Got drunk, asked for a tattoo of “my chihuahua named Smidgen”. Was unsuccessful. Ugh. Bali is the worst. At least it’s a new travel experience 🤷‍♀️
J, I think it looks rather “artful” and unique! Definitely not a predesigned cookie-cutter graphic.Â
Is there a take away lesson here? Is it, “Don’t get drunk,” or “Don’t get a tattoo,” or “Prescreen your artist”?  Â
(Notice the punctuation outside of the quotation marks. I agree with your prior rant/recommendation and have been implementing it. Although I’m sure it probably raises a lot of eyebrows, especially in Mensa. And especially when they don’t know it is a conscious choice, not a careless error. By the way, have you run this issue by Richard Lederer? Shall I ask him for us? We actually know each other . . . since the Mr. Mensa title. In the past a prior question prompted him to write an entire article to address my question, and he acknowledge my prompting.) I hope one day that you do compete for the title. It would fill me with such a sense of completion! ed, with Viki Kind, and our precious little “You-lings,” the joys of our lives, our cat-daughters, Cassie and Pixie, and our new sweet son, Buffy, a former feral who’s transformed into a “house cat” in record time.
[FYI, due to recent hackings and spoofings of this account, I want to say that I NEVER send out links without an explanation, I usually address you by name, or “Friends,” and I have the above signature with “Viki” and the “cats.”  Any emails that fail these criteria are not mine and you should NOT open any of their links.]
If my memory serves, I believe I asked this question to Richard Lederer after a talk he gave a few years ago, and he agreed but mentioned he follows the rule due to the grammatical requirements of the media in which he publishes. Makes sense to me; I’m intending to be more of a radical at the vanguard!
Julian Wise 
J, I think it looks rather “artful” and unique! Definitely not a predesigned cookie-cutter graphic.Â
Is there a take away lesson here? Is it, “Don’t get drunk,” or “Don’t get a tattoo,” or “Prescreen your artist”?  Â
(Notice the punctuation outside of the quotation marks. I agree with your prior rant/recommendation and have been implementing it. Although I’m sure it probably raises a lot of eyebrows, especially in Mensa. And especially when they don’t know it is a conscious choice, not a careless error. By the way, have you run this issue by Richard Lederer? Shall I ask him for us? We actually know each other . . . since the Mr. Mensa title. In the past a prior question prompted him to write an entire article to address my question, and he acknowledge my prompting.) I hope one day that you do compete for the title. It would fill me with such a sense of completion! ed, with Viki Kind, and our precious little “You-lings,” the joys of our lives, our cat-daughters, Cassie and Pixie, and our new sweet son, Buffy, a former feral who’s transformed into a “house cat” in record time.
[FYI, due to recent hackings and spoofings of this account, I want to say that I NEVER send out links without an explanation, I usually address you by name, or “Friends,” and I have the above signature with “Viki” and the “cats.”  Any emails that fail these criteria are not mine and you should NOT open any of their links.]
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@Ed – glad you liked it! If you enjoyed this one, you’ll probably like my new one too 🙂 https://julianwise.com/2023/04/01/honesty-in-comedy/
If my memory serves, I believe I asked this question to Richard Lederer after a talk he gave a few years ago, and he agreed but mentioned he follows the rule due to the grammatical requirements of the media in which he publishes. Makes sense to me; I’m intending to be more of a radical at the vanguard!
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