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Letters

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‘Stop your pretensions, your family was no better than the rest of us.’
‘I’ll have you know my father was a man of letters!’
‘He was a postman Tom, from Whitley Bay.’
‘It was Cullercoats actually Sandra, there’s a difference.’
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I got one of those letters
I knew what was the score
My knees were too hairy
My attitude too lary
Position of monarch taken
I could not replace Queen
So please stop applying
Never again and never more

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He thought he was marrying into money
He thought he’d got it made
His father in law had letters
But PHG meant ‘Postman Higher Grade’
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Doh!

My proposal to my sweetheart in 8 foot neon letters, and all she could say was "Who's Mary", I never could spell.
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