Dive into the archives.
- 1429
Obit clerk over phone to copy desker: “Obituary cafe! You stab ‘em, we slab ‘em!”
- 1428
“Just let me know when you’re out of it again.” Copy editor to reporter making changes to a story
- 1427
“I did not vote for an insect killer, I voted for a president.”
- 1426
“You’ve been upgraded to Outlook 2003.”
- 1425
Reporter 1: “They should have special DUI races where the drivers chug a six pack before each race.” Reporter 2: “They should chug whatever their sponsor is. I don’t know what would kill you first Jack Daniels or Tide.” On ways to make NASCAR more interesting
- 1424
“You can’t put a comment in the paper from somebody called ‘Willie Eata Bush.’” Discussion about online story comments
- 1423
On the Police Scanner: “Only description we have, he looks like Sasquatch.”
- 1422
Reporter talking about a local politician: “He hates being misquoted.”
- 1421
“Can I borrow your newspaper? I need something to put my sandwich on.” Online editor, eating lunch at his desk.
- 1420
“What’s that stone thing you rub the hard skin on your feet with? A pomegranate?” Reporter writing a health and beauty feature.
- 1419
Editor at budget meeting, on two prominent local citizens dying: “We’ve got dead people everywhere.”
- 1418
Murder involving basketball player: “Call up the coach and ask him about his shooting guard.”
- 1417
“We can hold it over. He died last week, I’m pretty sure he’ll be dead next week.”
- 1416
Intern: “What do we usually do with Ron Paul’s column?” Editor: “Throw it in the trash.”
- 1415
Crime reporter ending a conversation: “Can’t talk anymore, gotta go sensationalize a story.”
- 1414
Reporter: “Someone lost their thumb today.” Editor: “There goes millions of years of evolution.”
- 1413
Reporter 1: “What’s the word for a person who takes a test… tester? Testee?” Reporter 2: “Test taker? It’s definitely not testee.”
- 1412
“It appears that bankruptcy is the new black.”
- 1411
Heard on the police scanner: “Crime is rampant.”
- 1410
“Citizen journalist? If I punch your teeth out does that make me a citizen dentist?” Copy editor about allowing ‘citizen journalists’ into press-restricted areas at events
