Editors..!

Spent an enjoyable evening a couple of days ago with an editor friend of mine at the local press club and whilst relaxing on one of those old fashioned cane chairs, I looked around and realized many of those around me, unwinding like my friend and I, were editors of different publications. I decided then and there as I observed these eminent gentlemen that I should do a piece on them, and today some lighthearted banter at these amazing group of men and women whose thoughts shape and make the world; at least that's what they like to believe!
If an editor makes a mistake he has to apologize for it, but if a doctor makes a mistake, he buries it. If an editor makes one there's a lawsuit, a lot of swearing and the smell of sulphur, but if a doctor makes one there is a funeral, cut flowers and the smell of varnish!
A doctor can use a word a mile long without knowing what it means, but if an editor uses it he has to spell it. Any old college can make a doctor, but you can't make an editor, he has to be born!
And there is a great responsibility placed on most editors as this little tale shows: A newspaper editor said to his housewife one day, "I think we'll have a good potato crop this year!"
"No such thing," asserted the housekeeper, "I think the crop will be poor."
Ignoring the remark the editor proceeded to his office and inserted in the evening paper his estimate and opinion of the crop situation.
That night when he returned home, he found his housekeeper waiting up for him with a sheepish grin on her face and a copy of the paper in her hand.
"I was wrong," she said apologetically, "it says here in the paper that the crop will be excellent, this autumn!"
Lets not forget that when we die and go hopefully to heaven, there will be no need for a doctor for it is believed we will enjoy perfect health, nor will we need the opinions of a lawyer for in heaven there will be no disputes to settle.
There will be no business in heaven, so the services of a businessman also won't be needed, but the editor, ah the editor will be a very important person there, for in heaven as in earth, we will all want to read every day what the other fellow is up to!"
But there are times when these revered men of letters who'd like to have the last word in most matters of opinion are beaten to it:
An editor turned to the new rookie journalist and told her, "Miss Jones you must be careful about your stories; accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to you a woman!"
"Maybe so chief," said the young girl with a cheeky grin, "but a newspaper can print a retraction..!" I end with the words of the famous essayist Joseph Addison who described editors as men and women  who 'ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm..!"
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Editors..!

Spent an enjoyable evening a couple of days ago with an editor friend of mine at the local press club and whilst relaxing on one of those old fashioned cane chairs, I looked around and realized many of those around me, unwinding like my friend and I, were editors of different publications. I decided then and there as I observed these eminent gentlemen that I should do a piece on them, and today some lighthearted banter at these amazing group of men and women whose thoughts shape and make the world; at least thats what they like to believe! If an editor makes a mistake he has to apologize for it, but if a doctor makes a mistake, he buries it. If an editor makes one theres a lawsuit, a lot of swearing and the smell of sulphur, but if a doctor makes one there is a funeral, cut flowers and the smell of varnish! A doctor can use a word a mile long without knowing what it means, but if an editor uses it he has to spell it. Any old college can make a doctor, but you cant make an editor, he has to be born! And there is a great responsibility placed on most editors as this little tale shows: A newspaper editor said to his housewife one day, I think well have a good potato crop this year! No such thing, asserted the housekeeper, I think the crop will be poor. Ignoring the remark the editor proceeded to his office and inserted in the evening paper his estimate and opinion of the crop situation. That night when he returned home, he found his housekeeper waiting up for him with a sheepish grin on her face and a copy of the paper in her hand. I was wrong, she said apologetically, it says here in the paper that the crop will be excellent, this autumn! Lets not forget that when we die and go hopefully to heaven, there will be no need for a doctor for it is believed we will enjoy perfect health, nor will we need the opinions of a lawyer for in heaven there will be no disputes to settle. There will be no business in heaven, so the services of a businessman also wont be needed, but the editor, ah the editor will be a very important person there, for in heaven as in earth, we will all want to read every day what the other fellow is up to! But there are times when these revered men of letters whod like to have the last word in most matters of opinion are beaten to it: An editor turned to the new rookie journalist and told her, Miss Jones you must be careful about your stories; accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to you a woman! Maybe so chief, said the young girl with a cheeky grin, but a newspaper can print a retraction..! I end with the words of the famous essayist Joseph Addison who described editors as men and women who ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm..! [email protected]