
IS MY HANDWRITING TOO SLOPPY FOR YOUR EYEBALLS? HERE'S THE TEXT OF THE ABOVE CARD ... CONGRESSMAN JOHN T. DOOLITTLE / HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES / 2410 RAYBURN HOB / WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515 / CONGRESSMAN DOOLITTLE -- AS PER USUAL REQUEST, I HAVE REVIEWED YOUR LATEST BILL. AND WHILE YOUR AMBITION IS MOST COMMENDABLY FRIVOLOUS, DO YOU REALLY THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO FUND "THE FIRST MANNED TRIP TO THE SUN" IN ORDER TO "BRING BACK A SAMPLE"? HAVE YOU EVER TOUCHED A HOT POT OR RUN YOUR HAND OVER A CANDLE? WELL, THE SUN IS LIKE THREE OR FOUR TIMES THAT HOT! I'M NOT KIDDING. LOOK, MY MOTHER USED TO TELL ME THREE THINGS: 1. "EAT YOUR VEGETABLES." 2. "EAT MY VEGETABLES TOO, THOSE THINGS ARE NASTY." 3. "DON'T STARE AT THE SUN, IT'S IMPOLITE." (SHE NEVER SAID NOT TO SHAVE THE NEIGHBOR'S DOG.) INCIDENTALLY, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THAT MOVIE "DR. DOLITTLE"? WHICH VERSION, THERE ARE SEVERAL?