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Kent Hadley
"Good morning, I'm Dave, the general manager of this article. I am on the pages today along with Bob here, your morning article man. This is our semi-annual fund drive and we are here to ask your support." "Bob here. I realize you would all be happier reading the article instead of reading our appeal today but you. the reader account for almost 100% of our funding and we need your help."

"That's right Bob. Most readers just don't understand how we are funded. They think government or some big corporate publishers provide the funding for the fine words you have come to depend upon."

"Bob, I don't hear the phones ringing. Come on readers you must make them ring." "You know Dave, a simple pledge of a ten cents a word or a dollar a paragraph will help us to end this fund drive. Bob, our readers tell us they don't like these fund drives and truthfully I don't like them anymore than they do."

"Dave, we have cut expenses to the bare bones. During our last budget conference we decided that we had to give furloughs to all of our letters." "Bob, these are tough times and I hope the reader's don't notice the cuts we were forsed to do but simply we had no shoise but to give some letters unpaid time off."

"You reader's are our lifeline and without your kontribution we kan not kontinuie to bring you these fine artikles." Kall now the number is 808-222-1212. You kan make your kontribution now using your kredit kard, sheck, or kash." However you deside to give don't delay we need your money now."

"Dave, maybe we should talk a little more about what the fuloigh kuts will mean to the reader's." "Bob, I would ope tat te reader's will not notise wen we ave to fuloug a letter. We will try to do it a way wis will be least notisible." Dave, we desided to subsitute wen ever we kan but sometimes we will ust ave to leave te letter out."" Bob, our reader's need to know tat this kan all be turned around wit a simple pledge o maybe a tousand dollars or more."

"Dave, cut backs are toug for everyone, ut we ere at pulikly supported artikle have done our est to kontinue quality artikles tat our reader's ave kome to expect from us. "O, I agree wit you. Our kontent is wort a pledge of a few dollars a day. Dave, wy not a pledge of a dollar a word?" "O. You ave a good idea. Let's ear tose pones start ringing."

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Published by Kent Hadley

A writer of the true and untrue. A teller of tales and sharer of recipes. A political addict. A husband, father, grandfather, dog friend, traveler, roamer, and person liker. A Bear's fan, Buck's fan, Badger...  View profile

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