About John McIntyre
John McIntyre, mild-mannered copy editor for a great metropolitan newspaper, has fussed over writers’ work at The Baltimore Sun since 1986. He is the director of its copy desk, an affiliate faculty member at Loyola College of Maryland, a former president of the American Copy Editors Society, a native of Kentucky, a graduate of Michigan State and Syracuse, and a moderate prescriptivist. If you are inspired by a spirit of contradiction, comment on his posts or write to him at john.mcintyre@baltsun.com.
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Ha! Sounds like some of my friends.
Posted by: Brian White | December 11, 2008 10:59 AM
Good one, JM.
Posted by: PCB Rob | December 11, 2008 12:54 PM
Take your daughter...please.
You are humorous, Prof. McIntyre, which is much better than funny.
This should be a recurring You Don't Say feature, on a regular schedule, so we all have something to look forward to each week.
Posted by: Bucky | December 11, 2008 1:15 PM
Well done. I'd always heard it as drinking to his brothers' and his health, with the punchline being that the main brother was feeling under the weather.
I think I like your variant better.
Posted by: Andy | December 11, 2008 4:17 PM
I wasn't all that impressed with the telling of this joke, I'm afraid. But the "public service" bit at the end made it fantastic!
Posted by: Rob Kennedy | December 12, 2008 12:25 AM
A wonderful start for a dreary morning. And don't call me Shirley.
Posted by: Retired in Elkridge | December 12, 2008 9:43 AM
I liked the delivery!
Posted by: Eve | December 12, 2008 10:35 AM
R-i-E - you made me laugh, right out loud.
Posted by: Bucky | December 12, 2008 12:13 PM
Sleinte.
Posted by: Mike Livingston | December 12, 2008 3:45 PM
That's fun!
(back at InformationWeek, a colleague and I hosted a "Guy Walks Into a Bar" Joke Contest--this would have been a good entry!)
Posted by: Talley Sue Hohlfeld | December 19, 2008 2:42 PM