Dive into the archives.
- 1337
Copy editor writing headline: “What’s another term for economic development director?” Second copy editor: “Official.”
- 1336
“My mother? But you don’t even know my mother!” Reporter born outside of America, trying to understand “your mom” jokes
- 1335
“It seems to me you should know how many pages your thing is and where it’s laid out.”
- 1334
“The man had his gun in his hand. He had a weapon too.” On two old men arrested for lewd behavior and possession of a gun in a park.
- 1333
“Pass the flask.”
- 1332
Reporter: “I didn’t listen to the family cry for an hour to get buried on B7.”
- 1331
Police scanner: “We have reports of a woman carrying large amounts of money in her purse and showing it off to people.”
- 1330
“‘The Never Ending Story’ actually does end. That always bugged me.”
- 1329
Copy Editor missing deadline: “Everything was good. And then people started dying.”
- 1328
Overheard on scanner: “A caller just called about a reckless driver coming out of Hancock Fabrics.”
- 1327
Reporter: “I did a stupid thing.” Editor: “Yeah, you got into journalism.”
- 1326
Intern Reporter: “So since I’m just an intern does that mean it’s okay to ask another reporter out?”
- 1325
“If he drank white russians and ate meat, I would trust him.” Copy editor on whether we should trust a former photographer (a vegetarian) who was laid off and has since been spending a lot of time around the house in his bath robe.
- 1324
Copy Editor looking at page: “There’s a puzzle piece coming out of some guy’s butt….”
- 1323
Copy editor to reporter on the phone: “It’s h-o-i-t-y hyphen t-o-i-t-y.”
- 1322
“That really adds to the clusterfuckticious nature of this story.”
- 1321
“If I ran a brothel, I’d offer health care. You have a toothache? I’m sending you to the dentist. Ray Ray down the street? He’d just pop you one in the mouth.”
- 1320
Page designers talking about page checks: Designer 1: “I’ve got nothing to show.” Designer 2: “Oh, really?”
- 1319
“Skype? They want us to Skype? Can’t young people use phones anymore? I live in the information super-culdesac.”
- 1318
“I’ve got to get my face fixed. I can’t stand looking at it.”
