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Non Sequitur
(Editor's note: We get lots of e-mail. Some of it is about stuff we've written, which is cool. Some of it is general bitching about the city, which is fine, too. But then there's the rest: chain e-mails, press releases, solicitations, ruminations on Obama's secret socialist plans, letters imploring us to find Jesus, etc. Good stuff all, but sometimes it's hard to find a place for it in the paper, what with the diminishing page counts and all. And that's a goddamn shame. So, without further ado, allow us to present Non Sequitur, letters to the editor about whatever. This letter, presented exactly as it hit our inbox, comes from Gary, who really just wants to save your soul from forthcoming calamity. Enjoy!)
By God's mercy,
I and a few other individuals have been holding a 20 foot âJudgment Day May 21, 2011â sign for the past week here in Philadelphia at 15th street, across from City hall by the Clothespin. Reception has been going well. we will be there today 3p-7p
We are not part of a church or any religious group. However, we believe God will begin to destroy this world in just 8 months. For more information, please send some of your reporters to take pictures of this controversial message. We are open to discuss why may 21 2011 is the beginning of the end, and will even be open to debate with any church why this date is true.
If you are interested, you can contact us at 215.XXX.XXXX
Thanks,
Gary
Damn! The Chicken Little Society has a Mayan Calendar meeting planned for May 22nd. Oh; whatever now, whatever now!
Gary must listen to the Family Radio Station (Christian Gospel Camden, NJ -far right on the fm dial) that broadcasts from Camden. They're always claiming May 21, 2011 is the end of the world. I was given one of their pamphlets a couple of weeks ago while walking down Broad Street near Girard Ave. Don't know whether it was Gary or not.
Shitterhouse Casino claims that the few of us who complain regularly about its campaigns are simply spoiling the party. Predictably, it cites no hard data for that claim. This is because no such data exist. And now, to end with a clever bit of doggerel: United we stand. Divided we fall. Shitterhouse Casino's inimical morals will destroy us all.
TOYNBEE IDEA IN KUBRICK'S 2001 RESURRECT DEAD ON PLANET JUPITER
thanks for posting that letter. i do know that as we approach that date of 5/21/11, newspapers everywhere will be writing about this message: i pray we will all be saved from the coming Judgment on this universe...
(Editor's note: We get lots of e-mail. Some of it is about stuff we've written, which is cool. Some of it is general bitching about the city, which is fine, too. But then there's the rest: chain e-mails, press releases, solicitations, ruminations on Obama's secret socialist plans, letters imploring us to find Jesus, etc. Good stuff all, but sometimes it's hard to find a place for it in the paper, what with the diminishing page counts and all. And that's a goddamn shame. So, without further ado, allow us to present Non Sequitur, letters to the editor about whatever. This letter, presented exactly as it hit our inbox, comes from Dave K. of Germantown. Enjoy — and if you know the answer to this riddle, feel free to let Dave, and us, know in the comments.)
Am I the only one that thinks the blue and white âLOTIONâ phone sign hanging on the Northeast corner of 10th and Arch is a bit strange? Actually, very strange. Its been there for years now, and there used to be a sort of working pay phone there. A few years ago I showed to my Connie, who had been with Verizon, a real phone company, for some time. Being concerned that the company could possibly make a real dumb sign above one of its devices, she decided to check it out. It accepted coins but did not work. So she called the toll free number on the plate on the phone for help. None available — the number was for âthis is Dunkin' Donuts Hon, we don't have any pay phones.â For awhile I thought that maybe the phone worked just for Laotians or something — a signage error by a forgetful diversity seeking telecommunications giant perhaps.
I had forgot about this mysterious pay phone sign until I walked by that way the other day and discovered that the âLOTIONâ sign was still there! The phone itself is gone, just the steel housing remains.
Any explanation of this weird decoration of our cityscape would be appreciated.
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