It’s here (the German “summer hole“). So get used to it. And remember: If it wasn’t for slow news (see yesterday’s post), we wouldn’t have no news at all.
Or as one paper here put it: “Exotic Animals in a Summer Loch Ness.”
Hey, news is a product, folks. And production is down.
In the United States the period is referred to prosaically as the slow news season.
Observing Hermann 
Splutter. Snort coffee onto keyboard. ‘Cos when I surfed over to your blog the radio was playing an oldie “See you later, alligator” 😉
“Hey, news is a product, folks. And production is down.”
That is about the funniest freaking thing I’ve read all year. I’m serious.
They´re both watching as the summer hole closes down slowly.
http://www.globalnews.ca/video/raw+video+epic+mudslide+caught+on+camera/video.html?v=2256229472&p=11&s=dd#video