two (countem, two!) mysteries solved

[realthog]

On a list called The Spammers, of which I'm lucky enough to be a part, there was cited a letter that was published in today's Philadelphia Inquirer:

I really would like to know exactly what books Sarah Palin wanted to ban from the Wasilla Public Library so I can read them before January. 
             ----Cynthia First, Downingtown

Naturally, this prompted some discussion amongst us as to the identity of the dangerously offensive/tantalizingly obscene/treasonously seditious items, and it emerged that one of them was Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.

 Huh? we all cried. What could possibly be offensive about To Kill a Mockingbird?

Step forward and take a bow, artist Ray Ridenour, with the obvious explanation:

Apparently it wasn't killed with a 30 ought 6 after an invigorating helicopter pursuit.

Comments

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Meanwhile, what did you think of Ray's joke? -- my reason for posting this entry.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Not a bad joke, of its kind.

[eglady.livejournal.com]

The part where it is a mockingbird is wherein lies the irony.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

That too!