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Death & Taxes

An oldie but a goodie. A reply allegedly sent from the Inland Revenue (the UK tax people) to a presumably disgruntled Chris Addison and reproduced in full in his column in the Guardian. The joy for me in this is imagining the original letter which is being replied to. It’s brilliantly written, whether it’s genuine [...]

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Enough babies already!

I saw this letter in The Times earlier this week. It made me laugh. I am a poor pensioner and taxpayer – I cannot afford to pay for your sexual urges. The world and South Africa has enough people, please don’t be stupid and selfish and add more at my expense. More people means more [...]

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