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Volume 3, Number 2
February, 1998
Hey there, and welcome to the SCROOMtimes MailBag. We've been giving
all your letters to Skippy in his closet, and those he thinks that we
ought to use, he spits out. And I mean, literally spits out. So,
making this feature can get pretty disgusting.
But I digress. Onto your letters!
Regional Action
Dear Dean,
Let me tell ya that there are millions of irate football
fans here in New York City who feel as you do regarding
NFL broadcasts of games of regional (as in "little" or
"no") interest. Last year's NY Jets went 1-15...it was
painful to watch......and worse than that .......it was
boring. Our Jets and Giants don"t even play their games
in New York State any more, yet I am forced to watch
them and miss the great matchups the rest of the country
gets to see. An acquaintance who was incarcerated on the
NY-Canada border reports that, with TV reception from
Vermont and New Hampshire, the selection of games was so
good on Sunday that he sincerely misses that aspect of
prison life. The conclusion reached around here is that
the NFL wants us all to buy satellite dishes and subscribe
to that costly package of DBS games. Maybe I'll actually
get out of my apartment on a Sunday afternoon....give fresh
air and sunshine a try. Nah...I'd rather watch a good football
game.
Peace. C
you
are a retard
how do you like them apples?
Andymcgann
And you, sir, are an AOL user. Draw your own conclusions. And I love
apples.
Saturday Night Fever
I happened to come upon your "lets bash SNF" page last week,
and was a wee bit perturbed. It was a nice page, technically
and stuff, but your perception of one of the greatest movies
made blew goats. Granted everyone is entitled to their own
opinion, but seriously that line that said the only way to
enjoy the movie, was to be inebriated...that was kind of harsh.
Movies that come under that category... does "Independence
Day" come to mind?
Saturday Night Fever is like a cult movie, which is up there
with movies like Trainspotting, The Graduate, Hair and stuff.
The movies may suck but you have to respect the fact that they
shape contemporary audiences. The page would have been fine
if you could have justified your contempt for the movie with
a note from your pyschiatrist or something. As well as this
unjustified animosity, you mentioned that the movie was released
when you were three years old. Yeah, i'm sure watching John
Travolta dancing had a real traumatizing effect on the rest of
your life. The movie was made three years before I was born,
and it rocked. Thats all I had to say. Later.
Anood Taqui
My first inclination is to rip it apart, but upon reconsideration,
there's nothing to rip. There's no actual critique except,
"SNF rocked and screw you for not liking it." I don't see how
I can respond to that. I actually had to re-read my original
article to remember what I wrote since the letter didn't mention
anything useful about it. Anyway, it was amusing. I would have
preferred something more supportive, but it's still comforting
to know that I can rattle people at their roots (or bell-bottoms).
I wonder who else I can piss off?
Can't Buy Me Love
What happened with Amanda Peterson?
CFC Curator
No one knows for sure. I do however have possesion of the
black hat. I pay prostitutes 50 dollars to wear it and sit
on my riding mower...
The Room
Now here is an article that grips the imagination, and makes me
very ashamed of my life! Please write more like this--everyone
needs to read thoughts like these.
wilda
Lt. Kelly Flynn
I just finished reading your article on Lt. Kelly Flynn
(yes, I see the original date. I know I'm a bit behind).
Wow!! I don't think I've seen anyone sum up this entire
ordeal quite as well. Kudos. You covered every bit of
what I've tried to say, when asked about my opinion. Great
job! (The part about Timothy McVeigh illegally parking was
really funny!)
Sergeant Brian Glusing
"To the Everlasting Glory of the Infantry!!!"
Next, we have a series of letters. Sometimes, Skippy is truly
afraid of our readers...
halarious (sic)
Letter 1
ur page i shalarious u should have jokes about people tho....
un knoe caps jus a suggestion
Letter 2
the sh*t page is halarios nasty tho.....wellz u'll be expecting
alot more halarious thing from meeh
Letter 3
i told u u would get moe frim meeh...i like the way ur thinking
about humor it's halarious..........u should have moe i like the
way ur thinkings there halarious
WiLdLiLgAl
Oddly enough, we stopped getting letters like this soon after
we learned Rush Limbaugh had stopped paying his Internet bill...
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