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Re: Adventures in Newspaper Contest Land

ze fantastique, magnifique mon — Thu, 03 May 2007 13:38:53 -0000

Sweetheart, there's not a day that you're not missed. :D

"because since I work for the paper, I'll get a discount on my obituary."

....BUT WHAT DO YOU NEED DISCOUNTS FOR AFTER DEATH? T_T I mean, death insurance makes sense, but to get discounts on your obituary...! It's, like, having a sign on a restaurant that says "Dead folk eat half free lololol".

And what if you're not working for the Telegraph when you die, hmmm? Or what if they don't even EXIST anymore? What then? WHERE DID YOUR DISCOUNT GO?

"if I pull the wrong paper and those shelves fall on me, I'm toast."

Cleo can then put a mouse on you and make a Teresa mousewich. ^_^ And did you know there's a scene like that in The Simpsons? Principal Skinner went missing for a three days because he got caught under a bookshelf's worth of newspapers that he kept meaning to recyle.

Re: Adventures in Newspaper Contest Land

Teresa — Tue, 01 May 2007 08:12:59 -0000

I have to admit, it does make me feel cool to talk about my "secret contest morgue." :)

I think they started calling newspaper storage rooms "morgues" because that's where all the dead papers go (watch me be totally wrong on this one), but I think it's more accurate to call it a "morgue" because if I pull the wrong paper and those shelves fall on me, I'm toast.

But see, it's cool, because since I work for the paper, I'll get a discount on my obituary. :D

And thank you - it's nice to feel missed. :)

Re: Adventures in Newspaper Contest Land

isabel — Tue, 01 May 2007 06:19:26 -0000

We missed you & the blogging. But I guess if you want your paper to get recognition--!

"secret contest morgue"

That's about the best phrase I'll hear all week. :D