Feb. 21, 1957

Dear Thom (John)

Your expose of the Winter Carnival and subsequent expose of the wily M was a highly enjoyable piece of


prose.  It was a true masterpiece of double-entendre.  Although you well-put trials and tribulations were


very humorous, it is unfortunate that your Operation M fell through.  I fully agree with you in your two-point

theory on selecting the proper marital party.  I am especially predisposed to agree with you because it looks

like my Operation J has floundered.  She has blatantly refused to answer my last letter.  Apparently her 


interests lie (lay) elsewhere.  I must say that she has picked an inopportune time to desert the ship, as it were
.  
I will now be forced to search for  date to the N.D. Easter Dance in Chicago- - a project which does not 


appeal to me.  If there is one thing I don't like to look for, it's a date for a dance.  It seems like you should be


 able to order one is this modern day & age.  I certainly don't want to miss that dance.  It will be a !!real!!


blast.  I can use one too.  Everyone who lives within 200 miles of this place is going home over the


Washington weekend except me.  What do I have to go home to?  My fish tank?


I don't suppose I'll be getting any cookies from M's flunkies not that since which things are so?


Ah well, QB to Q2.


This letter certainly needs some paragraph zoning, doesn't it?


Bob