{"id":25,"date":"2005-02-11T14:01:03","date_gmt":"2005-02-11T14:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pgregg.com\/wp2\/?p=25"},"modified":"2005-02-11T14:01:03","modified_gmt":"2005-02-11T14:01:03","slug":"ironic-funny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/2005\/02\/ironic-funny\/","title":{"rendered":"Ironic funny"},"content":{"rendered":"

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:<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n
letter of complaint received by the B&Q customer services department.  B&Q
were the major sponsors of Ellen MacArthur… <\/em><\/p>\n

Dear Sir\/Madam <\/p>\n

My congratulations to you on getting a yacht to leave the UK on 28th
November 2004, sail 27,354 miles around the world and arrive back 72
days later. <\/p>\n

Could you please let me know when the kitchen I ordered 96 days ago
will be arriving from your warehouse 13 miles away? <\/p>\n

Yours Sincerely <\/p>\n

John Roberts<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\n

After a bit of googling I came up with google cached page<\/a> (now gone, but here<\/a> is a different link) that points out a John Roberts happens to be Facilities Manager at B&Q HQ \":)\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 … <\/p>\n

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