-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed Jun 11 18:10:08 1997 To: Joe Bob Briggs From: David R Tribble Subject: Your grand return Well, I'm overjoyed that you are finally back in print here in the DFW metroplex (in "theMet"). Kind of ironic that in spite of your world-wide fame (what with all the books, cameos, and that cable thing), that a guy couldn't find a single paper in the whole goldang metroplex, the solar system of Grapevine and home of Joe Bob, that actually carried your column. I remember when the screaming-liberal "Dallas Observer" carried your columns. That and "The Straight Dope". After they axed "Making It" (the only funny comic strip in the whole rag), it was convenient to pick up a copy of the Observer and throw away all the inside pages, leaving only the first two and last two pages, which had you and Cecil on 'em. Then they went completely communist and dropped you and Cecil both. Now it's just a rag full of babbling and whining, only suitable for wiping horses a-... Anyway, glad to see you back. ("theMet" also carries "The Straight Dope". All I need for complete peace of mind is to find a local radio station that carries "Dr. Demento".) P.S. I also enjoyed your brief stint in "National Review". To bad you're not there anymore, either. Keep up the good work. Verily, you speak the truth. With a beer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 18:21:37 -0400 From: Joe Bob Briggs Subject: Re: Your grand return Sender: Joe Bob Briggs To: David R Tribble Dear David, As you probly know by now, I don't write the column any more. "Permanent hiatus" --is that an oxymoron? Anyway, doing "MonsterVision" has me busier than that one-legged man in the kicking contest, and I don't have time for anything else I wanna get to. Thanks for the nice words, bud. And send me your postal mailing address so I can put you on my mailing list for the propaganda I occasionally send out. Hang in there, Joe Bob -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 11:05 1998-06-15 To: Joe Bob Briggs From: David R Tribble Subject: Re: Your grand return > Thanks for the nice words, bud. And send me your postal mailing >address so I can put you on my mailing list for the propaganda I >occasionally send out. Geez, I'm impressed. A letter from Joe Bob hisself! Ain't email wonnerful? Your response came as a surprise, since I had forgotten I had written to you. Obviously, you must have a pile of mail as big as your girlfriend. Sorry to hear that you won't be writing any more, at least for a while. As for my snail mail, herewith forthwith and all... David R. Tribble XXXXXXXXXXXXXX Plano, TX XXXXX dtribble@technologist.com dtribble@flash.net http://www.flash.net/~dtribble david.tribble@beasys.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------