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something laughable or amusing; funniness,” and that
is you, to me. You are always doing laughable and/or
amusing and funny things. Therefore, you are so funny.
In addition to being funny, you are also very smart.
Smart people are perhaps the second most lovable type of
person in our modern world, and I would like to now show
you how smart you are, so that you can see that you truly
do belong to this elusive type of personality, being
both funny and so very, very smart. I often sit and wish
sometimes that I were as smart as you. The way you just
know things is something that just amazes me. I think
about all those things you always know when I think about
you and how smart you are, and how I love smart people
only second to funny people. Will you ever cease amazing
me? If they are right in Science that the human brain
and its capabilities are the only thing that keep us safe
from the dangerous jungle that we would live in if we
weren’t smart enough to build houses and live in those,
then you are denitely a great person, great because of
your intelligence. And if we don’t love great people,
who are we to love? I know that I love greatness, and
therefore, as has been shown, I love you. I love all
those things about you, like your taste in music and the
way you dress. Those little things that other people
take for granted, but those are the things to me that
aren’t little, they are love. My love for you. This is
not little, even though some may argue that it is. No,
it is very large.
Finally, you are also very cute, and that is
something lovable in every society known to man.* (*Since
I wrote this, I actually learned about a tribe in Africa
where this is not the case, but please read this letter
as if these people didn’t exist.) I could go on and
on all day about how cute you are, but that would be
telling, not showing, and every good writer knows that it
is far, far better to show than to tell.
In conclusion, you are funny, smart, and cute, and I
think the past three pages have invariably proven this to
you. I love you because of those things.