When reached for comment, the editor of the Happy Candy Bear Island Times told us to fuck off.
Jesse LansnerFrom the Fake AP Stylebook (which gives better writing advice than the real one):
Go ahead and use "shit" in your articles. Anyone really still offended by it can go back to Happy Candy Bear Island.
Comments
Ohhhhhhh shit! Thanks for the new source of mirth! (New to me anyway.)
Posted by: J.D. | December 15, 2009 12:42 PM
I will make sure to forward this to my Pulitzer Prize-winning brother, currently covering the ever-exciting Copenhagen Climate conference for the Associated Press. Go, Polar Bears!!
Posted by: Tim H | December 16, 2009 10:45 AM