A shame it probably isn't true . . .

but years ago I'd heard a semi-urban legend about a headline in a 1940's California newspaper.

Supposedly, an asylum inmate managed to escape his cell, rape a nurse and leave the institution's grounds.

The next day's headline: NUT SCREWS AND BOLTS

Brought to you by the guy who's still hoping to a get a patent for the self-threading catheter . . . .