disclaimer
i actually am employed by a newspaper, but strictly in the sports department. as what you lot would call a sub editor. and in the colonies (canada, to be precise). so my interest in this is purely unprofessional.
(tuqueboy has been in a medically -induced coma since, Sat 20 Jun 2009, 17:50, archived)

most sub-editors I've dealt with can't sub for shit
are you the sub that runs a collection of desks, or the sub that fucks up everyone's copy with your retarded grasp for the flow of prose?
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sat 20 Jun 2009, 17:53, archived)

hahah
i'm the one that turns sub-literate drivel into something vaguely resembling english.
(tuqueboy has been in a medically -induced coma since, Sat 20 Jun 2009, 17:54, archived)

TOOT TOOT
I'M A SUBMARINE
(__, Sat 20 Jun 2009, 17:56, archived)

I can imagine you're rather overworked
if that's for a sports desk.

(in-house language consultant for That Big News Agency)
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sat 20 Jun 2009, 17:56, archived)

the one
starting with r but now owned by t? or the one starting with a and HQd in new york?
(tuqueboy has been in a medically -induced coma since, Sat 20 Jun 2009, 17:58, archived)

The first one
the manufacturers of the tool in your RIMming story.
And yes, that T is shafting the R something rotten.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sat 20 Jun 2009, 18:00, archived)

t are tight-fisted cunts
stories abound of managers not doling out new pencils until stubs of the old ones were turned in. truly fucking abysmal.
(tuqueboy has been in a medically -induced coma since, Sat 20 Jun 2009, 18:03, archived)

they've skipped that bit
and just planning to reduce the local office from 90 people to about 15.
( Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sat 20 Jun 2009, 18:04, archived)

and
i also save pretentious twats from themselves. especially the ones who fancy themselves a new dostoyevsky when they're writing a 6-inch story on a footballer who got a boil on his arse and will thus be out of a match.
(tuqueboy has been in a medically -induced coma since, Sat 20 Jun 2009, 17:57, archived)