One Saturday, John was in the basement watching the end of a football game when his 8-year-old daughter came down to ask when they’d be leaving for the beach. Just another 20 minutes or so, he told her.
“Eventually, the game ended and we went out,” John says. “But when I went to bed that night, I found this note sitting on my pillow. The tragedy of it all, combined with the warning — and offset by the pretty border and the flower — really make for a lovely package.”
![Never put nature aside for telivision [sic]. You burned my feelings today, and I am warning you never to do what you did today again.](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/4521734766_628fe5c9cb_b.jpg "Never put nature aside for telivision [sic]. You burned my feelings today, and I am warning you never to do what you did today again.")
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Our anonymous submitter from Chicago says she and her four siblings recently received this somewhat cryptic e-mail from dear old dad.
Explains A: “The initials refer to our names (and spouses’ names, where applicable). Dad lives in West Bloomfield. I’m pretty sure it means he wants us to visit?”
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