This Is A Fairly Good Example Of What We Do All Day
Posted by Jess McGuire at 2:48 PM on September 3, 2008
An excerpt from a Gmail chat between Your Editor and Clem "CLAM BESTOF" Bastow just then.
Clem: I'm still LOL'ing at the "online blog"
Clem: What are some other alternatives - I wrote in my diary the other day, it's what the kids are calling a "paper blog"
Jess: Hahaha
Jess: I was telling a story the other day at the pub
Jess: You know, posting on my verbal blog
Clem: Hold on Jess, I might ring you - we need to update our telephony blog
Jess: My mother's on life support
Jess: or as i like to call it
Jess: her breathing blog
We'll go write some real stories now.
PS: We really shouldn't take the piss, you know. This version of the story disappointingly cuts out all mention of an online blog called defamer.com.au!


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