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Post by adcooper on Aug 22, 2009 13:50:08 GMT -5
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Post by Bara on Aug 23, 2009 7:01:32 GMT -5
That looks fun!
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Post by adcooper on Aug 23, 2009 18:10:45 GMT -5
Oh, Bara, I wish he'd write to Red Horse! You could respond in kind.
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Post by Bara on Aug 24, 2009 5:53:01 GMT -5
LOL! (I nearly told you this before!)
Moons ago (many, many moons) I had a client called Polycell. I don't know if they're in The States. They make DIY products, plaster, paint, etc.
We worked for the New Product Development guys who were (obviously) chemists/marketing. Their files were a riot with all the 'unsolicited inventions' which were sent in; each with a dire warning of what would happen if Polycell 'stole' their invention. (They never did.)
That spawned a series of imaginary 'Dear Professor' letters which the client and I sent to each other over a period of - oh, a year or so. The Professors' letters and inventions were never revealed - it was a one-sided correspondence with abtuse references to the invention/s.
I wish I still had them. An example would be :
"Dear Professor,
Ref yours of the 3rd inst, thank you for your insight. Whilst we appreciate your concern in this matter, we believe that there is no likelihood of spontaneous combustion with this product, even in the circumstances you outline.
Your suggestion for the use of calico in these circumstances is interesting, but ..
etc. etc.
Oh it kept us entertained!
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Post by adcooper on Aug 24, 2009 7:19:26 GMT -5
Truth is stranger (and funnier) than fiction!
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Post by Bara on Aug 25, 2009 6:18:26 GMT -5
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Post by adcooper on Aug 27, 2009 21:35:09 GMT -5
Bara, CS Lewis boggled my teenage mind with THAT bit of writing many long years ago! I love it. I should go back and read it again. Instead, I'm halfway through the Timewaster Letters. It's very fast, and amusing, but not in the same class as Screwtape. Not by a mile.
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Post by Bara on Aug 28, 2009 6:09:30 GMT -5
He wrote 'Narnia' later, I see.
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Post by adcooper on Aug 28, 2009 7:42:34 GMT -5
Yes, he was prolific!
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