Brief snippets …

Spotted as a breaking news splash on the BBC News website a little while ago :

Hint – the clue is in the post title.

And, if that is not enough for one day then how about this headline from the BBC Health Pages today which seems to be lacking the word “period” :

Experimental techniques in the NHS are all well and good but if the number of people recovering after an operation falls by half then it’s probably not a good idea to pursue that particular innovation.

Somehow, I don’t quite think they meant the headline to read like it does.