No idea if this is true or not, I suspect not, but it is funny all the same, with a clever twist from the author that hasn’t been mentioned yet… This arrived in my mailbox:
| letter of complaint received by the B&Q customer services department. B&Q were the major sponsors of Ellen MacArthur… Dear Sir/Madam My congratulations to you on getting a yacht to leave the UK on 28th Could you please let me know when the kitchen I ordered 96 days ago Yours Sincerely John Roberts |
After a bit of googling I came up with google cached page (now gone, but here is a different link) that points out a John Roberts happens to be Facilities Manager at B&Q HQ 