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My so-called "friend" and others in
my neighborhood have no sense
of humor. They're too serious.
They should laugh a little.
P
Send all herbs, verbs and waxy curbs
to Mail Drop, Thrasher, P.O. Box
884570, San Francisco, CA 94188-
4570. (Please send only black & white
art contributions.)
FREEDOM FOR WHAT?
This is in response to Brian
Harder's letter on censorship in the
Nov. 90 issue. Thanks, Brian. I've
been so pissed off about all the
people in the U.S. who want to limit
artistic freedom and our right to
appreciate the art of our choosing.
Supposedly, I'm here fighting for
"freedom and the American way of
life," though I honestly don't believe
that's what this fight is about.
Freedom for what? Is it freedom for
a few to determine what everyone
else can see, hear or create? I
hope not. I'd like to think that when
my husband and I return home, we
could freely watch sloppy pornos
and listen to 2 Live Crew if we
wanted. Of all the things wrong
with the world, it seems that people
should have the intelligence to pick
a more worthwhile fight. When the
guy was arrested for selling a
Jane's Addiction poster, that hit a
bit too close for me. I have no idea
what to expect on January 15th,
but my letter will be out of this
sandbox and on its way to those
poor people at the PMRC who are
obviously afraid of themselves.
Sgt. Sandra Parker
1086 Transportation Co.
Operation Desert Shield
CALENDIRT
I got the 1991 Thrasher
Calendar and what it says on
certain days doesn't go right for
me. For instance, on the "National
Step in a Puddle and Splash your
Friend Day, I did that. There was a
nice four-inch puddle on the way
home from school and my friend
decided to walk in front of me. His
ass got soaked. He's still not
talking to me. On Jan. 12, when it
says to build an anatomically
correct snowperson, I did. A few
hours after I constructed "Billy"
(standing four feet tall and totally
helpless) I see fresh footprints
leading up to him and away. Billy
was a pile of slush near my garage.
Ed Tapper
Brooklyn, NY
Either that, or they should
buy a Thrasher Calendar and
get in on the action. T-ed
HALFPIPE HACKS
Me and my dad are going to
build a halfpipe. Is there anything
you think we should know?
A Skater
Hell, U.S.A.
The name of a carpenter. T-ed
DINNER BELL
What happened to Skarfing.
Material? I'm getting hungry.
Jeff Trance
Concerned in Colorado
The Chef has taken a temporary
sabbatical to master the intricacies
of Tongan cuisine. T-ed
REVOLUTIONARY RODNEY
I would like to thank Rodney,
Mullen for inventing flatground
ollies, ollie flips, ollie impossibles.
360° ollie flips, gazelles, flatground
ollie grabs, flatground 360° ollies,
countless shove-it variations, one-
footed ollies, ollie airwalks, etc.,
etc. He's the best street skater, oh,
I mean freestyler I've ever seen.
Me
S.F.
NATAS BAD AS THEY SAY
I don't know why everyone
always makes references to Satan
about Natas, when it's plain to see
that he is God!
Faithful Churchgoer
Chris Stevens
Boise, ID
HOLE IN THE HEAD
I've been trying to get my ear
pierced for about two years, but at
the mall your parents have to be
there and my parents won't let me.
I was hoping you, T-ed, could say
something that would convince
them to let me.
Eric
Carrollton, TX
It's better than piercing your nose,
tongue, belly button, nipples or the
tip of your Johnson. T-ed
GULF SOLUTION
Why don't we just send Saddam
Hussein a skateboard and a
halfpipe and let him kill himself?
Jeremy Blevins
Alabama
SLIGHT REVISION
The man doing the ollie over the
School-W fence in the February
1991 issue is named Jason
Carney. This DSP member, in
good standing, deserves credit for
this stunt.
DADDY COOL
Pine & Stein
This letter is in the memory of
Rush Turner, a 75-year-old man
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