Guess the job applicant

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  1. Hught

    Hught Well-Known Member

    The following was a cover letter for someone looking for a job! Who was it!
    Vancouver Sun

    TO JACK SCOTT, VANCOUVER SUN

    October 1, 1958

    57 Perry Street New York City

    Sir,

    I got a hell of a kick reading the piece Time magazine did this week on The Sun. In addition to wishing you the best of luck, I'd also like to offer my services.

    Since I haven't seen a copy of the "new" Sun yet, I'll have to make this a tentative offer. I stepped into a dung-hole the last time I took a job with a paper I didn't know anything about (see enclosed clippings) and I'm not quite ready to go charging up another blind alley.

    By the time you get this letter, I'll have gotten hold of some of the recent issues of The Sun. Unless it looks totally worthless, I'll let my offer stand. And don't think that my arrogance is unintentional: it's just that I'd rather offend you now than after I started working for you.

    I didn't make myself clear to the last man I worked for until after I took the job. It was as if the Marquis de Sade had suddenly found himself working for Billy Graham. The man despised me, of course, and I had nothing but contempt for him and everything he stood for. If you asked him, he'd tell you that I'm "not very likable, (that I) hate people, (that I) just want to be left alone, and (that I) feel too superior to mingle with the average person." (That's a direct quote from a memo he sent to the publisher.)
     
  2. dgsatman

    dgsatman Well-Known Member

    Andy Rooney? :confused:
     
  3. Gomer Pyle

    Gomer Pyle Well-Known Member

    Hunter S. Thompson?
     
  4. Hught

    Hught Well-Known Member

    Bingo!
     
  5. Gomer Pyle

    Gomer Pyle Well-Known Member

    No kidding!?! I didn't Google it (really!).

    What do I win?
     
  6. Hught

    Hught Well-Known Member

  7. Gomer Pyle

    Gomer Pyle Well-Known Member

    Beautiful! It'll look great with my "Vote Nixon in '72!" button!
     
  8. Hught

    Hught Well-Known Member

    For what appears to be the two Hunter Thompson fans on this site!

    Hunter S. Thompson comic bio



    P.S. This is also for anyone wishing to purchase me a present.
     
  9. Sherry A.

    Sherry A. Well-Known Member

    That hoodie looked awesome. I have every book he ever wrote. I also have some of his rambling audios. :lol:

    I am his lawyer,
    Sherry
     
  10. Hught

    Hught Well-Known Member

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