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We here at the National Institutes of Health would like to salute you on your recent research into irony levels in Montana. When FEMA declared a state of emergency in your state, we were, quite frankly, skeptical. Not that we are jealous or anything, but with budgets cut to half the required amounts, it seemed a ploy to divert money from Homeland Security's pressing need to hire more underwear inspectors at airports into FEMA's coffers.

But ever since your Letter to the Editor Contest yielded zero entries, we have become believers. There is no irony in your neck of the woods. Naturally we think that this is a matter with enormous implications for mental health and we'd like to use your research as we fight budget cuts.

Many thanks,
Dr. Phil Good

Dear Dr. Good:

Hey, help yourself. While we are neither jung nor easily freudened, we found the lack of playful persons here pretty alarming, too.

The Editor

P.S. You're not that Doctor Phil are you?

Editor:

I'm really disturbed. None of the Downtown Design ideas that I like are being implemented. This town is just plain anti-tourist, anti-economic development. We should really have a statue of Calamity Jane on a traffic island right in the middle of Main Street. Think of what that would do for our snobby little businesses and galleries. But hey, maybe this town doesn't want to make money.

name withheld by request

Dear Fan of CJ:

I think you hit the nail on the head in that first sentence. But hey, I asked Carson and Thom of the Fab Five what they thought: "Too butch."

The Editor


Editor: Wow, were you ever right about the acting President of the US of A liking to fish (Volume 1: Issue 7). Friends of mine in the National Guard sent me the enclosed picture. I sure hope W comes to Livingston for the signing of the Yellowstone Park sale because I like to fish, too, and I feel like I can connect with this man on a very deep level. Rod Storr Dear Mr. Storr: He also likes to cross dress (see photo from the New York Times 7/4/2005 below). How about you? The Editor	Editor: We here at the National Institutes of Health would like to salute you on your recent research into irony levels in Montana. When FEMA declared a state of emergency in your state, we were, quite frankly, skeptical. Not that we are jealous or anything, but with budgets cut to half the required amounts, it seemed a ploy to divert money from Homeland Security's pressing need to hire more underwear inspectors at airports into FEMA's coffers. But ever since your Letter to the Editor Contest yielded zero entries, we have become believers. There is no irony in your neck of the woods. Naturally we think that this is a matter with enormous implications for mental health and we'd like to use your research as we fight budget cuts. Many thanks, Dr. Phil Good Dear Dr. Good: Hey, help yourself. While we are neither jung nor easily freudened, we found the lack of playful persons here pretty alarming, too. The Editor P.S. You're not that Doctor Phil are you? Editor: I'm really disturbed. None of the Downtown Design ideas that I like are being implemented. This town is just plain anti-tourist, anti-economic development. We should really have a statue of Calamity Jane on a traffic island right in the middle of Main Street. Think of what that would do for our snobby little businesses and galleries. But hey, maybe this town doesn't want to make money. name withheld by request Dear Fan of CJ: I think you hit the nail on the head in that first sentence. But hey, I asked Carson and Thom of the Fab Five what they thought: "Too butch." The Editor
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