Dive into the archives.
- 627
Editor: “How is your Progress story coming?” Reporter: “Stalled. No one at Alcoholics Anonymous wants to talk to me.”
- 626
“We’re dropping Hillary Clinton on account of age – the age of the headline, not Mrs. Clinton.”
- 625
“Is Coors Blvd still stewn with bullet-riddled bodies?” Web Producer joking around with Assignment Desk about a minor traffic backup.
- 624
“Why is a robot calling me?”
- 623
Sales Rep: “We need to make changes to our web site.” Web Room: “What are the changes?” Sales: “I don’t know.” Web Room: “Please use your brain.”
- 622
“This show is fat… and I don’t mean with a ‘P-H’”
- 621
Reporter: “I love that song! It always makes me think of ‘The O.C.’” Designer: “I know! Let’s watch it!”
- 620
Journo, commenting on Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper basking in the glow of US Prez Barack Obama in Ottawa: “Relax, Stephen, the crowd is not screaming for you… ”
- 619
Reporter: “Does a monkey have hands and feet or what?” Copy editor: “What are you trying to imply?”
- 618
Night city editor leaving phone msg for ME: “Can we say ‘third nipple’ in a story?”
- 617
Woman on pay phone in Los Angeles Times lobby: “Oh, hi! Is this an investigative reporter?”
- 616
Retired publisher on phone: “What does ‘bodacious’ mean?”
- 615
Female reporter: “My story still has a lot of holes.” Male reporter: “As long as you’ve got holes, I’m fine with that.”
- 614
“You’re not supposed to feel good about yourself. That’s the whole point of journalism.”
- 613
Reporter 1: (printing a story off) “Look at all the trees I’m killing.” Reporter 2: “They’re already dead.” Reporter 3: “Yeah, it’s like shooting a corpse. It’s not a crime.”
- 612
“What else can we do with a condom if it doesn’t look right?” Design editor talking about Condom Awareness Month package
- 611
Editor: “All you have to do is make sure the word ‘fuck’ isn’t in the paper” Speaking about reading a proof
- 610
“As a general rule we don’t have Mondays off in this office.” Editor illegally turns down reporter’s application for holiday.
- 609
“My zit is itching, it’s so hot in here.”
- 608
“What happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas if you upload it to Twitter.”
