[Humour] The Football Letters

[gripper stebson]

Had the pleasure of doing the artwork / photoshoppery for this.

In the tradition of the Timewaster Letters. New one every week.

https://www.daverobertsbooks.com/football-letters

Fair play to Juan Mata!

 

[Hiney]

Brilliant.

Who was the guy back in the 70s who used to write to loads of random people, enclosing a pound with each letter?

 

[lawros left foot]

Brilliant.

Who was the guy back in the 70s who used to write to loads of random people, enclosing a pound with each letter?

Henry Root.

His letter to the Queen

I appreciate that under the constitution you cannot poke your nose into things too directly, but I do have a small suggestion to make.

You’re always opening things: hospitals, schools, theatres, factories, fly-overs, playgrounds, etc.

Why don’t you close a few things?

I have in mind such blemishes on the face of our society as The National Liberal Club, BBC 2, Soho’s ‘foreign’ cinemas and so-called massage parlours, the National Council for Civil Liberties, subversive periodicals such as ‘The New Statesman’ and ‘Time Out’, which are devoted to the understanding and our British institutions.

And the new white tile universities, which see it as their function to stuff the impressionable young students with half-baked left-wing notions.



Quite appropriate at the present time.

 

[Barham's tash]

Henry Root.

His letter to the Queen

I appreciate that under the constitution you cannot poke your nose into things too directly, but I do have a small suggestion to make.

You’re always opening things: hospitals, schools, theatres, factories, fly-overs, playgrounds, etc.

Why don’t you close a few things?

I have in mind such blemishes on the face of our society as The National Liberal Club, BBC 2, Soho’s ‘foreign’ cinemas and so-called massage parlours, the National Council for Civil Liberties, subversive periodicals such as ‘The New Statesman’ and ‘Time Out’, which are devoted to the understanding and our British institutions.

And the new white tile universities, which see it as their function to stuff the impressionable young students with half-baked left-wing notions.



Quite appropriate at the present time.

That’s simply a work of genius. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Insel affe]

Had the pleasure of doing the artwork / photoshoppery for this.

In the tradition of the Timewaster Letters. New one every week.

https://www.daverobertsbooks.com/football-letters

Fair play to Juan Mata!

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Excellent, much needed laughter...

 

[gripper stebson]

Bernard hassling LIDL and Nike.

https://www.daverobertsbooks.com/football-letters

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

Henry Root alias William Donaldson (who I think may have been editor of Punch at some time).

He wrote spoof letters to public figures but always included a pound donation so they would reply.

His correspondence with Esther Rantzen was hilarious. His books were really funny but I don't think they are widely available now. I just looked but not on Kidle but there is a paperback version at £34.93!!

He would have LOVED Twitter!

 

[darkwolf666]

Clearly I don't understand every other countries sense of humour, but there is something bizarrely British about this, a bit like writing ludicrous letters to the editor of your local newspaper - brilliant and indeed hats off to Mr Mata.

 

[gripper stebson]

The best one yet... Incredible that Barcelona actually replied!

https://www.daverobertsbooks.com/football-letters

 

[lawros left foot]

A very funny twitter account is Sir Michael, [MENTION=15331]Michael1979[/MENTION]. I actually laugh out loud at this fella.

 

[gripper stebson]

David Elleray.

https://www.daverobertsbooks.com/football-letters

 

[gripper stebson]

Smalling and Channon.

https://www.daverobertsbooks.com/football-letters

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Some of those are quite brilliant.

 

[gripper stebson]

Some of those are quite brilliant.

They really are.

Dave's books are highly recommended too.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Had the pleasure of doing the artwork / photoshoppery for this.

In the tradition of the Timewaster Letters. New one every week.

https://www.daverobertsbooks.com/football-letters

Fair play to Juan Mata!

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Much of that is very wrong.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Clearly I don't understand every other countries sense of humour, but there is something bizarrely British about this, a bit like writing ludicrous letters to the editor of your local newspaper - brilliant and indeed hats off to Mr Mata.

My little brother, a Leeds (FFS) supporter, has had several furious letters published over the years in the Leeds local rag. Sadly all his were sincere

 

[vegster]

The late Spike Milligan used to delight in writing letters to companies and organisations with a starting point of " Re Your letter of 23/06 on the subject of..... " He would then write an amazing written reply to a letter that had not been sent all on the hoof.

He said it was great fun thinking of this company desperately trying to find an original letter that they had not sent!