Correspondence with Donna Sommer, 'a
Mensan'
From: <DSOMMER500@aol.com>
To: <john@thebirdman.org>
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 2:37 AM
Subject: Barryations
[the Birdman's book]
> While searching for books with the name "Barry" in
the title,"Barryations"
> came to my attention. I somehow connected to your website,
but AOL kept
> dropping me from the line, so I didn't get to read anything
except the
> beginning of "Thanksgiving." Since I wanted the
book only because of its
> title, this wasn't a problem. I had the bibliographic
reference, so I called
> Socratic Press. Your wife told me how much to send. The book
arrived today.
>
> Last night, I logged back into your site to find your email
address in order
> to inquire regarding the ship date. Only after I'd sent that
inquiry did I
> discover that you are the John Bryant who wrote about
"The Jewish Question"
> in the Mensa Bulletin.
>
> This is to make it known to you that if I'd had any idea who
you were, I
> certainly wouldn't have ordered the book. It being too late
for that, the
> book(let) has been destroyed and discarded. I regret having
fed even those
> few dollars into your coffers.
>
> Donna Sommer
> coincidentally, a Mensan
>
[The Birdman responds:]
Now let me see ... who was it that was so famous for destroying
books? Oh,
right! NAZIS! I knew your letter had a familiar ring.
PS:
1) It must be rough on you trying to decide whether or not you
like a book
by having to use information that has nothing to do with the
book.
2) It must be rough on you jumping thru hoops trying to obtain a
book as a
result of being so enthusiastic about something the author wrote,
and then
discovering that you couldn't allow yourself to enjoy the book
because of
something the author said elsewhere.
3) It must be embarrassing to you under the circumstances to have
let the
author know how good you thought he was.
4) It must be embarrassing to you to have portrayed yourself as
being so
silly that you had to tear up a perfectly good book in spite of
liking the
author's work.
5) It must be embarrassing to have torn up a book on the basis of
political
opinions which you supposedly despise, but in fact exhibit.
Have a sooper-dooper nice day, Donna.
[Donna did not respond]
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