Politics And The Domestic Situation

[Lazy Sod]

This was a letter I saw in the Western Daily Express today.

 

[robs1]

Why do people write letters to newspapers ? Too much time on their hands or just like to show how clever they *think) they are, at least on forums a discussion can take place

 

[JP1]

Why do people write letters to newspapers ? Too much time on their hands or just like to show how clever they *think) they are, at least on forums a discussion can take place

There's a whole industry publishing books containing the unpublished letters sent in to the Daily Telegraph - quite amazing how many nutters are about (or maybe a few that just write a stack of letters)

 

[robs1]

There's a whole industry publishing books containing the unpublished letters sent in to the Daily Telegraph - quite amazing how many nutters are about (or maybe a few that just write a stack of letters)

We have one in our village that writes to our local wiltshire times very regularly, total nonsense most of the time, its one of the reasons I dont want to retire is that too much time is not good

 

[czechmate]

Why do people write letters to newspapers ? Too much time on their hands or just like to show how clever they *think) they are, at least on forums a discussion can take place

did you read the letter?

 

[robs1]

did you read the letter?

Yes, it was mildly amusing but it comes across as someone trying to show how clever they are

 

[czechmate]

Yes, it was mildly amusing but it comes across as someone trying to show how clever they are

i thought it was funny

 

[stewart]

We have one in our village that writes to our local wiltshire times very regularly, total nonsense most of the time, its one of the reasons I dont want to retire is that too much time is not good

I’ve recently retired, or at least semi retired, never been so busy.

 

[Danllan]

There's a whole industry publishing books containing the unpublished letters sent in to the Daily Telegraph - quite amazing how many nutters are about (or maybe a few that just write a stack of letters)

A friend's Mrs is at editorial level in a broadsheet, they have some absolute classics framed on the walls - but they are only put up once the writer's 'bona fides' have been established. (Not meaning whether or not the writer is potty, but that it is a real person who writes, genuinely, on their own behalf.)

As a related aside, I've seen some absolute classics sent to Judges in various highly publicised cases; the best / funniest ones tend to offer special evidential insights... from 'the other side'.

 

[Henarar]

I’ve recently retired, or at least semi retired, never been so busy.

I think it was Jethro said he was on the dole once and he got so busy he had to take a man on.