Advise him on a headline

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From: The Paranomastic Newshound


He has a story, but is momentarily stumped for an appropriately droll headline.


Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 100

  • 69 - very chancy (41%)
  • 85 - chancy (51%)
  • 102 - modest (61%)
  • 119 - very modest (71%)
  • 135 - low-risk (81%)
  • 152 - straightforward (91%)
  • 167 - straightforward (100%)

Success

A BAT ON THE PACK

It wasn't even that newsworthy. But the cryptozoologists at the University were using trained bats to track marsh-wolves. Together, you couldn't resist.

His editor threatened to 'send him back to the Tomb-Colonies, to cover the sporting events'. […]

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]


Failure

It's just impossible

It's just no use. You can't get a decent pun out of a story about fraudsters attempting to lure unsuspecting academics into paying for lessons in the Correspondence by post.