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Colbert, again. This time with infographics galore!

All of which reminds me of a really funny story that I would link to if I could, but it’s nowhere to be found (no online archives of old The Other Paper stories). Back in the late 90s, some guy started writing his monthly checks to Ameritech (then the local phone monopoly in Columbus) with variations on the company name. When nothing adverse happened, he became progressively more belligerent (though fiendishly creative!). Honestly, Ameritech couldn’t have been any worse, to the point when Abby called to cancel our home phone service, they laughed and taunted her with ‘you have no where else to go!’ (Ha! We easily solved that problem with a cable modem and two cells — trendsetting as usual in 1999).

At any rate, if memory serves me well, he started calmly with ‘Amoebablech’ but ended with something along the lines of ‘cash this fuckers!’, with so many hilarious steps in between (I wish I could remember them all, of course he saved the cancelled checks). Of course, Ameritech gladly cashed ‘em just the same.

Not sure why I shared that, but the thought of it made me laugh. And likely Abby and Kevin (and Sarah when she gets her new computer tomorrow — congrats!) as well.

Me? I’m sick. And tired. And still so busy, but for a very, very exciting reason. One more week to go! But for now I’m off to bed.

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