So, the headline this time was: "Reporter sends a 60th birthday gift only (my) mother could love"
I guess you're making some progress with this guy to get your headlines printed? Not that this is perfect (unless your name is "Reporter" and you like to refer to yourself in the third person), but it's progress, huh?
Actually, I've now demanded input and (supposedly) veto power over any change to the personal columns.
My hed was "Reporter Sends a 60th Birthday Gift Only a Mother (Mine) Could Love)"
The idea was to have the standard third-person hed with the twist of the parenthetical at the end. Of course, I wasn't working Sunday and Monday and forgot to call in to check before it ran. And of course, someone changed it for no good reason, perhaps making it more grammatically correct but ruining the joke, which works only with the parentheses like I had it.
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So, the headline this time was:
"Reporter sends a 60th birthday gift only (my) mother could love"
I guess you're making some progress with this guy to get your headlines printed? Not that this is perfect (unless your name is "Reporter" and you like to refer to yourself in the third person), but it's progress, huh?
Anyway, have a good weekend, Reporter.
From,
Husband and father of 2
Actually, I've now demanded input and (supposedly) veto power over any change to the personal columns.
My hed was "Reporter Sends a 60th Birthday Gift Only a Mother (Mine) Could Love)"
The idea was to have the standard third-person hed with the twist of the parenthetical at the end. Of course, I wasn't working Sunday and Monday and forgot to call in to check before it ran. And of course, someone changed it for no good reason, perhaps making it more grammatically correct but ruining the joke, which works only with the parentheses like I had it.
Oh well. I guess this is progress.
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