See. There are worse things than getting skunked. You could be the guy on the left handing out the trophies. "Congratulations and please don't shake my hand."
Nice trophy. The ones at the Fall Classic are better.
It's been a while since we've published anything from our mailbag. Quite frankly, it may well because we get very little mail in the first place. Sadly, a fair amount of our mail begins as such:
ATTENTION BENEFICIARY,
WE THE WESTERN UNION URGENT REMMITTING OFFICE HAVE SENT YOUR FULL COMPENSATION PAYMENT OF $1.5million (One Million Five Hundred Thousand United Stats Dollars) TO YOU THROUGH WESTERN UNION, NOW WE HAVE SEND THE FIRST PAYMENT TO YOU.SO CONTACT OUR DIRECTOR DR ADO STANLEY, etc."
Despite our repeated correspondence with a number of Doctors, Reverends and Widows who have difficulty with English syntax, spelling and capitalization, we are still waiting for the proceeds from the lottery, estate or family trust smuggled from the new regime. Honestly, we don't see a way towards a new George Forman grill and flat-screen TV unless one of these good people comes through for us. Until then, we are relying on a title pawn on our 1997 Equipe II and the interest fees are killing us.
The following email hypothetically came across our desk and we feel compelled to respond:
Dear Windsurf Flowery Branch or whatever,
Who makes the decision about what pictures to post on top of your articles? The reason I'm asking is that I've seen emaciated male models, cartoon insects, fortune tellers. I haven't seen a windsurfer in some time. I'm beginning to wonder if anyone around here actually windsurfs. Judging from the pics, it's more likely they are
playing board games.
Signed,
[Name Withheld but he wants you to know it was sent from his iPhone]
Dear Guy who has an iPhone,
We're not sure what you mean. We are windsurfers, not people who windsurf. As such, every picture has something to do with windsurfing because it's through the lens of windsurfing which we view life. Nothing has context unless it is displayed against the background of windsurfing. Windsurfing is our mother tongue - anything we hear, see or say must be said in it.
Okay, enough with the bad metaphors, let's continue. For example, as a windsurfer, when I see this pic: