{"id":375,"date":"2008-07-24T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-24T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/07\/photoshopping-the-headlines-dolly.html"},"modified":"2008-07-24T14:54:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-24T14:54:00","slug":"photoshopping-the-headlines-dolly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/07\/photoshopping-the-headlines-dolly.html","title":{"rendered":"Photoshopping the Headlines: Dolly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hurricanes are no laughing matter, <\/span>especially for those affected by high winds, evacuation, and flooding. But sometimes their names are pretty funny. And I can’t help it. All day yesterday I saw headlines about Dolly “lashing” Texas — or whatnot — and I kept picturing a giant cloned sheep<\/a> with a whip in its mouth.<\/p>\n

Today, I saw this headline: “Dolly Dumps Heavy Rain on Texas Coast.”<\/a> <\/span>And, unbidden, a new and equally horrific image popped into my mind. So I did a quick-and-dirty Photoshop recreation of it.<\/p>\n

Headline: <\/span>Dolly Dumps Heavy Rain on Texas Coast<\/span><\/p>\n

Visual:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maybe this should be a series: Crappy Illustrations of Timely Headlines<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Or maybe not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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