Of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy, it's Monday Mail.

Jester

Today's opening eulogizes some clown in a Shakespearean play named for a pork chop.

Joker

Speaking of clowns, here's a comment appended to last week's Monday Mail. It purports to be from a Jim Wilson:

How does this chitwood clown keep a job? Oh i almost forgot what paper he works for... nevermind. Only in kulumbuzz.

Dear Jim:

You can say what you want about me, but I am not about to sit by while you insult clowns, so many of whom daily don makeup to make us laugh: John Boehner, Stephen Colbert, Pat Robertson, etc.

Also you should be careful bashing clowns because some are evil.

Take John Wayne Gacy, for example.

Obsession

Here's a comment from "hcga" posted to a recent report of a guy's calling police to report that his ex-girlfriend allegedly sent online threats to him and his new girlfriend:

Wow doesn't it say he is 27? Sounds like he is acting about 13 in my opinion. Notice I said in my opinion which makes this NOT libel, which is probably what he is trying to go after this poor girl for. He probably wasn't even harassed. Immature guys these days will keep in contact with their exes then when they find a new girl, or go to an old one in this case, want to try to say they are being harassed. How ridiculous and pointless for the LE to even post this. The GUY should be embarrassed. He needs to GROW UP and grow a pair!

Dear hcga:

If the story's pointless, then how can you use it to make the point that in your opinion, a woman can't stalk a man?

Were that true, then the entire plot of the movie "Fatal Attraction" would just fall apart.

Good golly

This comment from "LittleRichard" seems to contradict hcga's position on that point:

I had one ex-girlfriend call the cops and wanted them to force me to take her back. The police told her "I'm sorry but we can't do that, you shouldn't have called us for that." Then the fool tried to get me on the "Judge Hatchett show". I told that show no. I'm not going on tv so my friends in Atlanta could have a good laugh watching me fuss about her. Next she tried calling my parents house to see if they would give her my new phone number and address.

Dear LittleRichard:

You should have done the TV show on the condition that the police testify on your behalf. And possibly your parents.

Tim Chitwood, tchitwood@ledger-enquirer.com, 706-571-8508.