I apologize for the state of Ohio - but the closer you get to the lake, the stranger the people become. Perhaps it is in the water.
The letter writer reminds me of the Jehova's Witnesses (apologies if I have the wrong one) who refuse to allow anyone to say 'bless you' when they sneeze, for some obscure religious reason. A friend of mine worked somewhere with a person who went ballistic when he said 'bless you' after a sneeze.
I apologize for the state of Ohio - but the closer you get to the lake, the stranger the people become. Perhaps it is in the water.