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Comfydown Cottage Address withheld Carryduff Belfast
The Spoon Company Kincardineshire AB31 5JJ Scotland
Dear Spoon Company, My wife Gloria and I (I’m her husband) have been drinking tea for 45 years. To mark the occasion we thought we should do something special and we have decided to row across the Indian Ocean using just a teaspoon. We are now 4 years in the planning and have already built a boat in the shape of a Royal Albert Teacup, a task that almost made us bankrupt and Gloria dead but I digress.
In view of the approaching bankruptcy, we were wondering if you would be interested in helping us out. You see your website states that you ‘design, customise and supply a range of high-quality spoons... yes, even one-of's! ‘ So we were wondering if you would be interested in designing two giant teaspoons in the shape of two giant teaspoons, suitable for ocean rowing. We would of course be happy to display your website address on them as advertising. We already have Tetley in the bag for the boat fenders -they will be in the shape of giant teabags of course.
We have gained plenty of local publicity, some of it not so welcome. A member of our local paparazzi snapped us having an argument while working on the teacup. The headline ‘Storm in a teacup’ in hindsight was mildly amusing.
One piece of advice- don’t make the teaspoon from ‘papier-mâché’. We made our first prototype scaled-down teacup from papier-mâché. Rambo, our dog, was only 4 miles out to sea on the first test-sail when he reported a leak had sprung. It almost ended in disaster.
Anyway, we desperately need to make use of your expertise in spoons and look forward to a positive reply.
Yours Sincerely,
John J Marley
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