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Burned up by daylight saving

We beat them to the punch, but Snopes, the invaluable Internet myth-debunker, has gone where our Insider column had already gone this week in letting the world in on this secret:

Connie Meskimen, a Hot Springs lawyer, was funning when he complained in a letter to the editor of the D-G about a liberal Congress moving up Daylight Saving Time and thus doing all sorts of damage wth that extra hour of daylight. Readers have been busily setting Meskimen straight.

See our Insider, by clicking link at left. Also, see Snopes here, which also dredged up some of Meskimen's earlier humorous letter entries, generally poking fun at D-G columnists. Connie is a he, by the way.

Posted by Max Brantley on April 25, 2007 06:50 PM | Permalink

Comments

Aren't we due another letter from Connie, telling us how the cow ate the cabbage? How "God'll getcha"?
Please Connie, another missive on the late freeze, if you will.
You do bring out the laughable (cryable?) fringe -- which, incidentally, is the reason I prefer a pseudonym. If I make a complete fool of myself, no one can say "Oh, that's just NancySue. She's dumb. You can't expect her to understand anything." Those closest to me may already know that, but I'd prefer the rest of the world not nudge their fellow travelers and point and whisper.
Nope, no writing to the editor for me, not until they bring back "Name Withheld".

Posted by: Doigotta | April 25, 2007 08:02 PM

The whole thing is just, uh, well, funny.

Posted by: BlueRidge | April 25, 2007 08:35 PM

Who is this "Connie" Meskimmen?

A lowlife bottom fisherman who plies the murky depths for carp.

Posted by: Jethro | April 25, 2007 09:35 PM

Well done, Connie, making Arkansans look exactly like the comedians and smug urban types like to portray us.

The joke's on us.

Posted by: Prouster | April 25, 2007 11:09 PM

I admit, I bit. But then, it was so believable. I do live here, after all.

Posted by: widj | April 25, 2007 11:23 PM

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