Humor
Recently I answered someone's mail with the following comments in nearly these exact words. I'll leave out any identifying markers, of course, to protect the innocent. Gee whiz, I wonder which one of us that could be? Perhaps neither???
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Dear One,
Regarding your kind comments on the current pope (we nicknamed him Papa Razzi because of his secular surname), that was nice. Although I understand your reservations expressed before that, your opening does sound...testy? akin to "I like you sometimes even if you usually stink"? "I've got nothing against coloreds, but..."???
No, no! Put that fire hose down! Maybe, just maybe, I don't always have as much room to "talk" as I'd like to think so. One time I was accosted at a yard sale by a self-righteous Protestant who smugly asked me if I personally know Jesus. Maybe he just caught me on a bad day, but I fired back "Well enough to hear Him telling me loud and clear NOT to go upside your head for such an arrogant, damn fool question!" Poor thing looked stunned and only later did I realize that I was still holding the lamp I'd been about to buy.
Well, you can see I'm still working on my Peacemaker badge. Nailed the Warrior thing down a long time ago. I'm only an Irish pacifist. More later on what that means.
Unfortunately, you and I might want to temporarily postpone serious political and doctrinal debate. My favorite neighbor across the street is a Re...Re...you know, one of those conservatives. She tells me Al Franken jokes and I tell her Rush Limbaugh jokes and we sit on the front porch howling with appreciative laughter. Of course what we're really laughing about is extremism, not one another's cherished beliefs on the best way to achieve what are surprisingly mutual goals.
But I guess we must be pretty good friends, we two. She showed up at my door one time and I air-called the police. "Yes, officer. I'm in great danger. Come quickly. What's the emergency? There's a Republican on my front porch!"
I won't tell you what her response was. Why should I offer you free ammunition? Anyway, the woman's funnier than Leno, Maher, and that guy on CBS all rolled into one. Not too many people can top me when I'm on a roll, but she can and often does. You gotta love that. So sad I have no energy left for serious debate after going nose to Knows with her.
Can you and I still be friends?
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