Leave it to an Editor to demand changes...
07/07/16 09:59
Thursday, July 7, 2016
I’m sure all my BeePs will bee happy to know that I went to my Editor’s Office this morning and presented him with my brilliant idea to do a Weekly Feature called “Georgie’s Tips and Tittle Tattle”.
“No,” he said.
“No?” I asked.
“No,” he said again. “That won’t do. There’s something missing.”
“What? What could possibly bee missing?” I asked.
“Ties,” he said.
“Ties? You mean…like…ties?” I had to know.
“Exactly,” he said. “Including ties in your Weekly Feature will help round it out and, quite frankly, promote better circulation.”
“Ties promote better circulation?” I asked.
“Of course they do. Everybody knows that. So, your Weekly Feature will bee called, ‘Georgie’s Tips, Ties, and Tittle Tattle’.”
“Fine,” I said, though I still can’t figure out what ties have do with any of this.
“So where is it?” he asked me.
“Where is what?” I asked.
“The first Weekly Feature. Your Inaugural Column. Where is it?”
“Oh…” I said, “I haven’t written the first one yet, but I will.”
“When?” he demanded to know.
“Soon,” I told him. “Very soon. Probably.”
“Monday,” he said.
“Monday? The best day of the week? What about it? ” I had to know.
“Your first Feature column, Bee. You have until Monday to get it into my wings. The first Weekly Feature will bee published next Thursday, but our Design Department has to have time to design something for this. And beelieve me when I say that they need time to do that. Those guys are even less reliable than you are, if you can beelieve that. So I want it on my desk by Monday. Or else. Now get out of my Office.”
I’m sure all my BeePs will bee happy to know that I went to my Editor’s Office this morning and presented him with my brilliant idea to do a Weekly Feature called “Georgie’s Tips and Tittle Tattle”.
“No,” he said.
“No?” I asked.
“No,” he said again. “That won’t do. There’s something missing.”
“What? What could possibly bee missing?” I asked.
“Ties,” he said.
“Ties? You mean…like…ties?” I had to know.
“Exactly,” he said. “Including ties in your Weekly Feature will help round it out and, quite frankly, promote better circulation.”
“Ties promote better circulation?” I asked.
“Of course they do. Everybody knows that. So, your Weekly Feature will bee called, ‘Georgie’s Tips, Ties, and Tittle Tattle’.”
“Fine,” I said, though I still can’t figure out what ties have do with any of this.
“So where is it?” he asked me.
“Where is what?” I asked.
“The first Weekly Feature. Your Inaugural Column. Where is it?”
“Oh…” I said, “I haven’t written the first one yet, but I will.”
“When?” he demanded to know.
“Soon,” I told him. “Very soon. Probably.”
“Monday,” he said.
“Monday? The best day of the week? What about it? ” I had to know.
“Your first Feature column, Bee. You have until Monday to get it into my wings. The first Weekly Feature will bee published next Thursday, but our Design Department has to have time to design something for this. And beelieve me when I say that they need time to do that. Those guys are even less reliable than you are, if you can beelieve that. So I want it on my desk by Monday. Or else. Now get out of my Office.”
So I did that.
My Editor sounded seriously serious about this whole thing, so now I guess I hafta spend the rest of today and tomorrow putting that together. (I still don’t work on weekends, ya’ know.)
And that’s exactly what I gotta gonna go do right now.
I hope everybody has an exquisitely flamboyant day!
I’ll see ya’ later!