The Bankrupt Inn (part 4) New and Improved

rog2

Well - it hasn't been a bad Christmas and I was touched by the following article in our local paper:

"In October, a 76 year old widow was robbed of her Christmas 'savings' of £400.

Desperate not to lose everything, she decided to write a letter to Santa, in which she explained what had happened, and that she would, now, be unable to buy any presents for her six grandchildren, who, themselves, had endured a particularly 'lean' year due to their father's redundancy and the credit crunch, leading to their house being 're-possessed'.
She posted the letter addressed to 'Santa Claus' - Lapland.
Now, as most of us know - and for those who don't, I am sorry to 'shatter the myth'- all such letters are opened by the Post Office and a 'Standard Reply' is normally sent out to the poster.
In this case, however, so touched was the postal worker, who opened the letter, that he immediately organised a collection for the old dear. This collection soon raised £380, which he put into a special 'Santa' envelope, and sent to the old lady along with 'Santa's Best Wishes'.
So amazed was the old widow, that she wrote a letter of thanks to Santa, stating:
I can not tell you how grateful I was that you took the trouble to reply to my earlier letter, and I would like to thank you for sending me the cash that ensured that my grandchildren had a Christmas to remember.

PS - I thought I'd better let you know that the money was £20 short - probably nicked by those thieving bu**ers at the Post Office."

Apologies to anyone who has already heard it, but it did make me chuckle.

debtinfo

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

confused76

ha ha love it rog!!:rotfl:

kerrypn

Hope everyone had a lovely christmas, and had the day you all hoped for

confused76

hey Kerry! how are you? hope you are having a lovely break?

kerrypn

Im great Thanks confused-fatter and fatter unfortunately :rotfl:Im sure this baby is going to be 10lb plus :eek: did you have a nice xmas? Have you got turkey poisoning like my house?

confused76

kerrypn wrote: »

Im great Thanks confused-fatter and fatter unfortunately :rotfl:Im sure this baby is going to be 10lb plus :eek: did you have a nice xmas? Have you got turkey poisoning like my house?

lol i look pregnant - i'm not though :rotfl:
i had a good xmas thanks...
oh no! what happened with the turkey!!!!!

ps i've just been baaaad....i don't eat choc because i get a lot of migraines....OH got a big box of Heroes.....a small number have just been consumed by me :eek: the guilt is enough to trigger a migraine....

kerrypn

confused76 wrote: »

lol i look pregnant - i'm not though :rotfl:
i had a good xmas thanks...
oh no! what happened with the turkey!!!!!

ps i've just been baaaad....i don't eat choc because i get a lot of migraines....OH got a big box of Heroes.....a small number have just been consumed by me :eek: the guilt is enough to trigger a migraine....

Turkey curry, turkey butties, turkey stew, turkey chasseur, more turkey butties,......DH says he will leave home if I make turkey again:rotfl:

Nice one on the choccie-I get heartburn but it doesnt stop me I just wash it down with gaviscon :rotfl:

confused76

kerrypn wrote: »

Turkey curry, turkey butties, turkey stew, turkey chasseur, more turkey butties,......DH says he will leave home if I make turkey again:rotfl:

Nice one on the choccie-I get heartburn but it doesnt stop me I just wash it down with gaviscon :rotfl:

i could eat turkey for days, doesn't bother me! i eat chicken all the time anyway lol

i laughed out loud at you and the gaviscon....will be me with migraine tablet in the morning :rotfl:ah well it was worth it... i think?

very quiet in the inn today...

kerrypn

I know......very quiet on the board too... mind you 3 men and a baby is on....:o