Life is serious. But, darn, we need to be able to take a joke.

Re letter by reader, Ms. Berlanger.

Let me clue you in on a couple of facts of life.

1) Catholic guilt only works if someone is Catholic.

2) Likewise, vegan guilt only works if someone is vegan.

I'm not vegan, so nothing you say or write will guilt me into changing the way I eat. I'm sorry your husband had four heart attacks, but I've never had any problems with my heart.

My doctor says I'm a 65 year old man with a 25 year old's body.

But then he told me I'd better give it back, I'm getting it all wrinkled. Look, I have no beef with people who'd rather not eat any. (Pun intended.) I just wish they'd sit down, shut up, eat their veggies - and leave the rest of us alone.

One more thing: you might come down off your high horse and look up a word in the dictionary, satire.

Then again, you probably wouldn't get up on a high horse anyway, lest you hurt the poor thing.

See what I did there?

This story was originally published June 25, 2016 at 4:58 PM with the headline "Life is serious. But, darn, we need to be able to take a joke.."