Email is so great.
Just this morning I opened my mail and found 85 messages
waiting for me. Scanning the Subject Headings I learned that Michelle Obama
wants to meet me. Seriously! She sent me two emails saying, and I quote, “Rami,
I want to meet you.”
Now that is cool. But then I get an email from her husband
(the President) who says that he’s going to be with Michelle when she meets me.
She didn’t tell me that. I was all Herman Cain and everything, and now it turns
out she wants to meet me only so that her husband can meet me. Why doesn’t he
just ask me himself?
There was a sad email telling me that Occupy L.A. had ended,
but I’m not surprised; after all, I left L.A. almost 10 years ago.
Then Arlene G. asked me, “Will YOU help transform the
world?” I found the all-caps YOU very personal. She was obviously shouting to
get my attention so that I knew she was talking to me and not some general
“you.”
General Yu, by the way, also emailed me. It seems that he
has come into some serious money in China but cannot get it out of the country
without my help.
And there is Jeremy Bird who wants my opinion on something
regarding Barack Obama. I emailed him back saying that Michelle and I were
going out and that Barack was tagging along, and if the President wants my
opinion on something he can ask me when we meet.
The Brooks Brothers (I can never remember their first names)
wrote to ask me: “Can sheep really sing?” I think the answer is “no,” but
suggested they check with Wikipedia before going public.
The strangest email I got was from my friend Michael L. who
asked me to join the debate over circumcision and the future of the Occupy
Movement. I had not heard of this debate, nor do I think it is necessary for
Occupy people to be circumcised. So put me on the “con” side of that issue.
The most helpful email I got was from my friend Eddie Bauer
who told me that “All sweaters up to 50% off. Anywhere I shop.” I actually
printed this email out. I don’t shop at Eddie Bauer, but I will present it to
the stores I do frequent and let them know that I’m eligible for a huge
discount.
Anyway, I won’t bore you with all the mail I got this
morning. I just hope your email is as worth reading as mine is.
5 comments:
Hey, I got dinner invitations from Barack and Michelle too- guess I'll see you at dinner!
Wait, looks like they want me to chip in $25. Must be going Dutch.
Big smile!
I must have missed the $25 part. I'll have to pass, I just sent a donation to Newt.
It looks like you and I have a mutual friend, namely Michael L., because I received the same email from him regarding the circumcision debate and the future of the Occupy movement. I thought it was a strange juxtaposition of topics, but I agree with your conclusion that it isn't at all necessary for Occupy people to be circumcised.
Unless they are male and Jewish...but knowing Michael L. and where he's coming from, that's exactly what the debate is about, isn't it? On second thought, maybe I should stay out of this one. I've had enough flame wars for one month!
--Linda
I got the same email for ML, and it was clear these were two separate discussions, both going on in his mag/community. But that would not be as amusing.
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