Twitterverse snickers at apt byline on Reuters article about French men's sperm

Yes, really. Somewhere in the Reuters newsroom, an assignment editor is doing his best Beavis and Butthead imitation.

Reuters medical journalist Andrew Seaman was among the first to mock his own byline on the “French men not producing as much sperm” article.

https://twitter.com/andrewmseaman/status/276124936911872000

https://twitter.com/andrewmseaman/status/276336491691659264

Other Twitter users couldn’t resist joining the fun. Because really, who among us doesn’t have an inner 12-year-old boy?

http://twitter.com/kevinroose/statuses/276354502595063809

http://twitter.com/BenDWalsh/statuses/276352634225569793

https://twitter.com/richjamesmetro/status/276284839362166784

Another classic of nominative determinism here: http://t.co/52LOEZhC

— Paul Hearns (@Paul_Hearns) December 5, 2012

The right man for the job! “@lucytweet1: LOOK AT THE BYLINE French men not producing as much sperm http://t.co/5A6pZCyB via @reuters”

— Sue Truslove (@Suebloss) December 5, 2012

Indeed.