# Put the joke DOWN. Step AWAY from the joke. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 25, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-joke-down-step-away-from-the-joke/184337 "2003-06-25T18:28:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-joke-down-step-away-from-the-joke/184337/21 "2003-06-26T00:38:17Z")
Ain’t _that_ the truth, though . . . **DMark** ,I did do a really funny, nasty Table of Contents parody–but I was smart enough just to show it to my coworkers, not my bosses! **BuckleberryFerry** , “I got my job through _The New York Times_.” Really, answered an ad! But I have 20 years of editing and writing experience on my resume, so “copy chief” was actually a huge step down for me, and I’m too old to climb back up that ladder again . . . When I die, you can have my job. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-joke-down-step-away-from-the-joke/184337/22 "2003-06-26T00:59:11Z")
Told you before, Eve. We get the venture capital we can do a magazine together. You put it together and I’ll make money with it. How 'bout it? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-joke-down-step-away-from-the-joke/184337/23 "2003-06-26T01:18:54Z")
Hmmm . . . Maybe _Legible Dreck_ will make our fortune after all! ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-joke-down-step-away-from-the-joke/184337/24 "2003-06-26T01:37:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*Told you before, Eve. We get the venture capital we can do a magazine together. You put it together and I’ll make money with it. > > How 'bout it? \*\* You will be in need of a writer/rewrite man/researcher/secretary/general factotum, right? Sheesh, for the opportunity to work with **Jonathan Chance** and **Eve** , I’d pay … if I had any money, that is! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-joke-down-step-away-from-the-joke/184337/25 "2003-06-26T01:57:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Polycarp \* > \*\*Sheesh, for the opportunity to work with **Jonathan Chance** and **Eve** , I’d pay … if I had any money, that is! 🙂 \*\* I’ve bought this up before when we last spoke of putting a mag together (Spy Magazine thread?)… Dibs on the office next to **Eve’s**! _Legible Dreck_ works for me, I’ll get started on a logo. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-joke-down-step-away-from-the-joke/184337/26 "2003-06-26T04:02:16Z")
Need a French-to-English translator? _Je suis tellement là._ ---
**Author:** ![IcicleFuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ba8739/32.png) [@IcicleFuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IcicleFuzz)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-joke-down-step-away-from-the-joke/184337/27 "2003-06-26T04:22:24Z")
Hey, I need a job. I can be the coffee bitch. White with one sugar? Yes ma’am. ---
**Author:** ![BadBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@BadBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BadBaby)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-joke-down-step-away-from-the-joke/184337/28 "2003-06-26T04:34:50Z")
Me! Me! I wanna do the photography on your new magazine. I promise I will only work with models who appear to have eaten sometime within the last decade. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-joke-down-step-away-from-the-joke/184337/29 "2003-06-26T04:35:10Z")
> [@](#): > > Hmm…maybe Legible Dreck will work after all… Woman, you better give me props for the title!!😛 ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-joke-down-step-away-from-the-joke/184337/30 "2003-06-26T04:36:50Z")
wow, did I screw THAT quote up! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-joke-down-step-away-from-the-joke/184337/31 "2003-06-26T12:17:04Z")
_Bad_ coffee bitch! I said “black with cancer dust!!” ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-joke-down-step-away-from-the-joke/184337/32 "2003-06-26T12:37:15Z")
Look what we started, Eve? We’ve got talent here! Though if we want to use Matt’s talent we’ll need something that has crossover appeal to the French audience. Ideas? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-joke-down-step-away-from-the-joke/184337.md?page=1)