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Dear Sir / Madam, Recently I had the pleasure of obtaining one of your fruit yoghurts, in the square configuration with an aluminized plastic top. I eagerly set to peeling the preservative skin from it's expected adhesive grip to the material below. Imagine my surprise to discover whilst engaged upon this task what appeared to be some sort of rivet like contraption twixt sheet and body welding them inseparably. As one can well imagine this severely impeded my peeling progress, which clearly must proceed with caution owing to the well documented bad luck that plagues those who rip such unblemished coverings. So; having peeled many a pot I have never been so appalled with this blasphemous neologism of non-uniform extra methods of adhesion. Indeed despite scrupulous care my lid became multiply perforated, condemning me to who knows what horrors! I have taken to hiding beneath my bed in disgrace, whence my mother brings me periodic refreshment. Hard as it is to write in such confines, I beg to be informed as to whether this is all part of a fiendish German plot to cripple this great Nations fortuity ? and indeed whether anything can be done about my sorry predicament ?! Yours Faithfully,
Dear Sir / Madam, The other day I was thrilled to receive the most enormous cylindrical tin of Roses chocolates, with your bold emblem stamped in imperial red on its rind. Indeed, the smell that arose to my eager nostrils as I wrenched the lid from its fixing was delicious, the aroma assaulting my nostrils as of a chocolate smorgasboard, exciting and fresh as if for the first time. However, in this instance it was different. After sating my initial desire I held aloft a cursory morsel twixt finger and thumb and, after a moments uffish thought, a horrifying realization hit me. My worst fears were quickly confirmed by a rummage in the receptacle: there are No chocolates with a black wrapping. There were many beautiful chocolates with a white wrapping, some yellow, some green but no black! Suddenly the sweet taste in my mouth turned to wax, and a sickening feeling struck me. How can we as a forward looking, vibrant, pivotal community of communities move forward in tackling the obscene and institutional racism in our society if we can't get this simple thing right ? How can the police force be beaten to its senses, the teachers re-educated and the imperialist walls demolished if we cannot even achieve some sort of racial balance in our chocolate wrappers !? Yours disgustedly,
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Michael Meeks (michael.meeks@collabora.com)