Via Making Light:
Didn’t all New Yorkers get at least one of these in their mailbox last week?
Dear Potential Victim of Impending Terrorist Attack:
We here at al-Qaeda know how many widespread-death-and-destruction options you have in today’s dangerous world so we would like to take a moment just to thank you for choosing to live in New York City, one of our prime metropolitan targets. Your faceless death is important to us! Once again, thank you for choosing New York City.
al-Qaeda
Terror Distribution DivisionAnd then a day or two later:
Dear Pending National Hero:
We here at the Military-Industrial-Political Complex know how many dying-in-the-name-of-freedom options you have in today’s dangerous world so we would like to take a moment just to thank you for choosing to live in New York City, one of our prime promotional event venues. Your heroic death is important to us! Once again, thank you for choosing New York City.
Military-Industrial-Political Complex
Horror Marketing DivisionParenthetically, I do think they might have chosen separate direct-mail houses.
Mm hmm.






I love this.
Posted by: No Chaser | Tuesday, 11 October 2005 at 12:49 PM
How long before I SURVIVED NEW YORK shirts?
Posted by: David | Tuesday, 11 October 2005 at 05:08 PM
Hi, No Chaser. Welcome! I laughed outloud last night reading this. Then it sunk in, and I had my umpteenth haha/boohoo moment of this madministration's terrible tenure. =(
David, it's hard to believe they're not already for sale.
Posted by: ae | Tuesday, 11 October 2005 at 09:13 PM