Editor's Kid

Uncle Wes’s Desk

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When I was a child, my dad had a huge roll-top desk in his newspaper office in Gallatin, Missouri. I would sit there after school and play, of course, “newspaperwoman.” Later, Dad remodeled and got new steel desks for the office, and the old roll-top was relegated to the “back shop.” But it was still […]

Editor's Kid

More Jokes from Dad’s “Post Scripts” Columns

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Big Men Born Here? A stranger walked into the Gallatin Democrat newspaper office one morning and asked: “Any big men born here?” The editor, “Uncle Wes” Robertson, replied, “Nope, just babies.” Now That’s Nervous! There’s this lady in Gallatin who is the most nervous person I have ever seen. Her husband admits she’s a problem. […]