Dear Miss Deb,
I help you blog. I blog good to you. Yes?
Haito K.
Dear Haito,
No.
- Miss Deb
Dear Deb,
I think you’re only pretending to write so you can have traffic.
- Name withheld by request even though it was probably anonymous.
Dear Anonymous,
You got me. I’m faking it. Am I pulling it off?
- Deb
Dear Deb,
How much would could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck would?
- Kevin S.
Dear Kevin,
It’s “wood,” Kevin, not “would.” How much WOOD could a woodchuck chuck…see that’s what woodchucks do, they chuck wood. Except where I come from that means toss, so are woodchucks tossing wood? In any event, would or wood, I don’t know how much they’re chucking or really what chucking entails. Do keep me posted if you find out the answer.
Chuckingly yours,
Deb
Dear DebNg,
Someone said on Twitter you have too much email. This is your lucky day. My daughter is looking for an afterschool job an she can be your virtial assistant. We’re not sure how much virtial assitants make but realy assistants make $30 an hour. Since my daughter is only virtial you can pay her $25. I will only charge a $50 finder fee if you hire her. If you don’t like her I can be your virtial assistant and you don’t have to pay a finder fee.
- Name withheld by Deb
Dear Name,
Thanks but at the moment I’m not in need of an assitant, virtial or otherwise.
Good luck to your daughter!
- Deb
Dear Deb,
…I’m moving to New Jersey in the spring. My wife and I are born and bred East Coasters and know nothing of the area. Can you recommend a housekeeper?
- Name withheld
Dear Withheld,
Sure thing. While I’m at it, would you also like the names of my personal chef and limo driver?
Ta…
Deb
I would love to be a virtial assistant, but there are so few virtials needing assistants these days. All the virtials I know have cut back their staffing due to the economy. If you hear of a virtial who needs an assistant, be sure and let me know.
Thanks for sharing these, I got a good chuckle.
Can I have a finder’s fee?
lol – So amazing what people write. Thanks for sharing, I needed the lift.
I’ve definitely sent you weirder ones than that!
This is a family blog, Simon. I couldn’t post your email.
I don’t get any interesting e-mails like this. Dang.
but… but… New Jersey IS on the east coast. That’s why they call it the Jersey SHORE!
You caught that too? Maybe they mean a different part of the East Coast – like Staten Island.
I read good. You write good blog. Yes?
Hihih
thanks for making my morning ;p
I’m from New Jersey and get some amazingly stupid reactions when I tell people that. One person thought New Jersey was a city in New York. The two most common responses are:
1. Oh, you’re from New Jersey. Do you know…?
2. Oh, New Joizy, huh? [No, I've never even met anyone who talks like that]
My favorite respones when I tell people that I grew up in NJ is the classic “You’re from NJ? What exit?” That’s hilarious. The wit kills me. Of course the joke would kind of die if other states had highway systems with exits…oh, wait, they do.
(That, of course, would be “response.” Yes, I did just make a typo on a blog read primarily by proofreaders and writers. Oh, the shame…)
I was actually coming here to write the same thing. It’s inevitable someone will ask for my exit even though I’m not near the Turnpike or the Parkway.
Loved the first one
Thanks for sharing Deb…this is good stuff!
Thanks, Yury!
What a hoot! Except probably not so funny at the time you’re reading it for the first time. Wow, people really wrote you these things? Wow.
Hi Mary,
You should see the stuff I didn’t have permission to post.
Hilarious!