic with Alan Colmes. O’Reilly becomes visibly angered to the point that his eyes became bloodshot. Calls Colmes a liar. Colmes looks scared but tries to defend himself. He tells O’Reilly that they can disagree without him calling him a liar. He looks like he is about to walk off the set. Monica Crowley just sits there looking “uncomfortable.” Crowley tries to diffuse the situation but O’Reilly say’s he wants Colmes to answer. Finally O’Reilly reels in his temper & apologizes to Colmes for calling him a liar. The camera cuts to Crowley’s book “What the “bleep” just happened. O’Reilly starts laughing and saying “There you go, There you go.
I’m glad. If Colmes isn’t a liar then he is the dumbest Klingon person on the planet. I do not know why he continues to be a guest on these shows when he can never answer a direct question in any form that is understandable. This will be all over the news tomorrow. O’Reilly knows he went too far and became too threatening as he told Stossel later that he feels bad about Colmes.

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- loneindividual
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 9:12pm
  It’s all an act….this isn’t news dude….at least not for freethinkers.
  
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- MisterSarcastic
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 9:38pm
  I agree Lone. It’s the news media version of Slap Stick.
  
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- Warphead
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 10:09pm
  I did not say it “was news”, I said it would be in, or more accurately all over, the the news. This falls under the category “News Captions” in which the above described event will be tomorrow. Whether it be an act of slap-stick comedy or not wasn’t the point. Please read more carefully you two “Free-thinkers” before criticizing someone’s post. It may be one thing to be a free-thinker but that doesn’t mean much if you don’t think clearly.
  
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nilo
Posted on March 5, 2013 at 6:51pm
Dumbed down reporting

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ugottabekidding
Posted on March 5, 2013 at 6:47pm
Here’s one:
Hey Hugo, smelling that sulfur still?

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- WINNEBAGOMAN
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 10:29pm
  Hugo Chavez: Smelling Satan’s Sulfer Again.
  
  This story and the pet of the week at 11.
  
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- SUNTZU
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 11:34pm
  Ashes to ashes
  dust to dust
  we sure are glad
  Hugo is no longer
  here with us.
  
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SolidusRaccoon
Posted on March 5, 2013 at 6:36pm
Hah, the Universal Greeting.

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curmudgeon60
Posted on March 5, 2013 at 6:32pm
Thanks Blaze and have a great day! LOL. :-)

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Verceofreason
Posted on March 5, 2013 at 5:49pm
If I am ever in an accident lying on the curb and someone sticks a mic in my face
I’d say, “What’s this, another man on the street interview?”

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- midcoastmainepatriot
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 6:09pm
  Just heard Hugo is DEAD!!!!!!!! Welcome to HELL D-Bag!!!!!! HaHaHa…..
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 6:42pm
  Just don’t mention your real name DORA! It’s as good as a DNR!
  
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Vic Tory
Posted on March 5, 2013 at 5:14pm
If I am ever interviewed, under my image I want it to say, “Local Nut”

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BenInNY
Posted on March 5, 2013 at 4:42pm
I’ve always liked this one: http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm165/ndfan452/rapist-search-news.jpg

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- Goldlady
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 5:29pm
  That’s hilarious! I wonder if any co-workers broached the subject when they went off-air.
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 6:06pm
  That should accompany every post by versace of treason. That is classic. Who dat?
  
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- The_Pointy_End
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 6:08pm
  @beninny
  I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time :)
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 6:27pm
  THE_POINTY_END, I’m right there with you. In fact, still laughing at that one.
  
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TimPatriot
Posted on March 5, 2013 at 4:15pm
These are the geniuses that shape public opinion on a daily basis.

Combined with the sheer brainpower of Pelosi and Maxine Waters….no wonder this country is so fubar.

;(

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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 4:44pm
  The 12 Funniest Fox News Fails. On “Funny or Die.”
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 6:08pm
  Hey, let’s watch how we utilize fubar…
  
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- TimPatriot
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 6:31pm
  Really– that the best you got? Declaring equivalency is a well worn lib tactic
  Dems = Repubs. All politicians bad. No difference between parties.
  
  Too bad its not true– just a method of trying to get folks to disengage from the process.
  Manufacture more low information voters that are either apathetic or want to vote themselves benefits.
  
  “Ask not what you can do for your country, but what handouts you can get if you vote for the dem party” Obamaphone? Free housing? Free meds? Welfare? Perpetual Unemployement?
  
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- TimPatriot
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 6:33pm
  PS I think I used “fubar” correctly in this context ;)
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 6:33pm
  FUBARED, LOL, that was my platoon’s yell at the 7th Army NCO Academy in Bad Tolz, Germany back in the fall of ’81. Being the smart ass that I was at the time, I was most stunned to see a cadre of senior NCOs who seemed oblivious of the acronym. It wasn’t until our graduation that my unit PLT SGT and PLT LDR showed up and the PLT SGT had an actual sh/t fit with me. He knew damned well that I came up with it. He had graduated the same course some ten years earlier and was pissed at me for a while. Until he saw my grades.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 6:35pm
  FUBARED, Oh yeah, that was also the name of a PT boat early in the war in the Pacific.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 6:41pm
  TIMPATRIOT, Are you kidding? The moment WANGO showed up, the term Fubar was used correctly.
  
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Eastinfection
Posted on March 5, 2013 at 4:15pm
When Aaron Ward was playing for the Carolina Hurricanes, a local park in Raleigh closed their parking lot for a while. Newscasters were interviewing park-goers about the “inconvenience” of parking road-side to access the park. Aaron Ward was there walking his dog and the Newscaster had no idea who he was.
On the screen it said “Aaron Ward- Dog Walker”.

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- lobster
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 9:20am
  I remember a headline in the finance section of the Memphis Commercial-Appeal, “Levitz furniture on Shaky Legs.”
  
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Eastinfection
Posted on March 5, 2013 at 4:10pm
lol@ “Many words should fit on this sentence bar. Do not try to type in a paragraph to tell story”

Reminds me of the “Add your comments” posts on the Blaze.

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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 4:31pm
  Add your comments
  
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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 5:04pm
  Lol Monk, lol.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 6:39pm
  I’m still giggling at Penguinologist. That is like being a Wangoologist.
  
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flatbroke
Posted on March 5, 2013 at 4:09pm
LOL! have a great day, buckle up, and drink and drive hahahahaha!

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- Xanderson
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 4:47pm
  No wonder driving around Minneapolis is so scary!!
  
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- DZ-015
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 11:05am
  Xanderson: That and the collapsing bridges.
  
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SingerGuy
Posted on March 5, 2013 at 4:08pm
I like the last one best. Don’t bother changing the template, just put up the Chyron raw. No one will notice.

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thegreatcarnac
Posted on March 5, 2013 at 3:59pm
Pretty funny..and …’have a great day’.

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- hi
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 6:30pm
  That one was my favorite too!
  
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BaldingEagle1776
Posted on March 5, 2013 at 3:58pm
Wow, had me laughing! Great story!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!

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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 4:49pm
  That’s okay, as a Cyber-Warrior, you were paid well for your effort.
  
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- Wolf
  Posted on March 6, 2013 at 6:54am
  There was something funny about those captions?
  
  I must have lost my funy bone ‘cuz I didn’t see humor in any. Maybe the others will be humorous. Nah- ain’t gonna bother checking.
  
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