Where have all the editors gone?

Some stories are so loaded with C.R.A.P. that one has to wonder whether anyone is actually looking at this stuff before it’s printed.

Where have all the flowers gone?

Long time passing

Where have all the flowers gone?

Long time ago

Where have all the flowers gone?

Girls have picked them every one

When will they ever learn?

When will they eeeever learn?

Well, the other day, I was drinking some champagne and going through employee publications, looking for C.R.A.P., when I wrote my own words to that little tune. I call it, “Where Have All the Editors Gone?” and it goes a little something like this:

Where have all the editors gone?

This copy really sucks

Where have all the editors gone?

This can’t be happening

Where have all the editors gone?

Is nobody paying attention?

When will they ever learn?

When will they eeeever learn?

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