Dive into the archives.
- #9302
Editor composing message to designer: “To make the kerning more uniform, we should…” Copy editor: “Just tell her I say it looks like shit — fix it.”
- #9301
Male photographer, returning from shooting a fire: “I smell like a man.”
- #9300
Reporter: “Are we good now?” Editor: “No. This is a fucking mess. What else is new?”
- #9299
Producer: “Breaking news makes me hungry.”
- #9298
“TMZ, man. How do they always know? I feel like they’re bugging everybody’s houses.”
- #9297
Online editor: “I follow @SesameStreet because you’ve gotta mix the murder and mayhem with muppets.”
- #9296
Editor: “So, this chicken nugget is on eBay?”
- #9295
Reporter on the way to a barn fire: “If this is just a shed I’m going to be pissed. There better be a body in there.”
- #9294
Editor, looking at a photo of a multi-vehicle crash: “There’s lots of damage in the rear.” Reporter: “That usually happens in a four-way.”
- #9293
New reporter: “So what’s the deal with that park? It seems pretty nice.” Veteran copy editor: “Nah, you don’t want to walk around there. That’s where all the winos hang out.”
- #9292
Political reporter referring to a forum: “It was a heaping helping of cluster with a bit of sideshow.”
- #9291
Cop reporter: “I’m beginning to think he’s not going to call me. I’m being stood up by an alleged sexual predator.”
- #9290
Departing intern about her replacement interns: “They’re new, they’re shiny, they smell like new cars.”
- #9289
Adviser for a high school newspaper: “You’re really going to have to slow down when you talk.” Reporter: “You’re really going to have to speed up when you think.”
- #9288
Managing Editor: “I think I’d like it if I understood it, but I don’t have time to understand it.”
- #9287
Assistant editor, about complaint over running the wrong day’s horoscope: “I’m not sure this woman leaves the house much. I offered to email them to her and she didn’t know what I meant.”
- #9286
Reporter to editor: “Did you take masturbation out of the headline? It was going to get so many hits!”
- #9285
Reporter on phone: “Is there a difference between a strip club and wig shop?”
- #9284
Editor laying out obits page: “I’m glad these people are dead, they won’t have to see their awful photos.”
- #9283
Male reporter: “My focus is my package.” Female producer: “I’m sure it is. You’re a dude.”
