Excuse Me Sir, May I Borrow Your Electric Sander?

A long, long time ago, someone subscribed us to a bunch of listservs. As youthful freshmen, the promise of being in the know seemed well worth it, so we gladly scrawled our e-mail address here and there and everywhere.

And now we regret it.

In our latest indictment against listserv abusers, we find repeat offenders “the Hub,” the party planning/self-promotional list run by the Kelly Writers House, to be guilty. Apparently, the “Summer Staff” of the KWH needs an “electric sander” for “refinishing the dining room table.” In search of this elusive item, the Hub master sent out the following note, passed on to us by a tipster:

Subject: Seeking Hand Sander to Refinish Dining Room Table

Hello Hub,

The KWH summer staff will be refinishing the dining room table. We were wondering if any Hub member had an electric sander he or she could lend us for a few days? If you are in town this summer and happen to have a sander lying around, please let us know. That would be greatly appreciated. And this way the table can be nice and shiny for the start of the school year.

Thanks.

--Summer Staff

Now we’re all for fine furnishings, but excuse us for asking who EXACTLY might have an electric sander hanging around, in the middle of July. And in any event, there are far better things to pass around on listservs.