This is a transcript of a recording secretly made of the house of the editor of the Melbourne daily newspaper the Herald-Sun. (For some reason, Australian intelligence agents bugged his house by mistake).
Time: 0720 hrs.
Young female voice: "Morning, Dad"
Adult Male (identified as the Editor): "NEW DAY DAWNS!"
Female (wearily): "Um...sure. Right, Dad."
Editor: "SAVAGE WEATHER HITS STATE!"
Female: "Dad, its just raining a bit"
Editor: "YOUTH IN DENIAL!"
Female: "Okay, fine, whatever"
Editor: "CYNICS MOCK AUTHORITY!"
Female: "Yeah, thanks for that. Can you pass me the Nutri-Grain?"
Editor: "YOUTH HIGH ON SUGAR!"
Female: "Well you were the one who won't me eat kebabs for lunch!"
Editor: "ETHNIC CULTURE POISONS YOUNG AUSSIES!"
Female: "Well I'm sorry but I don't like scrambled eggs"
Editor: "AUSSIE FARMERS HIT THE WALL!"
Female: "That's it, I'm off to school. I'm already late"
Editor: "STATE SCHOOLS IN CRISIS"
Second Female Voice: "Morning, Darling"
Editor: "DOMESTIC BLISS FOR HOT COUPLE!"
Second Female: "That's sweet, love. Well, I'm taking the train to work, the car is still getting serviced"
Editor: "PUBLIC TRANSPORT FIASCO!"
Second Female: "Hmmm, one of those days, eh? Wonder what it would be like to be married to a man that can talk normally. Okay, try these for size. ABC?
Editor: "PUBLIC MONEY WASTED!"
Second Female: "Daryl Somers?"
Editor: "HERO!"
Second Female: "Germaine Greer?"
Editor: "TRAITOR!"
Second Female: "Australian Soldier?"
Editor: "BRAVE DIGGER. ANZAC TRADITION. BEST OF THE BEST! HERO, HERO, HERO!"
(Sound of gasping for air).
Second Female: "Okay, sweetie. Calm down. Got it all out of your system? Feel better?"
Editor: "YES THANK YOU!"
Young Male: "Dad, my mate Tim at school, his Dad is organising a healthy cooking expo. He wants to know if you can run an article on it?"
Editor: "ONLY IF WE CAN HAVE JENNIFER HAWKINS OR MEGAN GALE STANDING OUT THE FRONT!"
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Topic: One Morning at home with the editor of the Herald-Sun (Read 214 times)