Dive into the archives.
- #3470
Editor to Paginator toning photos: “She’s a little bright in the face, but she’ll reproduce okay.”
- #3468
Production Manager over the intercom: “Attention everyone … The server gods have shined upon us once again. We’re back up and running.”
- #3462
Web Editor using AIM: “Whoever just flashed me, can you do it again?”
- #3459
Scanner: “86-year-old female having general pain and discomfort.”
Editor: “She’s 86. Aren’t you supposed to?”
- #3455
College newspaper Web guy: “Silly journalists, technology is for nerds.”
- #3437
Scanner: “Party having chest pains at the Burger King.”
Assignment Editor: “Sounds like they need to change their diet.”
- #3434
Investigative Reporter playing with Copy Editor’s iPhone: “You have a Bell cowbell app — funny that their brand name also describes the item itself!”
Copy Editor: “Such attention to detail. I’m so relieved you do our investigative work.”
- #3432
Copy Messenger explaining crappy old printers to new Copy Messenger: “Paper jams are like snowflakes –- there’s no two alike.”
- #3427
Editor: “When you call extension 666, it should say: (makes voice deep and gravelly) ‘Hello, I’m not in right now.’”
- #3422
News Editor: “I don’t know about the claim this organization is making. Do we even know who they are?”
Reporter: “But they’ve got business cards! You don’t just get those anywhere.”
- #3415
“I’m like a homeless person — warming up next to the Xerox machine.”
- #3412
Reporter #1, about why the computer is so slow: “It’s overworked and underpaid.”
Reporter #2: “Just like us!”
- #3411
Photographer: “You ready for a double vosot?”
Reporter: “I’m ready for a double vodka.”
- #3405
“We just got the press going and those assholes want to replate!”
- #3402
Sports Reporter: “They blocked Facebook on my computer?!?! I’m just going to start charging them for the work I do at home!”
