From the BBC comes the strangest, most awesome lead paragraph I’ve ever read in a news story:
A German student “mooned” a group of Hell’s Angels and hurled a puppy at them before escaping on a stolen bulldozer, police have said.
Anyone have an example of an opening paragraph that can top that?
June 17th, 2010 | 8:26 am
Very funny! Great headline too, Joe!
June 17th, 2010 | 8:56 am
Was alcohol involved?
June 17th, 2010 | 10:26 am
I was sold by the time “hurled a puppy” rolled around. :)
Are you sure this wasn’t something the reporter hallucinated?
June 17th, 2010 | 12:21 pm
THAT is a paragraph pregnant with possibility for both flashback and action to come.
It’d be a wonderful writing prompt for a creative writing class.
If you haven’t read the rest of the story, please do!
June 17th, 2010 | 3:32 pm
The story doesn’t provide any insight into the second thought I had after reading the lead paragraph (the first being “Canine projectiles. Cool.”):
What in the world kind of bulldozer did the man commandeer that allowed him to outrun a group of Hell’s Angels?
June 17th, 2010 | 4:57 pm
A pretty good lede, I have to admit. But almost as good is this bit near the end:
“What motivated him to throw a puppy at the Hell’s Angels is currently unclear,” a police spokesman said.
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