Story Sleuth Gifts

Editor says to journalist: 'I'm looking for a reporter who is imaginative. I did just say 'investigative', didn't I?'

Reporter at a crime scene.

Reporter #2: plant.

'Him? -- oh, he's a crusading editor.'

''Rumplestiltskin' sounds like an ALIAS to me!'

Conflicting Reports

"They're called this because historically they had news in them."

It soon became apparent that the vicar was an undercover journalist.

$1: Family Secrets

"Excuse me, Professor. I think I might have spotted a flaw in your theory!"

'Sue didn't watch soap operas all the time. She also reads books'

Roentgen tries to figure out what he's discovered.

"I need to self isolate. . . but I thought I'd better come in and see you first!"

'The dog ate my homework -- I thought maybe you could X-ray him.'

"Well did he?"

"Perkins! What have you gone and done now...??"

"Essentially Wilkins proves things and Brenner disproves them."

Medical Library - Large books with really revolting photographs

'The police is looking for a teenager who reads books... I bet they'll never solve this case!'

'I've forgotten the author and title - do you read minds?'

"According to stomach content analysis he'll be dead in half an hour."

Newton's Law and Order.

GM Crops Genie.

"Grammar-police, sir, we have some questions about your online posts and the inappropriate use of apostrophes."

Covidiom: The Pen is Mightier than the Sword.

Undercover Biophysicists

'Looks like the victim was trying to tell us something,'

'Hey, it's that peeping Tom again, the one who has no respect for privacy.'

Galileo describes his discoveries to the church (and gets hit over the head by the bishop/pope with the telescope that he made the discoveries with).

"Now here's my co-anchor, Nancy, with a conflicting account of that very same story."

"You call yourselves a demographic?"

The Animal Researcher Reports...'I've been watching this herd of cattle for seven years, and to be frank, I haven't seen them do anything yet!'

'She didn't notice it was a wolf and not her grandma?? Had grandma never heard of electrolysis??'

Schrodingers cat at the vets

'How come the rabbit didn't have good luck with the foot?'