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Speaking of Holding Onto Your Hat, Star-Telegram

Posted on July 1st, 2008 1:09pm by Eric Celeste
Filed under Local News

Shares of the company that owns (among other papers) the Star-T dropped 12 percent in trading this morning as the company’s stock was downgraded (for the third time in recent weeks) to “sell.” Next up (or down), the even less-appealing status of “sell right the eff now.”

Some of the folks on that express train to red ink have already de-boarded, though. Thus, the picture sent in by some of the remaining Star-T passengers. Godspeed, ya’ll.

22 Comments to “Speaking of Holding Onto Your Hat, Star-Telegram”

More Copy Editors Using GHB? @ July 1st, 2008 at 1:26 pm

Uh, pubic none the wiser? Sounds like it’s going to be fun reading these publications in the future with no one on board who can proof.
Bethany @ July 1st, 2008 at 1:30 pm

Pookie pants, that was a joke.
Duh @ July 1st, 2008 at 1:36 pm

All your intelligence belong to me
bc @ July 1st, 2008 at 1:45 pm

All your intelligence are belong to us?
Duh @ July 1st, 2008 at 1:49 pm

Sorry about that post. My version of Adobe Copy Editor Pro 2008 stopped working.
Tom @ July 1st, 2008 at 2:02 pm

Excellent use of the semicolon: http://www.dallasnews.com/shar.....629a7.html
More Copy Editors Using GHB? @ July 1st, 2008 at 2:03 pm

Yes, I know it was a joke, and I was making a joke as well, though in retrospect, not a funny one, as it was probably harmful and disrespectful at that to compare copy editors from the Star-T with those from BeLow.
Randy Brown @ July 1st, 2008 at 2:43 pm

What’s the joke? I don’t get it.
More Copy Editors Using GHB? @ July 1st, 2008 at 3:09 pm

Rule number one about a joke; never explain it.
Danno @ July 1st, 2008 at 3:12 pm

explain what?
Woodrow Wildcat @ July 1st, 2008 at 3:13 pm

Who said the semicolon is extinct?
Trey Garrison @ July 1st, 2008 at 3:17 pm

Semicolon is pretty common after 50 or 60, from what I hear.
Robb @ July 1st, 2008 at 3:44 pm

Funny Trey. Very. Funny.
Drew @ July 1st, 2008 at 3:52 pm

Pubic + cake = do not eat
Dallas Denizen @ July 1st, 2008 at 4:00 pm

Hey that’s the way they do things in Fort Worthless.
houston @ July 1st, 2008 at 4:21 pm

obviously bought the cheaper model cake without spell check. . .
CopyCat @ July 1st, 2008 at 4:27 pm

Copy chiefs that edit good are worth there wait in goaled.
Bethany @ July 1st, 2008 at 4:29 pm

You our so write.
buck @ July 1st, 2008 at 8:44 pm

You know the difference in God and a copy editor?

God doesn’t think He’s a copy editor.
buck @ July 1st, 2008 at 8:48 pm

And you heard about the reporter and the copy editor who were lost in the desert?

They walked forever and finally saw an oasis. The reporter raced up and started drinking. Then he saw the copy editor urinating into the water.

The reporter said, “What are you doing?!”

The copy editor said, “I’m making it better!”
LM @ July 1st, 2008 at 9:58 pm

You spelled y’all as “ya’ll.” Did you do that on purpose?
Roman @ July 3rd, 2008 at 5:48 pm

That is the whole point of the print media dying. Some how we “the public” have to be preached my “COPY EDITORS” what is wise in news. Shove-it! I read what I want, ******-bags. I hate their arrogance!