Dive into the archives.
- 1576
Web Producer 1: “Anderson Cooper has been on Regis and Kelly like six times this year. I wonder if there’s something going on between him and Kelly.”
Web Producer 2: “Something tells me there is absolutely no chance of that being true.”
- 1575
Editor to reporter with overly long story:
“You can cut it and feel pain, or I can cut it and you’ll feel injury.”
- 1574
Assistant editor: “You can’t stay young forever, but you can always be immature.”
- 1573
Designer: “(The headline) is still kind of small, but – ”
Reporter: “Ha! How big does it need to be?”
Designer: “About 70 points.”
Reporter: “Are the Germans invading?”
- 1572
Photographer: “What are you doing under the desk?”
News editor: “It’s my Fortress of Solitude.”
- 1571
Producer talking about the “Cash for Clunkers” program:
“I call it ‘Cash for Hummers’, but I guess that could be taken the wrong way.”
- 1570
“He was twittering or tweetering or whatever you call it. God, I feel like Joe Paterno.”
Sports editor relating a Shaquille O’Neal story
- 1569
“There is a man who is going to be on my back while we do it.”
Reporter talking about possibly going sky diving.
- 1568
Reporter trying to Google search an image:
“I don’t know what this Web site is, but if it’s porn, I apologize.”
- 1567
“The only reason this company hasn’t gone down the drain is because they spent the last 20 years clogging it with hair.”
Reporter about paper’s impending bankruptcy.
- 1566
At a paper with a weekly Tuesday night deadline:
“We put out ever Tuesday night.”
- 1565
Cop reporter: “What sounds better? She hit him with a frying pan or she hit him with a skillet?”
- 1564
News reporter stops in sports department, notices a new guy: “I don’t think we’ve met. Hi, I’m (name).”
Guy: “I’m… just the intern.”
- 1563
“I wish one of these guys would just punch her and be like, ‘Pop! Bitch! You made me waste five weeks of my life.’ ”
Web editor while the newsroom TVs are set to the “Bachelorette” finale.
- 1562
“Sometimes it sucks so bad you have to sing.”
