Oh, never mind the details of it, it’s always roughly the same. Increasingly, my reply is becoming rote and reflexive as well.
“Dear [name redacted],
“Thank you for your kind words recognizing my contribution to popular culture and asking me to contribute [something that will take me some significant amount of time to do] to [your thing]. I appreciate your generous offer to reward me for my contribution to [your thing] with further recognition of my contribution to popular culture.
“Unfortunately, given that Chase Mortgage does not accept ‘recognition’ but instead insists that I make my house payments using ‘money,’ I’m afraid I must decline your offer.
“Sincerely,
Bruce Bethke”
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That, old friend, is snark in its PUREST form. You have reached the point of the refined critic; joining the ranks of the Two Old Men (Statler and Waldorf) on the original MUPPET SHOW.
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Guy
Reminded me of a Harlan Ellison interview.
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