Althouse: "Sue. Since you last left me, my heart has felt a great loss...."

April 25, 2014

"Sue. Since you last left me, my heart has felt a great loss...."

A newspaper personal ad saved from 1973:

Click to enlarge. Via Reddit.

8 comments:

Capt. Schmoe said...: Humor, creativity and snark. Evidence of such before digital social media. How did this happen?; 4/25/14, 9:15 AM
Darrell said...: Spend a few bucks for an ad,take another cheap shot at your Honey. Saving it IS weird, though.; 4/25/14, 9:29 AM
The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...: Brilliant. I know more than one young man that feels that way today.; 4/25/14, 9:43 AM
alan markus said...: I bet somewhere someone has posted that as his own on "Best of Craigslist"; 4/25/14, 10:12 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: "I want my albums back!"

- Sam Kinison; 4/25/14, 10:59 AM
Saint Croix said...: Does he want her back or not?

At first you think, he wants her back, he's completely sincere, overly romantic. (My reaction: that's not going to work).

And then he gives the punchline. So now he's undercut all his sincerity. Irony! I don't miss you at all. Ha ha ha ha ha ha. I miss my television.

But he wrote it. He spent money on it. He went to a lot of effort to tell this woman he does not miss her. In fact he's announcing to the whole world that he does not miss her.

(My reaction: that's really not going to work).; 4/25/14, 11:20 AM
Richard Dolan said...: Got to admit, the guy had a (nasty) sense of humor. Sue made the right decision in dumping him. I bet she kept the TV, too.; 4/25/14, 12:30 PM
Unknown said...: One of my favorite Heinleins is Glory Road (it's not very typical of him in some ways), in which the personal ads play a significant part. For YEARS after I first read it in middle school, I'd search for, then SIGH for personal ads that were that interesting.; 4/25/14, 5:24 PM