No news is no news

[joanne0012]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "davewitley" <dfrankiswork at n...> wrote:
> 
> Just once, just once, I would like to hear the following on the main 
> news broadcast:
> 
> Anchor (say, Peter Sissons):  Orla, what's the latest out there?
> 
> Reporter: Nothing's happened.

Reminds me of an episode of the TV series "Barney Miller," back in the 1970s.  
Some guy had amnesia and couldn't remember anything that had happened in the 
previous 4 years.  The cast started trying to bring him up to date:  they 
mentioned trouble with the economy, trouble in the Middle East.  The guy said, 
"But what's NEW?"  Finally, someone said, "They've invented gum that won't stick 
to your dental work," and the guy was impressed.  THAT was news.