Truly, this is what the Internet was invented for

[missroserose]

From the originating website:The Doo-Dah News Network brings you the finest headlines that you can sing to the tune of "Camptown Races" if you add "Doo-Dah" to the end.

As near as I can tell, it works - feed any of these into Google and you'll come up with a genuine news story. What I'm most curious about, though, is how it determines the number of syllables in any given headline, or how it decides where to truncate a headline in order to fit the seven-syllable criterion.

All that said - it's so awesome in such a totally pointless way that truly, this must be what the Internet was invented for.

Comments

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

It's not 100% -- a few have slipped through the cracks, and there's the whole problem of meter (optimally it should be two trochees and either a dactyl or a cretic), but that's splitting hairs. It is truly made of awesome. My favorite so far is "Busta Rhymes rejects plea deal."

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the meter's off sometimes, but that's the sort of obstacle you're going to come up against in any mechanical grouping of words - English is such a noncomforming language that any "rule" you enter in will only work 80% of the time.

I really like "Pygmies housed in Congo zoo". =D

[dngrsone.livejournal.com]

Happy B-day Rose!

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

Thanks!