You Think You're Having a Bad Day?
Well, if you're Michael Hiltzik, you're right.
But things have been tough for Congressman Jo Ann Emerson of Missouri, too (who is a lovely person, incidentally). Apparently, somehow an insult with an expletive found its way into a constituent letter. My guess? Some young staffers were playing around, and forgot to delete all traces of their mischief. It's nonetheless a pretty funny addition, and probably reflects someone's true feelings about the constituent to whom it's addressed.
The whole thing reminds me of a guy I knew at the Harvard Law Review -- very brilliant, but somewhat "quirky," to put it kindly. He coded a function key on the computers so that, whenever it was hit, the phrase "I'm not wearing any underwear" was inserted into Review text. Funny now, slightly less so then.
Probably the way this expletive embarassment will work out for Congressman Emerson.
But things have been tough for Congressman Jo Ann Emerson of Missouri, too (who is a lovely person, incidentally). Apparently, somehow an insult with an expletive found its way into a constituent letter. My guess? Some young staffers were playing around, and forgot to delete all traces of their mischief. It's nonetheless a pretty funny addition, and probably reflects someone's true feelings about the constituent to whom it's addressed.
The whole thing reminds me of a guy I knew at the Harvard Law Review -- very brilliant, but somewhat "quirky," to put it kindly. He coded a function key on the computers so that, whenever it was hit, the phrase "I'm not wearing any underwear" was inserted into Review text. Funny now, slightly less so then.
Probably the way this expletive embarassment will work out for Congressman Emerson.
posted by LadybugUSA at 8:23 PM
1 Comments:
Nice try, CAB -- but here's the thing: I used the term "congressman" advisedly, rather than substituting the silly "congressperson" or awkward "congresswoman." To me, it's a generic title like "chairman" -- and has little to do with gender . . . same way that we all know that "all men are created equal" includes women, too. No gender-conscious language here, thank you. We've got better things to worry about.
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