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He said "box."

Huh-huh. Huh-huh.

 

Who was working the desk here last night?

 

I was just going to mention that - unless Moddy's done that more than once, I was the desker that got the info. Thanks SJ!

 

TWICE as funny because it came from shottie!

 

Or on a thong.

 

That's why you text message your colleague, like Petrie and I used to do.

 

Actually it was one of my writers, with me on the desk. He's done it twice — it was his original idea. Worked like a charm.

Glad to be of service. (And word to the wise: don't try to file via e-mail from Forney, Texas.)

 

And don't forget those /p's, kids, so your trusty desk can run a quick global search to make paragraphs!

 

I used to do that a couple years ago. In a relatively quiet, small newsroom, people would just hear the guy behind me cracking up. Then I'd turn around and tell him to shut up: "People are trying to work, douche bag."

 

That reminds me of the old days of 1990 or so, when you could log somebody out of our old system if you had his password.

We did this regularly over a six-month period to a colleague, who unfailingly would call up the techies and rant, "It's still doing the same thing! It keeps logging me out!!"

 

I'll bet that poor dude's huddled away in a padded room, saying over and over, "It's still doing the same thing. ..."

How do you sleep at night, Shot?