Editorial Insiders Pillows

Lesser known greek gods,

Molecular Biology and Cosmology buildings

"Damn - another letter to the editor."

"Your hunch was right, Officer Garcia. We'll need a good editor to clean up this manuscript and bring his unfinished novel to a satisfying conclusion."

Gay Times...

"It's about sex and revenge, except for a short chapter on the Continental Congress."

'Sorry, Marx, but your writing ability doesn't meet our needs.'

"I was ironing the curtains and fell out of the window..!"

"These few weeks off school have convinced me that I'm definitely a stay-at-home kid."

'I like the part of your resume where you didn't ask for a raise for 10 years.'

"As you can see from the books behind me, I pretend to read a lot of books."

Man on left - 'What do you call a public servant who spends half their time doing private work?' Man on right - 'An MP?'

NeighWoof.

"I'll have my article pulled together in no time."

Editor. Short. Sweet.

Fiscal cliff

"I feel that what would really give your next album a major boost would be some kind of well-publicized personal problem."

"Will you two stop giggling every time I say 'assets'?"

'See, I told you - nobody's job is safe!'

'The Parkinson would be good PR, but should I wear the hair shirt or the sackcloth and ashes?'

"I got another callback. My agent says it's between me and the guy who's going to get it."

How very Independent!

"You tend to overuse the exclamation point."

'You're going to stitch me up in this interview aren't you?'

'I stopped paying attention to polls since a poll showed voters prefer someone who ignores the polls.'

"That's not how I had hoped they would promote my novel."

'I'm afraid we only publish A list celebrity cookbooks.'

"Dumb it down or sex it up."

"Republican striptease"

Man about executive: 'Success went to his head. There was plenty of room there.'

'I'm not interested in what the paper is about, Dr Jones, I just want you to put me on the authors' list...'

'Meet the Author!'

"Don't peddle your new book until the seminar's over."

NBS NEWS, 'Take this editoria, Miss Whimby, and disguise it as a news story.'

NBS NEWS DIVISION, 'You've written a nice editorial on Sarah Palin here, but change 'said' to 'spewed,' and 'speech' to 'vitriol.''