How many of us pick up the newspaper or our digital devices each morning and scan the headlines before we start reading the morning news? Not every story is of equal interest to everyone. For example, a headline about a tax hike or a bomb scare is more likely to catch my attention than is a headline about school marching bands or knitting clubs.

You have your own criteria for judging which stories merit your time. But occasionally a headline will catch our attention because it seems to have more than one meaning. Sometimes the unintentional meaning is hilarious. For example:

“Red Tape Holds Up New Bridge” — that’s strong tape! Here’s another:

“Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half” — that seems like drastic punishment to me just for dropping out of high school. Here’s another:

“Miners…