Mail from David Stafford

[xx Jones]

David Stafford is another faithful correspondent, who has not given up on me, sending cryptic messages, despite my slow responses - sending an ampersand to the rescue of poor old x! 

This card left me befuddled for a long time, until I realised these sentences are options for the speech bubble on the front. Doh!

I had to google some of the meanings, and I thought my command of English was really rather good! Now I know what a witch's chin is (an unpleasant aesthetic defect characterized by ptosis of premental tissue and a deep submental fold, which may be exaggerated by hyperprojection of the mandible.) and how to try my own hand.

It's taken me about two years to come up with a suggestion: 

"Sorry, for offending you, I thought you were trying to be ironic!"

[David Stafford]

That's a good one, xx. Appropriate for our times. Happy to see these old strangers show up again in my life. Thank you for posting.

[xx Jones]

Well, Debra Mulnick maybe I am wrong! :-)

[Debra Mulnick]

XX - Thanks for posting and commenting.  I might have never have guessed the sentences were intended for the speech bubble either.  Very interesting mail, indeed.

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

enchanting...!