Letters To The Editor
Dear Makers of Laffzone,
I very much enjoyed your article on wood-bending [“From A Stupid Tree To A Comfy As Hell Chair: The Art Of Making Wood Into Things,” August 4, 2010], but after utilizing several of the techniques described therein, I’ve had some pretty major issues, both medical and fire-related. While it’s not in my nature to complain, and I really do wish the author of the piece (and all the rest of you Laffzone knuckleheads!) nothing but the best, I’m wondering if perhaps the topic should be revisited? For instance, using the (very-flammable) industrial glue to “soften” oak (which it most certainly doesn’t do!), as suggested in Step 9, led to the evacuation of my entire apartment building because of dangerous, noxious, and very flammable(!) fumes. Normally, I don’t mind being hospitalized, but in this case it was my son’s graduation (not your fault, I know), and I just hated to have to miss it.
Anyway, please don’t stop publishing your thing. Just try and be careful!
Best of luck,
Talia Huntensletter, Cample, MD
Thanks, Talia! Send us some pictures of your wood projects and we’ll put them up on the site!
Dear Ed(itors),
I’ve only seen the movie ten times, so maybe I’m just a “know-nothing,” but I really have to take issue with your movie reviewer’s “F” grade on the new Harry Potter movie [“Ugh, Harry Potter? More Like Horrible Plodder!: The Worst Yet In A Long Line Of Utterly Worthless Movies Made By Jerks For Idiots”].
I realize that no movie can please everybody, but it seems like your “review” was just a series of alliterative put-downs like: “Potter’s one pretty putrid pile of pure pigeon-puke” and “this film flop flips flagrantly from fuddy-duddy flunkery to flat-out fart-tastic flabbiness,” and “garish goons gallivant gluttonously, giving guttural glimpses to gumshoe goblins.” That last one I can’t even figure out how it has anything to do with the movie!
Opinions, as they say, are like haircuts — everybody’s got one! I’m just thinking maybe next time you could offer another opinion, point/counter-point style. Just an idea!
Hugh Ewing, Sebastapol, ID
Thanks for the input, Hugh, but you sure put the “ass” in “assonance!” J/k, buddy.
Dear Laffzone Staff,
Or should that be STAFFZONE? Ha ha. That’s all. Peace out!
Jorge Westerly, Chalice, ND
Thanks for that one, Jorge! I haven’t laughed that hard since my mom’s surgery!
ATTN: Editorial:
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVRYHTING? OR EVEN ANTYHING? YOUR JUST A BUNCH OF SNIVVELING LIBREL MEDIA RETRADS AND IM NEVER VISITTING YOU’RE SIGHT AGAIN AND MY FAMILYS BOYCOTING ALL YOUR SPONSERS [“A Little Old Driver, So Lively And Quick: The Top 20 Most Indelible Portrayals of Santa Claus”]
Clancy Horne, Seattle, WA
Wow, Clancy, you really don’t like Edmund Gwenn! ;)
While I appreciated your article on beets [“Beets Me: 501 Uses For Beets That Don’t Require Water, Heat, Electricity, Or Drums,” September 2009], I felt your approach to Devo [“Q: Are They Any Good? A: They’re OK If You Like They Might Be Giants: Devo, Post-Culturism, The Yahoo Generation, And The Dangers Of Relativist Pop: A Reconsideration of Devo,” Spring 2008] was as reductivist as your series on cattle [“‘Til The Cows Come… Homelessness?: Issues Of Vagrancy In The Beef Industry,” June 2010], and paled next to Ruthrop’s hilarious satirical tirade against the Carter administration [“Jimmy Crack Corn And I DO Care: Why Carter Failed Israel And Why It Doesn’t Matter,” April 1989], I enjoyed it on the whole.
But [“Legends Of Dentistry Revealed, Pt. 9: Did Dr. Marvin Schemmel DDS Remove Diana Ross’s Wisdom Teeth With A Stapler?” Noon, 1995] why [“How To Travel Libya For $45/Day,” Christmas Special, 2002] does [“A Gentleman Can Live Through Anything: A Virtual Tour Of William Faulkner’s South With Photographer Marlon Dreck,” October 2011] your [“Sexy Tips For The Perfect Carrot Costume,” Q1 FY06] site [“Review: Seasons 1-4 Of Scrubs,” Literary Annual, No. 45] load [“Consumer Alert!: Arizona Tea Found To Cause Measles In Mice,” November/July 1999] so [“Uh-Huh! And Other Words, Phrases, And Acronyms That Feature The Letter U,” Halloween Special 1876] slowly [“B.B. King’s Bastard Love-Child To Host 93rd Annual Clauding Day Roast Of Steven Baldwin,” March 2001] on [“How Black Sabbath Saved My Life, And Other Stupid Things Written By Chuck Klosterman,” unpublished] my [“10 Ways To Know Your Dad Is Cheating On His New Wife With Your Mom,” April Fools Day Special 2009] laptop [“Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah: A Post-Freudian Approach To Allan Sherman’s Dystopic Vision Of America,” May 2012]?
Mal Groon, Buttonville, IL
Ask your favorite IT guy to be sure, but maybe try disabling cookies? Good luck, and keep reading!
