Imagine the conversation
Our old pal* Strayhorn imagines the conversation for us:Old editor: Get me some artwork on strokes
Young copydesker: No problem!
No more need be said.
* By which I mean there was still a shah in Iran back when we started trading shifts on the wire desk.
posted by fev at 11:20 PM
3 Comments:
Emil anonymously said, "Gotta admit it took me a beat to get it. Kinda like the time a few weeks ago when I told the high school kids that they needed to id the 'Joe Jonas' guy in a photo cutline. They looked at me like I was speaking Greek. Guess I was."
What's a shah? And what kinda wire did you use to make that desk?
Gesundheit!
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