Drummergrrl: “Gut Deer?” Needed Question Mark

Drummergrrl: Hey Dave - As promised, I’m interacting on the blog. But only to clarify - the Bumper Snicker should have a question mark at the end, “Gut Deer?” It makes more sense that way. I suppose my inflection didn’t come across clearly as we chatted at Java. That’s the downside of communicating in person, eh? On cyberspace you can make your punctuation very clear. Now with your forays to the local coffee shops and watering holes, you get to experience the best and worst of both cyberspace and personal space. Be careful out there!

DFO: Believe it or not, I’ve had an e-mail two phone calls, including one from Sandpoint, in which readers tried to figure out what I meant with the question-markless bumpersnicker in today’s print Huckleberries. The Sandpoint fella, Larry Bower (sp?) said he didn’t understand the snicker and asked 15 others who also didn’t understand it. I took it from the get-go to mean that either the driver of the bumpersnicker stating that he’s a hunter or asking other motorists if they were. All this, from a line in a Huckleberry re: my wi-fi experience. Which tells me that the print Huckleberries is read closely. Also, Frank Pigott read the Huckleberry and e-mailed to say his Bakery by the Lake on Third has wi-fi. How cool is that — from a 6-inch column?