Thursday, March 25, 2004

Oh, You Sensitive, Sensitive Market Research Professionals, You

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Tuesday, March 23, 2004

Meet Rohit "Ronnie" Ramachandran: New LasagnaFarm Senior Writer

Greetings my LasagnaFarm friends,

I want you take this opportunity to introduce myself and to say that I am very honored to be the new Senior Writer of the LasagnaFarm.com. Like many of you, I was very sorry to hear about the impact of cost-cutting measures on LasagnaFarm staff. However, we at Infonet Bangalore, Ltd., one of the great firms of that region of India, are excited to continue the extremely humorous writing. I, as the Senior Writer, will uphold the highest standards of comedy to which you are used. As a matter of fact, here is a sample of the kind of content that will continue to be the kind you have become accustomed to reading here on LasagnaFarm:

"Ronnie": We hear you have become estranged from Friendster, for what reason is this please?

Young Manhattanite: Who did you say you were?

What is more, I am also very well acquainted with the writing of humorous lists full of absurdity. I take delight in fashioning complex comedy juxtopositions of unlike concepts in an ironic manner, using a combination of current events and pop culture references. And I am not afraid to work blue, as they say in the Catskills of New York. This type of writing gives me great pleasure. Please to examine the following:

Several Things About George W. Bush That Only His Barber Knows About Him

1.) He is of bald pate, yet he wears on his head a wig made from the hair of Rhesus monkeys!

2.) While sitting in the barber's chair, he likes to whistle the song "Shave and a Haircut, Two Bits," but for the "two bits" part, he instead sings, "tough shit" in a West Texas accent.

3.) He shaves his pubic region into the shape of a 1960 Cadillac Coupe D'Ville.


You see now that I was not kidding. Anyhoo (I picked that up from Chris Gage, while he was training me to take over his job), I again want to thank the departing staff of LasagnaFarm.com, and wish them well in their search for new positions. I'm sure they will be successful, and If not, they can always come to Bangalore and get in on the blooming comedy-writing industry here. And the pay is great! Almost 75 rupees a year, enough for one Thomas Pink cotton work shirt every five years! Thank you for the opportunity, my friends.

Sincerely,

Rohit