https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/headless-body-topless-bar-headline-40th-anniversary-20230414.html

When I was writing regularly for the Economist, which focuses on clever puns and double entendres in its headlines, I had most of mine rewritten by editors.

But for an article about a stringed instrument purchased via eBay that the recipient believed had a faked authenticity label and was told by PayPal to destroy rather than return—as it can be illegal to send counterfeit goods through the mail—I came up with this:

"Senseless Violins"

https://www.economist.com/babbage/2012/01/05/senseless-violins

‘Headless Body in Topless Bar’: 40 years later, the story behind an iconic newspaper headline

By 1983 standards, the headline went viral — nearly all of the 965,000 daily newspapers that rolled out of the Post’s building in Lower Manhattan were sold.

The Philadelphia Inquirer
My second best was for an article about Boeing using tubers to test for Wi-Fi penetration in building out wireless LANs on planes: Coach Potatoes. https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2013/03/09/coach-potatoes
Coach potatoes

In-flight electronics: Researchers have resorted to an unusual approach to model the behaviour of wireless technology on planes

The Economist
@glennf That’s real good.
@nickheer Some people churn those out daily!

@glennf A collection of rejected/unused headlines would make a great book.

"You Won't Believe the Rejected Headlines that are in this Book!"

@glennf If only a saxophone were involved.