You think its easy reading mail all day long?
Today is the first time I have ever read anything that you have written. The reason I did so is because my AP English teacher was a huge fan of yours. She grew up in New Jersey and loved everything you wrote. Apparently your articles are hilarious. Almost all the adults that she coerced into reading it were laughing. However, when I read "Toaster Oven Maintains a Warm Place in his Heart" I didn't come across anything that was all that humorous. My classmates all expressed the same sentiments and chose me to write to you. I was wondering if you could explain the attraction all adults feel towards your writing. Just for the record your article was a bit eccentric and I enjoyed reading it simply because of the subject matter.
Sincerely,
Hafsa (Connecticut)
um.... Generation Gap, maybe? I haven't used that term in years.
Posted by: Earl | October 22, 2009 at 01:33 PM
Well, I thought the toaster oven column was hysterical (I love my toaster oven!), but Hafsa's "special letter" has me laughing just as hard!
Posted by: Michelle G. | October 22, 2009 at 01:58 PM
OMG!!! That is so funny!!! I thought that yesterday;s column was really funny too!!
Posted by: Debbie from Lyndhurst | October 22, 2009 at 01:59 PM
I guess writing is in the eye (and age)of the beholder.
Posted by: Darleen | October 22, 2009 at 03:20 PM
well, i don't understand their music, so i guess we are even.
earl--it's still an appropriate term and probably well-used here.
Posted by: lwt | October 22, 2009 at 03:36 PM
if u cld rerite n sht hnd mabee he cld undstnd
Posted by: terrip | October 22, 2009 at 04:11 PM
maybe it is generational, but i have always been a fan (and i'm not that old, only feel it sometimes) so maybe it's generational and something with "jersey" type humor.
Posted by: aubreeze | October 22, 2009 at 08:49 PM
Leave it to a teenager to just put you in your place. Happens all the time. But, just for the record, my 15 year old daughter laughs harder at Bill's columns than I do. It's not a generational thing at all. Maybe Connecticutians (or whatever they're called) just ain't got no sense of humor.
Posted by: Tom McAdam | October 23, 2009 at 04:21 AM
And, lwt, not only do I understand their music, I know what my daughter will like better than she does, and I'm always recommending things to her. She just won't admit that her old dad's pretty cool.
Posted by: Tom McAdam | October 23, 2009 at 04:23 AM
of course her old dad is pretty cool. where do you think she got it from? missed you here in the mornings. i was not trying to imply that all of my generation does not understand their music, just that i didn't. although i do like some of it.
Posted by: lwt | October 23, 2009 at 06:16 AM
....and another funny man leaves us...Soupy Sales. He was 83. Who didn't love Soupy Sales?
Posted by: Linda | October 23, 2009 at 08:58 AM
I always felt a connection to Soupy Sales. He was an original, and a very, very funny man. He influenced my life in ways I could never expressed when I was a kid. Along with the Marx Brothers and Monty Python, he helped shape who I am today. I don't know what that says about me, but there it is. AND, we share the same birthday.
Posted by: Tom McAdam | October 24, 2009 at 06:03 AM
Dear Halfsa
We are sorry you don't 'get' Bills humor. Perhaps with some years and experience you too will be able to laugh at lifes' little weirdness The best way to do this is get out of Conneticut and move to Jersey-and be more optimistic-Ya think?
Sincerely
Fullsa
Posted by: KimW | October 26, 2009 at 12:29 PM