> >. > > > >The following are genuine extracts of letters received by the DEPARTMENT > >OF > >LABOUR from people inquiring after money on the grounds of hardship. > >They > >are exact copies as they were received. > > > > > >Neither the wording nor the spelling has been altered. > > > >Extract: > > > >I am glad to state that my husband died yesterday. I will be glad if > >you get me a pension. If you don't hurry up I will have to get public > >resistance. > > > >I am enclosing my marriage certificate with three children. One of > >then is a mistake as you can see when you look into it. I am writing to > >say my youngest son is born two years old. Why not getting allowances > >for it. > > > >The man I live with won't work and he wants to know if my husband is > >dead. Will you please search through your records office for him and let > >me know. > > > >In accordance with your Instructions I have given birth to twins in > >the enclosed envelope. > > > >I want money as badly as quisk as you can send it. I have been in bed > >under the doctor for weeks and he doesn't seem to be doing me any good. > >If things don't improve I shall have another doctor. > > > >Milk is needed for my baby. Father is unable to supply it. > > > >Re your dental enquiry, the teeth at the top are still alright, but > >the ones in my bottom are hurting me terrible. > > > >Please send me a form for cheap milk. I have a baby 2 month old and > >did not know about it until the neighbor told me. > > > >My son is unable to attend school. He has had diarrhoea throuhg a hole > >in his shoe. > > > > > >These are actual letters sent by council building dwellers: > > > >I want some repairs done to my cooker as it has backfired and burnt my > >knob off. > > > >I wish to complain that my father hurt his ankle very badly when he > >put his foot in the hole in his back passage. > > > >Their 18 year old son is continuously banging his balls against my > >fence. > > > >I wish to report that tiles are missing from the roof of the outside > >toilet and I think it was bad wind the other night that blew them off. > > > >The lavatory seat is cracked, where do I stand? > > > >I am writing on behalf of my sink which is coming away from the wall. > > > >Will you please send someone to mend the garden path. My wife tripped > >and fell on it yesterday and now she is pregnant. > > > >I request your permission to remove my drawers in the kitchen. > > > >Can you please tell me when the repairs will be done as my wife is > >about to become an expectant mother. > > > >I am still having trouble with smoke in my built-in drawers. > > > >The toilet is blocked and we cannot bath the children until it is > >cleared. > > > >Will you please send a man to look at my water, it is a funny colour > >and not fit to drink. > > > >Our lavatory seat is broken in half and now it is in three pieces. > > > >Would you please send a man to repair my sprout. I am an old age > >pensioner and need it straight away. > > > >Our kitchen floor is damp. We have two children and would like a third > >so will you please send someone around to do something about it. > > > >This is to let you know that our lavatory seat is broken and we can't > >get BBC > > > > > > > > > > > >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > >This message is confidential. It may also be privileged or > >protected by other legal rules. It does not constitute an > >offer or acceptance of an offer, nor shall it form any part > >of a legally binding contract. If you have received this > >communication in error, please let us know by reply then > >destroy it. You should not use, print, copy the message or > >disclose its contents to anyone. > > > >E-mail is subject to possible data corruption, is not > >secure, and its content does not necessarily represent the > >opinion of this Company. 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