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Letters from a what? |
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A number of years ago a series
of books came out called Letters from a
Nut. They were penned by the enigmatic Ted L.
Nancy. Many took this to be the pen name of comedian Jerry Seinfeld.
"Nancy" wrote a number of crazy letters to major corporations,
restaurants, casinos, and public institutions, making some form of odd
request. For example, he wrote to a number of hotels wondering if it were
possible he could rent a room and install his own pop machine, since the pop
machines in most hotels don't offer him the selection he normally enjoys. He
published his letters and the rather confused responses in the book Letters
from a Nut. The book actually picked up from where the famous The Lazlo
Letters left off in the 1970s. The Lazlo Letters
were penned by Don Novello, who is better known these days as Father Guido
Sarducci. If you've not read Letters
from a Nut, I strongly encourage you to read the series. I've not laughed
at a book so much since I read the Old Testament. The book got me thinking,
how would various Canadian corporations respond to similar bizarre requests?
Much to my surprise, I got a pretty good response rate. About 80% of my nutty
letters were answered in one fashion or another. I think my personal favorite
is the response from the architects. Yours In Peace Theodore N. Tandum (aka Karl Mamer) P.S. I don't live at 240 Keele so don't go there. You'll only find an angry Greek man with a shovel. |