As you know, the Mercury has been publishing free reader valentines in our annual Valentine’s Issue since way back in 2000. And we’ll be doing it again this year, too! See next week’s ish for details. Anyway, it’s a fun idea, which I’m sure is why the Willamette Week is also giving it a shot. However, before you accuse them of ripping the idea off or anything, you should know that their reader valentines have one very important distinction…

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Remember, this is not against the law. You are merely expressing how you love your pet—you’re not actually doing anything.

Bang bang, choo-choo train, let me see you shake that thang. Wm. Steven Humphrey is the editor-in-chief of the Portland Mercury and has held the job since 2000. (So don’t get any funny ideas.)

2 replies on “Local Paper Encourages Human-on-Pet Love”

  2. CONGRATULATIONS!!! WE’RE READING YOUR POST TO A BIRD… THE FIRST BIRD THAT WATCHES PORTLANDIA! AND LIKES IT FOR BEING A SPOT-ON RENDERING OF THE QUIRKY, OFF-THE -BEATEN PATH LIFE-CHOICE-STYLE THAT IS PORT-LANDIA!!!
    I mean seriously. Read this to a bird and you’ll have something. Right?! Oh I give up.

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