Grandpa,
I have heard it said that life is not like a box of chocolates, it is like a jar of hot peppers, whatever you do today will come back and burn your (deleted). Well, I just proved that to myself! I thought I was being slick. I recently got a new cell phone number. Someone who had it before me is still getting calls from collection agencies. I tried to put a stop to it and said she was dead. They asked my name and I gave them a fake one. Well, someone sold that information! Now I am getting lots of sales calls for the fake name I gave. I wish I had just told the collections people that I am not the person they are trying to reach! So, how do I now put a stop to the sales calls?
Grandpa says: So, you wove a web of deceit and now you are caught in it? Can we say, “Poetic Justice?” It is now up to you to just hang up on sales callers. Who did you think you were fooling when you lied to the alleged collections agent? Those who pay attention to Grandpa’s advice know that one never gives out any personal information to a stranger on the phone. And those same readers know that telling a lie is a sin against God, humanity, and yourself. Welcome to the school of the Pickled Peppers.
Grandpa,
That fellow who wrote about “a green light to an odd kind of parade” (see thevoice.us/ask-grandpa-variety-of-comments-on-aurora-pride-parade) sure seems to know a lot about the activities he described. Is his knowledge from first-hand experience or just from hours of watching videos? He blames all gays for disrupting the Catholic Church. Yet, he never mentions the bombings of legal abortion clinics. Nor does he mention that Pope Benedict IX was a serial rapist! Don’t go throwing dispersions on all LGBTQ individuals because you close your eyes to problems within your own church!
Grandpa says: I edited out a lot of the hate spewing forth from your letter. Grandpa has no problem with publishing letters from people on both sides of an issue. Where Grandpa draws the line is when personal attacks on individuals come into play. Not one person who has written on this subject knows all of the facts about the issue, neither does Grandpa. Let us take our focus back to the reason for this debate. We are here to give lucid discussion to a controversial topic. We are trying to understand one another, just as Christ taught us to do.
Grandpa says: Beloved readers, Grandpa has a tradition for this time of year. I ask you, my dear readers, to send to me a short note telling me what blessing you have for which you are grateful. The Thursday before Thanksgiving I will publish those letters. This year the letters will be published November 21. I will need to receive them before November 10. Please send your letters to the address below. I look forward to hearing from you! God Bless!
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