Letters: February 2005

Written Correspondences from Good Natured Gentlemen Who Have Read Our Previous Installments and Wish to Comment on Some Aspects Thereof

Dear Axes and Alleys,

The magazine is fucking awesome. I’ve read the first three issues. Do you have hard copies of it and are you selling it? I want a hard copy of one of them if you have one. They are intelligent and funny and I love them. The want ads at the end made me laugh really hard and Matt was laughing his ass off too. The whole thing is really good.

Warmest Regards,

Katie O’Connor

To the Editors,

RE: Jewry in Space (Volume 456-BR7, Issue 7),
604. To deal with a beautiful woman taken captive in war in the manner prescribed in the Torah (Deut. 21:10-14) (affirmative).
605. Not to sell a beautiful woman, (taken captive in war) (Deut. 21:14) (negative).
606. Not to degrade a beautiful woman (taken captive in war) to the condition of a bondwoman (Deut. 21:14) (negative).

I’m curious about average women. Are they fair game? If the Jews on Mars find themselves in need of women, are they allowed to raid the Earth for it’s most stunningly unexceptional females?

Myriad Edwards

Dear Axes & Alleys,

Of course Rommel couldn’t beat the Allies in the Battle of the Bulge (Volume 456-BR7 Issue 6)—Rommel committed suicide on 14 October 1944, just over two months before the Battle of the Bulge began.

Litson P. Nerdis

Dearest Editors,

The bus was late this evening, and my colleague demanded reading material as I was away somewhere in my head and not talking, so I handed him my print-out (as I have explained elsewhere, I find reading pdfs a pain). He very much liked the monkey song (H.G. Peterson, Volume 456-BR6 Issue 18). The other bus-awaiters seemed to appreciate it too, as he insisted on reading it aloud. Mainly, I liked the pretty girls and some of the classifieds.

Alice Lyall

To whom it may concern,

That is clearly a fake llama, a clear and blatant forgery. I can assure you that the Peruvian Department of Internal Copy Knavery and Llama Protection Services has already been notified of this grave offence and will take immediate action in the form of writing a stern letter to former President Chester A. Arthur and signing it “Love and kisses, Alvin P. Snapwarbler Esq.” If this llama forging doesn’t cease immediately, it will cause someone in a very remote area of western Siberia to yelp in an altogether unbecoming manner and a badger to fall over somewhere in Australia.

Charles Pufer

Dear Editors,

How fantastic to find someone sharing my name and a great sense of humour (sorry I’m a Brit)! I hope you survive the mistaken identity issues but you strike me as being pretty well grounded! And thank goodness you’re musical. I don’t think I could have handled being linked to someonbe [sic] who [sic] tone deaf!

Warmest regards,

Jeremy Rosen

Dear Axes and Alleys:

I am incredibly greatful to you lot for brightening my day!

Love,

Zeke

Volume 456-BR7 Issue 9

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A More Elegant Magazine for a More Civilized Age

Titan

Scientists at the Franco-American Theoretical Astronomical Studies Society (FATASS) recently published the first pictures of Saturn’s moon Titan. Titan is one of the largest bodies in our solar system and has a thick atmosphere which some scientists posit may be similar to Earth’s early atmosphere. As there are liquids on the surface of Titan some have even speculated that there may be exotic forms of life found on the icy moon.

But, the researchers point out, the most important thing found on Titan is rocks. As seen in the above picture, Titan is similar to Mars, the Moon and Venus, in that it has rocks.
“Truly ours is a solar system full of rocks” said Nicole Baugh, one of the graduate students helping study the exciting information on new rocks found in the solar system.
We at Axes & Alleys salute these bold scientists. With each discovery of new rocks on some planet, or whatnot, human knowledge grows. Rocks are cool.