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longwords	Post subject: Winnowing the field with movie quotes Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:37 pm
Joined: Fri May 06, 2005 8:31 pm Posts: 552 Location: Pennsylvania	From journalismjobs.com: Quote: To succeed in this position, you must be an energetic, deadline driven journalist who thrives on the challenges of a fast-paced environment. The copy editor will be responsible for correcting errors in grammar, spelling, usage and style and triple checking the details and facts for local (and possibly some national) content in our magazines. In addition, you will be in charge of building and supervising a small copy editing team. ... Please send the following items to Kristy Esch, Senior Editor, 1030 E. Washington St., Indianapolis, IN 46202 or e-mail kristye@angieslist.com: (No phone calls, please.) • Cover letter and resume • Salary history • At least three writing and editing samples • Your favorite quote from a movie Please note that resumes not containing a salary history will not be considered. For more information about Angie’s List, please visit www.angieslist.com.
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Redaktor	Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:02 pm
Joined: Tue Nov 21, 2006 1:22 pm Posts: 377 Location: Up North and unaffiliated	The horror. The horror.
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Rio	Post subject: Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 2:43 am
Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 887 Location: U.S.A.	Show me the money.
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Editer	Post subject: Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:24 am
Joined: Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:33 pm Posts: 1225 Location: Texas	We're going to cut out their living guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks.
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subtle_body	Post subject: Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:45 am
Joined: Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:01 am Posts: 178 Location: DC	I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it.
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jjmoney62	Post subject: Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:36 am
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 3135 Location: Albuquerque, N.M. USA	"it doesn't really matter. I uh, I don't like my job, and, uh, I don't think I'm gonna go anymore."
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cobra_kai	Post subject: Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:04 pm
Joined: Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:20 pm Posts: 431 Location: Far removed from a former career	I guess being a "Full Metal Jacket" fan automatically disqualifies me from the running on the grounds of obscenity.
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 2:42 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	"Go on. Get out of my sight."
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Wabberjocky	Post subject: Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 2:51 pm
Joined: Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:47 pm Posts: 1734 Location: Washington	"I don't want to meet someone who shares my interests. I hate my interests."
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vtuss	Post subject: Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:33 pm
Joined: Tue Apr 16, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 476 Location: Twin Cities	"I see dead people!"
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dmfugitive	Post subject: Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:25 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 14, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 257 Location: back in D.M., funny enough	The good news is: You're fired. The bad news is: All of you've got just one week to regain your jobs, starting with tonight.
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onceahack	Post subject: Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:31 pm
Joined: Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:39 pm Posts: 731 Location: Central Texas	"A duck."
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doodahhed	Post subject: Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:36 pm
Joined: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:05 pm Posts: 34 Location: between two other grumpy editors	Second Office Space quote: "OK ... I'm going to set the building on fire."
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ndugan1	Post subject: Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:49 pm
Joined: Thu Jul 15, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 968 Location: Champaign, Ill.	"Yeah, well, the Dude abides."
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Edit2Eat	Post subject: Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:15 pm
Joined: Fri Jun 24, 2005 1:17 pm Posts: 59 Location: Not Eastern, Central or Pacific	"Keep the chicken story. It's human interest."
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B Cubbison	Post subject: Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:43 pm
Joined: Thu Sep 19, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 175 Location: Syracuse	"What's the matter with Phil? It looks like he sat on something sharp."
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Bumfketeer	Post subject: Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:25 pm
Joined: Fri Nov 15, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 3557 Location: Cusp of retirement, grave or both	"Those aren't pillows!"
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:27 am
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore.
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EricEdits	Post subject: Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:38 pm
Joined: Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:41 pm Posts: 6	You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
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trimtofit	Post subject: Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:26 pm
Joined: Sat Jan 28, 2006 10:46 pm Posts: 583 Location: University of Kentucky	"That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!"
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jjmoney62	Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:37 am
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 3135 Location: Albuquerque, N.M. USA	Nobody shoves dirty money in my mouth.
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Editer	Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:53 am
Joined: Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:33 pm Posts: 1225 Location: Texas	Sorry, I smoked weed with the president and I totally forgot what I was going to say.
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lfelaco	Post subject: Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:32 pm
Joined: Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:48 am Posts: 523 Location: Charlestown, RI	As the kids say, WTF? Amusing as all these movie quotes have been, how on earth does it help anyone screen job applicants? "Ooh, this person picked a quote from my favorite movie, let me interview her/him."
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onceahack	Post subject: Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:27 pm
Joined: Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:39 pm Posts: 731 Location: Central Texas	As long as we're being serious, I've gotta wonder how their HR department didn't nix the notion, as it could be considered a thinly veiled effort to screen candidates by age.
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"This is like group therapy with prisoners in the Poynter Institute's dungeon." ... "You take a vocation that the simple-minded consider to be mere drudgery, and you exploit every bit of fascinating and humorous nuance imaginable." ... "Delicious" ... "Ask your professors? The only professors whose opinions matter are named Walsh, Blanchard and McIntyre." ... "What I come here for, I can find ONLY here. Phillip, you've built a great place." ... "Nothing gets us hotter than reading bitchy discussion threads from over-exhausted copy editors endlessly debating the merits of "theater" versus "theatre." ... "I love this site. It's better than the Kool-Aid acid tests." ..."I'm awed at the efficiency with which matters of opinion get hashed out in this forum." ... "Phil is the bomb!" ... "I'd wager that it's exactly your sort of hidebound thinking that contributes to the problems newspapers are having attracting readers." ... "I'm totally obsessed with this site. It's like porn--if you get off on Scrabble." ... "It reveals the backstage carping and vindictive emotions that roil the souls of those trapped at the copy desks." "When they say "testy," they certainly mean it. Whether it's reporters, editors, or the general public, no one is above their savage snark." ... "An apparent crack in the thin grey line." ..."Testy Copy Editors is a bitchboard for journalism's underclass." ... "My desire to read 'Testy Copy Editors' is only rivalled by my desire to pop "Constipated Call Girls" in the DVD player." ... "Phillip Blanchard is not just a testy copy editor, but a prophet scorned in his own time, and those of us who defend wordplay will be punished for it come the Judgment Day." ... "Phil Blanchard is as dashing in person as he is at the TCE board." ... "As far as writing and editing go: Read this board, read Bill Walsh, memorize the style book, read William Zinsser, and read the New York Times. That's a good start." ... "You should let go of your bitterness. You were not the oppressed talent you thought yourself to be. You were a miserable, brooding, silent, joyless grind, lucky to have a job at the Sun-Times, and we're lucky now that you've moved on to afflict others."

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