Totally lost it

March 17, 2003 7:18 AM

'LOOK I'M SORRY THIS ISN'T EXACTLY THE SORT OF QUALITY EDITORIAL COPY YOU EXPECT FROM THE GUARDIAN BUT LOOK AT THE FACTS I'M ADRIFT IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE OF THE WORST CITIES IN THE WORLD SITTING IN FRONT OF THE SAME COMPUTER SCREEN I FACE DAY AFTER INTERMINABLE DAY HELL I COULD BE WAKING UP IN SAY THE MALDIVES OR SYDNEY OR COPENHAGEN OR A CROFTER'S COTTAGE IN SKYE AND GOING FOR A WALK IN THE CRISP MORNING AIR?'
A guardian online cricket reporter loses the plot...
posted by i_cola (9 comments total)

double post.
posted by xmutex at 7:22 AM on March 17, 2003

Plus, you omitted the BEST PART -

"...I'LL BE VERY SURPRISED IF ANY OF MY BOSSES WILL READ ANY OF THIS LET'S BE HONEST THEY WON'T ALTHOUGH ON THE OTHER HAND THAT'S PROBABLY JUST AS WELL HEY I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH TYPING THINGS LIKE THIS KIqL!UYS^%$DFLI ZSDSAFC SFE4O92 )(^(*^o"$ bBLKU E875O3 96*&^%o*"$ogb "
posted by troutfishing at 7:25 AM on March 17, 2003

Blegh.
KILL.
THIS.
POST.
PLEASE.
posted by i_cola at 7:27 AM on March 17, 2003

what the hell?

Double post or not, this is by far the best news post ever. Right?
posted by angry modem at 7:41 AM on March 17, 2003

angry modem: no, not really. See, I found this posting funny when I first read it on Friday. Then I realised that last Friday was Comic Relief day in the UK, and the Guardian had a number of 'comic' items posted on that day, and I believe this to be just another of them. Oh, and it's been posted and deleted on here already.
posted by metaxa at 7:47 AM on March 17, 2003

not if it is a double post.

simple.fact.
posted by Frasermoo at 7:47 AM on March 17, 2003

So this is a double post then?
posted by i_cola at 7:57 AM on March 17, 2003

I say we grow a few grey hairs over it.
posted by Satapher at 8:05 AM on March 17, 2003

In any case, kee-rist, what awful formatting.

Omit needless words!
posted by gottabefunky at 8:08 AM on March 17, 2003