I actually used to belong to this group, NOT because I believed the earth was flat, but because I wanted their newsletter. It was so removed from normalcy/sanity as to be
hilarious. I eventually dropped my membership because I had no desire to give $5.00 or $10.00 a year (whatever it was) to an organization that had become extremely anti-Semitic. I also used to subscribe to several of the "newspapers" that are at the check stand at the markets, including the Enquirer & the Wacky Weekly World News. I actually had a reason for all this--let me explain:
When our kids were away at college, so were many of our nieces & nephews. They were all over the U.S. &, for a while, our daughter Nameless & one of our nieces were in Italy. In order to keep a family member up to date on what was happening to the rest of us, I acted as sort of a clearing house. They would send me letters (this was WAY before email or cell phones) & I would put whatever information they gave me into a BIG letter. I xeroxed it (remember that?) & put in stupid stories, jokes & my own thoughts & sent a copy to everyone every couple of weeks. Now that I think of it, it was sort of an early version of this blog. I mailed 15 or 20 copies. My father-in-law lived about a half mile from us & we saw him often, but he insisted on his own copy, too, & so did my sister-in-law's father-in-law. They thought they were funny & they didn't want to be left out.
Once we ran a contest for my readers. Someone had given me a teddy bear, about 6" tall & made of mink. We thought she should have a name so we offered a prize for the best name. The prize was to be $500,000.00 or a cookie, at the discretion of the judges (me & Bud). Nameless & her cousin were sharing an apartment in Italy & they came up with the winning name, "Theda Beara". (Theda Bara was a sexy silent film star.) We went to Italy to deliver their prize. It was a cookie, not the $500,000.00--we're generous, but we're not stupid! I don't know if anyone still does it, but they used to make cookies the size of a pizza & decorate them. We had them write "Congratulations!" on the cookie & they put it in a pizza-like box. There was no problem getting it into the country, but their customs inspectors were curious as to why we were bringing a pizza (they thought!) into Italy.
Here's a sample of the letters & also of the cartoon section:
Answers to the riddles:
1. A popecsicle
2. Antipasto
3. A pop tart
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I went to a theatrical performance
about puns. It was a play on words----fishducky
