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 Sometimes a reporter’s personality comes out in a story, but often it’s not obvious how funny or interesting someone is if that person is writing a straight news story.

Take Bill Wilson. Nothing would outwardly suggest that Bill, our retail and real estate reporter, is one of the funniest people in Wichita. Frankly, with his short-sleeve shirts and little round glasses he looks more like he should be teaching eighth grade science somewhere in rural Kansas. Not that that’s a bad thing.

Bill is such a comical smart aleck with quick one-liners, we’ve started a file called “Billisms” to remember all his funny remarks. I want to share some of these with you — I really do — but as I was perusing the file for examples, I realized that they’re not really for general consumption. Not that they’re all HR violations (though there may be one or two straddling the line).  It’s just that Bill — not to mention our employer — might not want them out.

Of course, if you have a tip or two to share, I might be able to trade a few Billisms via e-mail. Just let me know.