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"Interview with the Award-Winning Author: Paul Hunt"
Thoughts on Things

Interviewer:

"So, first things first Paul. I'd like to get a feel for who you are and just what exactly you do here on the Lease-a-Laugh website?"

Paul:
"Well, I don't really do much. I take a topic, write my opinion on it, and then put it out there for the world to look at... kind of like Rosie O'Donnell.. only with a little more tact, and a little less over-eating.

Interviewer:
"HAHAHA you are HILLARIOUS Paul! Seriously, you may be the funniest person I have ever known!"

Paul:
"You don't know me."

Interviewer:
"True. Although it seems like you know quite a few celebrities! Now be honest, do you really "know" all of these people, or are you just a stalker who got lucky a few times?"

Paul:
"Well to be honest, both. Its amazing how well you can really get to "know" someone by pawing through their trash... especially if you are lucky enough to get to it before they throw it out. A couple of them I lived with for a while. Matt (Damon) and I were roommates for almost a month before he found out that I was sleeping under the staircase that led to the building's boiler-room. That's the great thing about Matt, he was so concerned that where I was sleeping was unsafe and so he even screamed at the police to have me removed."

Interviewer:
"Ok.... well, I um.. thats different."

Paul:
"Not really, Kevin Bacon was pretty pissed when he found out too."

Interviewer:
"I bet. Anyway, I wanted to address some other "writings" of yours that caused quite a ruckus about a year ago when you were still living in Maine. It seems you made quite a few people angry with some of the things you wrote."

Paul:
"Yeah, I guess in hindsight it was a little immature. But, as any writer will tell you, you get fixed on one thing and it consumes you. You just want everyone to hear the story so bad that you sometimes forget about who your target audience is. I received quite a few death-threats and a ton of hate mail. It was probably not a good idea to write everything that I wrote."

Interviewer:
"So you admit that your "Erotic Short Stories for the Elderly" was a failure?"

Paul:
"Not a COMPLETE failure. I think the majority of the people who read them enjoyed them quite a bit. Sometimes its those few nay-sayers that end up squashing a good idea. It only takes a couple of "concerned families" to stop a publication. However, I'm confident that "The Wicked-Sexy Adventures of Emma the Former Saloon Girl Whose Arthritis isn't as Bad as it Used to Be Thanks to the New Meds Her Doctor Has Her Taking" will be a big hit. I already have many pre-orders from local nursing homes.

Interviewer:
"Well it certainly sounds like you have your hands full! Before we conclude this, I would just like to touch on a couple more things."

Paul:
"Sure, go ahead."

Interviewer:
"You are advertised as an "award wining" author, but to be honest most people have never even heard of you. What awards have you won?

Paul:
Well, I don't think we have time to cover them all... but I can name a few off-hand. One of my earliest was for my grammatical achievements when Mrs. Tyler handed me my "refrigerator worthy" award for participation in the school spelling bee in 1990. I've got a trophy room lined with various other "runner-up" and "participation certificate" awards from a number of school-enforced activities.

Interviewer:
"There is some speculation that you are "faking" this interview and that you are just writing questions down under the name "Interviewer" and then answering them under your own name."

Paul:
"Absolutely. I figure the best way for me to "knock em down" was for me to "set em up" right before. This way there are no surprises."

(Imaginary)Interviewer:
"So you have basically been talking to yourself this entire time?"

Paul:
"Not at all. I typed the whole thing"

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