{"id":6731,"date":"2014-03-04T08:42:26","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T13:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allandouglas.dougbittinger.com\/blog\/?p=6731"},"modified":"2025-04-21T01:56:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:56:40","slug":"humor-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pineymountainfoster.org\/thoughts\/humor-newspaper\/","title":{"rendered":"Humor in the Newspaper"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Newsboy,<\/a>Long ago I worked for two publishing companies that printed, among other things, newspapers. This was before the age of desktop publishing. A reporter would write an article, and proof read it. An editor would proof it again and edit it if needed, a typist would type it into a Trendsetter machine which turned the article into columnar print – she also proof read and corrected punctuation and grammar if needed. By the time print went to the paste-up department to be put into pages, the text had been proof read at least three times. Errors were rare.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Today: well, today is very entertaining at least. These days you have to appreciate humor anywhere you can find it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

While looking over the weekend edition of the local newspaper, Marie burst out laughing.\u00a0 She brought page 13A over to show me.\u00a0 There, all on one page, were the following headlines and display ads:<\/div>\n

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Re-elect Sheriff Armondo Fontes<\/h1>\n

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Former county executive Charles Lewis Moore announces for mayor<\/h1>\n

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Rob Mathis seeks second term as Cocke County Trustee<\/h1>\n

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(ready for this?)<\/div>\n

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Skunks, a sure sign of spring<\/h1>\n

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\"dogs<\/a>Please be aware that *I* am NOT associating any of these gentlemen with the odoriferous mammal referenced above, but one cannot help appreciate the humor of whoever pasted up that page (or whatever they do these days) of the newspaper.<\/p>\n

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Here are some more from around the country, this is just a small sampling:<\/p>\n
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\u2022 Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter<\/strong>
\n \u2022 Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says<\/strong>
\n \u2022 Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers<\/strong>
\n \u2022 Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over<\/strong>
\n \u2022 Miners Refuse to Work after Death<\/strong>
\n \u2022 Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant<\/strong>
\n \u2022 War Dims Hope for Peace<\/strong>
\n \u2022 If Strike Isn’t Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile<\/strong>
\n \u2022 Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures<\/strong>
\n \u2022 Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide<\/strong>
\n \u2022 Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges<\/strong>
\n \u2022 Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge<\/strong>
\n \u2022 New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group<\/strong>
\n \u2022 Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft<\/strong>
\n \u2022 Kids Make Nutritious Snacks<\/strong>
\n \u2022 Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half<\/strong>
\n \u2022 Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors<\/strong>
\n \u2022 Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead<\/strong><\/p>\n

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