Overheard in the Newsroom

#9295

OHnewsroom — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:01:32 +0000

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

OHnewsroom — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:09 +0000

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

OHnewsroom — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:58:34 +0000

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

OHnewsroom — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:56:35 +0000

Political reporter referring to a forum: “It was a heaping helping of cluster with a bit of sideshow.”

#9291

OHnewsroom — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:56:03 +0000

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

OHnewsroom — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:14:20 +0000

Departing intern about her replacement interns: “They’re new, they’re shiny, they smell like new cars.”

#9289

OHnewsroom — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:55:02 +0000

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

OHnewsroom — Wed, 16 May 2012 06:56:05 +0000

Managing Editor: “I think I’d like it if I understood it, but I don’t have time to understand it.”

#9287

OHnewsroom — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:55:29 +0000

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

OHnewsroom — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:54:45 +0000

Reporter to editor: “Did you take masturbation out of the headline? It was going to get so many hits!”