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Letters

A collection of fictional letters for which I would be interested in knowing further details.


To: Sam
From: Walter

Thanks for sending me the tuna fish. She’s swimming around in my pool as we speak. I feed her tuna fish sandwiches for irony. Har har.


To: Earl
From: Henry

The hair-growth formula you gave me fused my eyebrows. Is this some kind of joke?


To: Mom
From: Janis

Jeanne called. She asked if I wanted her yarn collection in return for a favor but warned that it smelled funny. I have no use for yarn. Is this a craft mafia thing again?


To: Dean
From: Tom

Thanks for teaching me the bullwhip trick. I use it at corporate parties all the time now. Rawhide!