New Zealand journalism...

A young man graduated from University of New Zealand with a degree in
journalism.

His first assignment for the newspaper who hired him was to write a human
interest story.

Being from NZ, he went back to the bush to do his research.

He went to an old farmer's house way back in the hills, introduced himself
to the farmer,
and proceeded to explain to him why he was there.

The young man asked, "Has anything ever happened around here that made you
happy?"

The farmer thought for a minute and said, "Yep!  One time one of my
neighbour's sheep got lost.
We formed a search party and found it.  After we all rooted it, we took it
back home."

"I can't print that!" the young man exclaimed.
"Can you think of anything else that happened that made either you or a lot
of other people happy?"

After another moment, the farmer said, "Oh yeah, one time my neighbour's
daughter, a good looking young thing, got lost.
We formed a big search party and eventually found her.  After we all rooted
her, we took her back home too."

Again, the young man said "I can't print that either.  Has anything ever
happened around here that made you sad?"

The old farmer dropped his head, looked up timidly at the young man and
said,

"I got lost once"

Sep. 2, 2005 - Untitled Comment