In what (I assume) can only be an attempt to emulate Onion-style humor, CNN has begun selling T-shirts with its “Latest Headlines” printed on them.

Unlike The Onion, however, these T-shirts just aren't funny:

Granted, CNN does have some amusing headlines at times, but it’s the randomness of the selected headlines that confuses me. For example, instead of “Millions of honeybees fill house,” why isn’t there a T-shirt symbol next to “Blogger exposes Al Franken.” At least it’s a double entendre that could be funny.

Other non-funny T-shirts include:

And the ever-popular:

Am I missing something here? Or does the humor lie in the fact that the headlines are so random? What do you think? Better yet, what headline would you like to see on a CNN T-shirt?

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