# Who's this guy called 'Ed' who edits all the magazines??

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 15, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-this-guy-called-ed-who-edits-all-the-magazines/481450 "2009-01-15T17:27:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![InappropriateHumor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@InappropriateHumor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InappropriateHumor)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-this-guy-called-ed-who-edits-all-the-magazines/481450/21 "2009-01-16T17:22:38Z")

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I still think that “NO STANDING FROM HERE TO CORNER” is an unreasonably rigid rule.

I didn’t know what the hell they meant by that until an embarrassing age.

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**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-this-guy-called-ed-who-edits-all-the-magazines/481450/22 "2009-01-16T17:24:27Z")

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> [@Redfrost](#):
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> I’ve always felt sorry for those poor slow children. I mean, who wants it advertised that they are slow? More importantly, I dread ever meeting any of those Watch Children. Watch dogs are bad enough but Watch Children…what kind of sicko raises those kinds of kids? 😃

Bob Hoskins.

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**Author:** ![beanpod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9adbd/32.png) [@beanpod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beanpod)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-this-guy-called-ed-who-edits-all-the-magazines/481450/23 "2009-01-16T17:47:12Z")

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**Lobsang** , I had the exact same misunderstanding. I was a _freshman in college_ before I realized my mistake. :o

(This is the first time I’ve admitted it, too. It’s good to know I wasn’t alone.)

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