Writers and Editors

Proofreader, warily: Your “Cat Peed on my Banjo” song sounds suspiciously like “Dueling Banjos”!

Washington, DC

Reporter #1: So, I was interviewing her about what she was going to do next, and she said she hoped she’d just get, you know, a Joe Blow job.
Reporter #2: You’re not going to put that in the story, are you?
Reporter #3: Where can I find this Joe?

149 Penn Avenue
Scranton, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: I just work here

Copywriter (after watching a 1980s video on YouTube): YouTube is my fountain of youth.
Graphic designer: Young boys are mine.

Sex Toy Factory
Las Vegas, Nevada

Overheard by: Looks like Diva

Receptionist, as editor walks in: How did [aspiring author] sound on the phone?
Editor: I dunno, what do you mean?
Receptionist: Well, I sent him information about how to publish his book, and he told me that his family was trying to kill him.

Lawrence, Massachusetts

Sock Puppets, in Particular

Middle-aged copywriter to young techno weenie: PowerPoint is nice, but don’t ever underestimate the power of puppets.

West Lexington Street
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Here4theLaughs

IT intern: Hey, I read your article. I liked it.
Reporter: Um… Which one?
IT intern: Ummm, I don’t know. I was in the bathroom.

101 North 2nd Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Andréa Cecil

Editor, about to show tv show to office before lay-off: Okay, are you ready?
Production assistant: Yeah, what am I looking for again?
Editor: Um, Pastease… Ass cracks and nipples.

Chappaqua, New York

Editor: Doesn’t seem like three years since those nuns went to prison.

501 North Calvert Street
Baltimore, Maryland

Senior editor to junior editor: Sure, he's a great writer. But he drinks his own pee.

Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canadia

Editor: His name is Kobe.
Office manager: Kobe? Is he white?
Editor: Yes.
Office manager: Pure white?

Delray Beach, Florida

Overheard by: Lois Lane