Dive into the archives.
- 647
News ed: “Astronaut. Roomful of kids. How can you go wrong with that picture?” Photo ed: “Flash could fail to go off.” [long pause] News ed: “Astronaut. Roomful of kids.”
- 646
Reporter (to me, a copy editor): “You lived in D.C., right? If you were going to kill your self by jumping into the Potomac, what bridge would you jump from?”
- 645
“You need a long rod to catch a wide mouth.” Great headline that once got in a first edition on a fishing story
- 644
Business manager, on repainting her office: “I think I’m just going to do it. I don’t like to think decisions through before I make them.” Editor-in-Chief: “You’re our business manager!!”
- 643
Male reporter: “I like to put my best 10 inches out there.”
- 642
Male Reporter: “Their stupidity shouldn’t have to be my problem.”
- 641
Copy editor talking about his new puppy. Copy editor: “It was so cold. She ran right outside and peed, then she ran a little more and pooped, and then she ran back inside.” Reporter: “You know, I’m just going to assume every day that she’s used the bathroom. So, you don’t have to tell me [...]
- 640
“Someone has an abscess on their scrotum.” Heard on the scanners.
- 639
“Own a house? What do you mean, own a house? I’m a journalist.”
- 638
Copy ed: “I never see buttock — singular.”
- 637
Reporter: “Hey, Barbie’s turning 50 next month. They should do an aging Barbie.” Reporter 2: “Cougar Barbie!”
- 636
Sports guy 1: “You’re not interested in the Academy Awards? Sports guy 2: “No. No, hell no.” Photog: “I’m interested in them being over.”
- 635
“Mugging a rabbit is not easy.”
- 634
Photog: “How can you trust a guy named ‘Caveman.’” Reporter: “Are you talking about the teen porn party guy?”
- 633
Producer: “I’m dropping the Oscar vibrator.” About a story on a sex toy that will be handed out in Oscar loot bags
- 632
“Well, my package isn’t that long and I won’t need that much time.” Male Producer booking satellite space
- 631
Reporter: “BWAHAHAHAHAHA” Editor: “What’s so funny” Reporter: “… Just losing my mind.”
- 630
“I’d be your friend but I forgot my password.”
- 629
“I wish there was a way I could wear my pirate wench costume I wore when I was in a pirate wedding.” One editor to another
- 628
“That’s when he puts his balls on your face.”
