Runners-Up: "World's rarest orchid finally extinct. ‘Probably poked with a stick’ say experts." (Dick Everyman); "Now 16 hours into the hunt, Simon still hadn't found his glasses." (Kathy Benjamin).
Runners-Up: "No we’ve never actually, like, sold anything. But there’s a huge market out there." (@Lil_beethoven); "Melissa's friends told her she was totally wasting her PhD in Nuclear and Particle Physics." (Dick Everyman)