The following extracts are perfectly genuine - taken from actual letters sent to the D.S.S. (The British Social Security). Although rather crude they are written in good faith by the senders.
Our lavatory seat is
broken in half and is now in three pieces.
Can you please tell
me when our repairs are going to e done as my wife is about
to become an expectant mother.
I want some repairs
doing to my cooker as it backfired and burnt my knob off.
The toilet is blocked and
we can't bath the children until it is cleared.
The man next door
has a large erection in his back garden which is unsightly and
dangerous.
Will you please
send someone to mend our broken path as my wife tripped and fell
on it and she is now pregnant.
Our kitchen floor
is very damp and we have two children and we would like a third
so will you please send somebody round to do something about it.
Would you please
repair our toilet. My son pulled the chain and the box fell on
his head.
Mrs. Smith has no
clothes and has had none for over a year. The clergy have been
visiting her.............
I need money to buy
special medicine for my husband as he is unable to masturbate
his food.
I reply to your
letter, I have already cohabited with your officer with no results
so far.
I am pleased to
inform you that my husband who was reported missing, is dead.
Mrs. Adams has
asked me to collect her money as she is going to hospital to have
her overtures out.
Sir, I am
forwarding my marriage certificate and two children - one of which is
a mistake as you will see.
My husband is
diabetic and has to take insolence regular but he finds he is lethargic
to it.
Unless I get my
husbands maintenance soon I shall be obliged to live an immortal
life.
The children have
been off school because there is a lot of measles about and
I had them humanised.
Please forward my
money at once as I have fallen into errors with my landlord
and milkman.
You have changed my
little boy into a little girl. Will this matter?
Mrs. Brown only
THINKS she's ill, but believe me she is nothing but a hypodermic.
In accordance with
your instructions I have given birth to twins in the enclosed
envelope.
I want my sick pay
quick. I have been in bed under the doctor for a week and he
is doing me no good. If things don't improve I shall get another doctor.
I do not get money
from my son. He is in the army and his regiment is at present
manuring on Salisbury plain.
Milk is wanted for my
baby and the father is unable to supply it.
Re your dental
enquiry. The teeth on top are alright but those on my bottom are
hurting dreadfully.
I am very annoyed
to find you have branded my son illiterate. This is a lie as
I married his father a week before he was born.
I am so sorry I
omitted to put down all my children's names. This was due to contraceptional
circumstances.
I wish to complain
that my father hurt his ankle very badly when he put his foot
in the hole in his back passage.
The lavatory is
blocked. This is caused by the boys next door throwing balls on
the roof.
This is to let you know
there is a smell coming from the man next door.
The toilet seat is
cracked - where do I stand?
Thanks to John Mould
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