‘Surely the greatest letter ever sent to a newspaper?’

We’re grateful to the wonderful Angry People in Local Newspapers for sharing this reader’s letter which Dom Joly reckons is ‘surely the greatest letter ever sent to a newspaper?’

Here’s what @angrypiln said about it when they shared it on Twitter.

I have literally no idea what I’ve just read. pic.twitter.com/O6pAMGyNUP

— Angry People in Local Newspapers (@angrypiln) November 15, 2019

And a few of the replies it prompted.

“I tried to conjure up an antidote”…. well you would, wouldn’t you?

— Suellu (@suellu) November 15, 2019

The last few lines feel somehow profound. https://t.co/kjKqAcqJAW

— Letters of Note (@LettersOfNote) November 15, 2019

Worth it just for “I was taken aback by three ducks”.

— Matt Leys (@mattleys) November 15, 2019

I feel like is two separate anecdotes merged into one.

— Stokesy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 (@SStokes81) November 15, 2019

This is incredible https://t.co/Nm8HLF6vxl

— Matt Leys (@mattleys) November 15, 2019

And yet there is no rejoinder beneath saying ”didn’t happen mate” so, once again, local newspapers are better than Twitter

— Michael Moran (@TheMichaelMoran) November 15, 2019

Surely the greatest letter ever sent to a newspaper? https://t.co/ZKzPo5lRzw

— Dom Joly (@domjoly) November 15, 2019

I am prepared to believe that this is exactly how events unfolded.

— Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) November 15, 2019

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Source @angrypiln H/T @DomJoly