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September 7,
Life in the Australian Army

This is the text of a letter from a kid from Eromanga to Mum and Dad. (For Those of you not in the know, Eromanga is a small town, west of Quilpie in the far south west of Queensland, Australia.) Dear Mum & Dad, I am well. Hope youse are too. Tell me big brothers […]

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April 7,
Funniest Complaint Letter

This is a real complaint letter sent to Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Airlines, which is currently being emailed globally and is considered by many to be the world's funniest passenger complaint letter. You can see the offending item here:- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01246/virgin1_1246696c.jpg Dear Mr Branson REF: Mumbai to Heathrow 7th December 2008 I love the Virgin brand, […]

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December 7,
Letters to the council

These are quotes from letters allegedly collected by staff at London's Islington Council Housing Department. Written by council tenants to the housing department, requesting maintenance attention of various sorts, they are the stuff of legend now. If you read something into the words, that's entirely down to you:- "I wish to report that tiles are […]

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