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Earlier in the week, Ringo Starr announced he would no longer be responding to fan mail or providing autographs to seekers. The stance triggered an immediate backlash, and Starr had to go into damage control mode almost immediately. He clarified that he wouldn’t be giving his signature out to people who put his autograph up for sale on the Internet, though reader Paul (we’re assuming it’s not McCartney) suggested Starr reach back into his past for a solution: “I think it was the ‘I’m too busy for you’ tone of the video that fueled some of the negative reaction. Maybe he could have Pete Best help him with his workload and pay him handsomely for it.” Though Best’s band just put out a new album, who couldn’t use a little extra Beatles scratch?

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