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I understand that yesterday, rupert murdoch had a huge conference call with the Wall Street Journal business-side senior managers. Many people were on the call and there was lots of static and some people did not mute their phones—so you heard a baby cry at one point and someone say "I'm bleeding" at another point. At the end of the call, Murdoch said something like "Don't let them scoop ya t'morrow." But the sound quality was so poor, some people thought he said, "You're all screwed tomorrow" or "Don't wear a suit tomorrow."

2:45 PM on Fri Dec 14 2007
By Pareene
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TheHonJudgeSmails at 02:52 PM on 12/14/07
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Also overheard: a random audience member yelling "Put him in a bodybag!"
LolCait at 02:52 PM on 12/14/07
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I think it was a baby both crying and saying "I'm bleeding," because Rupert was eating it during the call.
Colonel Mustard at 02:54 PM on 12/14/07
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"And hey, what's with those Hummers? You only get about 8 miles out of one before it runs out of gas. I mean, I have to take three just to get to work in the morning! Am I right? Fellas, you know what I'm talking about!"
The Real JR at 03:00 PM on 12/14/07
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Another scoop: In those paper ream boxes he's standing on are dead babies.
dado at 03:00 PM on 12/14/07
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Are you out of your mind? That was Teddy K.!
TedSez at 03:01 PM on 12/14/07
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We find it's always better to fire people on a Friday. Studies have statistically shown that there's less chance of an incident if you do it at the end of the week.
CodePink at 03:01 PM on 12/14/07
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The men behind him--zombies.
fiveinchtaint at 03:02 PM on 12/14/07
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I'm a fan of Rup's move to make WSJ online free. The guilt of tossing (I mean recycling!) a completely unread newspaper each day has become too much. Subways suck for full-size-newspaper reading.
CodePink at 03:05 PM on 12/14/07
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Rup, There It Is!
bess marvin, girl... at 03:06 PM on 12/14/07
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@The Real JR: no actually, one of the boxes has gwyneth's head in it. rupey always was fond of se7en
TheHonJudgeSmails at 03:08 PM on 12/14/07
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@CodePink: Please tell me you've noticed the following lyric from that song:

"These three words mean you're gettin' busy
Whoomp there it is"

These 3 words? As in three? REALLY?
Wrath of Farrakhan at 03:14 PM on 12/14/07
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@dado: Or Andrew W.K.
The Real JR at 03:17 PM on 12/14/07
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@bess marvin, girl detective: So then "who/what" is Rup? Greed? Avarice?
NYCF at 03:20 PM on 12/14/07
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Those dirty fuckin' hippies at the Journal are about to see what real right-wingism is all about.
billiejeanismylover at 03:21 PM on 12/14/07
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@TheHonJudgeSmails:
maybe they were being all philosophical about the fact that "whoomp" isn't really a word.
DorothyMantooth at 03:25 PM on 12/14/07
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I'm gonna continue making the same "Hey! Rupe likes Flonkerton!" joke until someone tells me I'm funny.
DorothyMantooth at 03:28 PM on 12/14/07
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@TheHonJudgeSmails: Obviously, they're using the literary contraction 'tis. Duh!
CodePink at 03:28 PM on 12/14/07
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@TheHonJudgeSmails: Perhaps the lyric "These three words mean you're gettin' busy" is referring to the last line of "Shake your deriere." This is a huge stretch, however. I think I tend to agree with BillieJean above in that the "Whoomp!" is supposed to be a philosophical parenthetical. I'd really prefer it if the title of the song were "(Whoomp) There It Is!" Then maybe I could be at peace with all this.
the supergoddess at 03:34 PM on 12/14/07
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@TheHonJudgeSmails: I take it to mean that WHOOMP isn't so much a word as a sound one makes when one is there it is-ing. At the very least it's certainly a sound I make when I'm there it is-ing.
bess marvin, girl... at 03:35 PM on 12/14/07
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@The Real JR: None of the above. He just like bragging to his friends about how "Gwyneth gave me (her) head."
the supergoddess at 03:40 PM on 12/14/07
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@CodePink: speaking of lyrical derriers, does anyone else get the same thrill out of miss britney's particular miss britney pronunciation of said word in 'piece of me' as I do?
Queen of the Passive... at 03:42 PM on 12/14/07
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@billiejeanismylover: Whoomp represents the little "dip/slide/shuffle" you give before the "there it is" delivery.