JOURNALISM CAVIAR: JOHN J. O’REILLY

Files under General | Mar 28th

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A quintessential foreign correspondent of The (New York) Herald Tribune:

Unable to find time to keep fastidious track of his expenses, O’Reilly made his account balance by listing “One camel-$350.”

Perplexed Tribune auditors decided the dromedary was a capital expense and wired O’Reilly:

“WHERE IS CAMEL?”

He wired back:

“ATE IT.” 

(From Richard Kluger, The Paper) 



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