Thursday, January 3, 2013

The First Rule of Wrestling Club

I came home from work yesterday and D presented me with the singular best piece of mail I have ever received. It was addressed to RESIDENT at our address, and the yellow mini-legal-size note inside was the stuff dreams are made of:


In case you can't make it out, here's what it says:


Hello, My buddy who lives over there in Lakewood said something about a wrestling club or group but wasn't sure about it... Gave this address. Do you  have some kind of group or club that's for wrestlers? I'm from Lake County [redacted because I'm trying not to be an a-hole about this] -- Countryboyvillehood but wondering if you do have some kind of wrestling group/club... I wrestled in my school days & had a blast with my buddies --- No I didn't go to state but was fun. Write back if there is something to tell me - or phone [redacted] or lastly my buddies [sic] home [redacted] I'll be hangin' out there from 12-31 to 1-3.
There is also a P.S. on the back:

Is the Envoy high rise near you? It's one block into Lakewood on Lake Ave.

 Sadly, my friend, we do not (as far as I know) host a wrestling club in our home. (Or maybe, as in Fight Club, I'm just not going to tell you about it. Because it's only for people who went to State.)

I am flummoxed and delighted to receive a hand-written letter from a stranger asking such a weird question. It raises so many questions, mainly about whether this person has ever heard of Google.

While I wrestle (hahahahahaha) with whether/how to respond to this letter, let me know what you think. Should we write back?

5 comments:

  1. That note is FANTASTIC. One can only hope to get a note like that someday.

    The real question is, if you don't have a wrestling club, which one of your neighbors does?

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  3. Love it!!! Nothing like a little excitement and intrigue to start off the New Year :)

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  4. OMG...now I'm thinking of writing complete strangers myself...like maybe someone in Kansas City to ask where the best rib place is...or in Vermont for a maple syrup recipe.

    Hmm.

    The wheels are turning. Thanks!

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  5. I didn't feel like writing a full follow up post to this, but guess what, everybody: Wrestling club exists. Thanks to a friendly Twitter user, I discovered it at twfoc.com. So as soon as I buy stamps, our mysterious penpal is getting ANSWERS!

    Kristian - I love this idea! Let me know if you follow through with some letters.

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