Wanted: Sense of humor

A little befuddlement floated in this week on the wings of the Annals of the Anonymous when someone thought they'd help us by correcting the Citizen boilerplate. ... For those who don't know, boilerplate refers to the tough steel used to make steam boilers and became a medium into which standardized text was stamped to be used by newspapers -- the modern equivalent being the boilerplate, or "boiler," a paragraph or two that describes the company and its products. ... Okay, anyway, that information is always on the left side of page 2 in the Citizen. ... Go ahead and look, I'll wait. ...

So, this person sends an envelope with no return address containing our cut-out boiler with the text changed in ball point pen ink to read that the paper is published in Harrison by Ozark Printing and not in Eureka Springs by Rust Publishing, as we claim. ... Sorry, friend, the paper is published in Eureka Springs by Rust and printed in Harrison by Ozark Printing. Big difference. ... Also enclosed was a neat handwritten note that informed us, "In Harrison, Eureka is now known as the town who had a "Hookers Wanted" Ad in the paper. It sure got a lot of not so good attention." ... Oh, come on, that ad was clever. Where's your sense of humor? I don't even know what to say. ... Did they not understand the ad was calling for participants in a costume ball? ... If that was offensive, I guess I won't be wearing my black fishnet tank over to Harrison anytime soon.

Speaking of, I hear the Administration and Classified Staff focus group, one of several focus groups organized to provide input during the search for a new school superintendent, expressed concern that the new superintendent should be aware of the "anti-establishment faction in the community." ... What? There's an anti-establishment faction in the community? Are they referring to home-schoolers? ... Crikey, that kind of thinking is just...just...antidisestablishmentarian!

And you can dis-establish my inbox at oliverdeplace@hotmail.com.