Mistakes were made

I was listening to This American Life episode #354 about apologies that aren’t really sincere and at the end of the show, they talked about a poem by William Carlos Williams called, “This is Just to Say,” which they indicated could be considered the touchstone for the insincere apology.  They had David Rackoff, Sarah Vowell, and some others read some very funny variations of the poem.

They suggested that you could Google “this is just to say” spoof and find many variants on this thread.  I especially liked two very funny ones at cracked.com,

This Is Just To Say….

I had sex with your sister
on our wedding day
I was just so full of happiness and love

I knew one day
we could look back on this
and laugh

and by one day, I mean that day
and by we, I mean I
and by laugh, I mean laugh

and…

This Is Just To Say….

I ran over your cat
forgive me
he just looked so retarded
although he was born that way

his eyes were crossed
his tail was bent
Darwin
would have wanted it this way

If it makes you
feel better
it took me three tries
to catch him