> These are all bad enough. But now this kind of reporting has become mandatory, even for titles for which there aren't any puns that even mean anything. I've actually seen:
>
> "Phantom Menace menaces box office."
> "Never Been Kissed french kisses another $5 million."
>
> What the heck do these headlines MEAN?
>

To me, "Phantom Menace menaces box office" translates as "Because there's a movie out called 'Phantom Menace', nobody is spending any money at the theater on this movie or any other."

Oh, that last report should have read "Never Been Kissed makes out with another $5 million."

-Faux "peck" Pas