"A BRIT was bitten 'down under' by a killer snake while answering a call of nature in the Aussie bush. The reptile sunk its fangs into Jackson Scott's testicle as he squatted in the dark. But when he begged best mate Roddy Andrews to suck the venom out, his pal REFUSED." The phrase "wedding tackle" is also used.
Tackle was used in a different context than I had imagined.
Can we have a Brit journalism expert explain why their tabloidy stories include words that are randomly ALL CAPPED?
@jfruh That's when you're supposed to SPEAK LOUDER and WAGGLE YOUR EYEBROWS when re-telling the story at the pub.
I'm no Brit journalism expert, but I am a Brit, but the all caps thing is to highlight the AMAZING part to the less sharp of mind in our newspaper reading population. Also we do have a broadsheet selection of newspapers in the UK, the Guardian today for instance has a wonderful selection of photos of dogs underwater. It's clearly no testicle snakebite, but I am beginning to feel the AWL is not representing the full scope of UK journalism. Knifecrime Island has some amazing newspapers, Observer, Private Eye, Guardian, The Independent to name a few.