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Welfare

#2075
From: Lawrence Brown
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 19:16
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>                            Why I need welfare.
>
>  Examples of unclear writing. Sentences taken from actual letters
>  received by the Local Welfare Department from applicants.
>
>  1.  I am forwarding my marriage certificate and six children.
>      I have 7, but one was baptized on half a sheet of paper.
>
>  2.  I am writing the Welfare Department to say that my baby was
>      born two years old.  When do I get my money?
>
>  3.  Mrs. Jones has not had any clothes for a year and has been
>      visited by the clergy regularly.
>
>  4.  I cannot get sick pay.  I have 6 children.  Can you tell me why?
>
>  5.  I am glad to report that my husband who was missing, is dead.
>
>  6.  This is my eighth child.  What are you going to do about it?
>
>  7.  Please find for certain if my husband is dead.  The man I now
>      live with can't eat or do anything until he knows.
>
>  8.  I am very much annoyed to find that you have branded my son as
>      illiterate. This is a dirty lie as I was married a week before
>      he was born.
>
>  9.  In answer to your letter, I have given birth to a boy weighing
>      ten pounds.  I hope this is satisfactory.
>
>  10. I am forwarding my marriage certificate and three children, one
>      of which is a mistake as you can see.
>
>  11. My husband got his project cut off two weeks ago and I haven't
>      had any relief since.
>
>  12. Unless I get my husband's money pretty soon, I will be forced to
>      lead an immortal life.
>
>  13. You have changed my little boy to a girl.  Will this make any
>      difference?
>
>  14. I have no children yet as my husband is a truck driver and works
>      day & night.
>
>  15. In accordance with your instructions, I have given birth
>      to twins in the enclosed envelope.
>
>  16. I want my money as quick as I can get it.  I've been in bed with
>      the doctor for two weeks and he doesn't do me any good.
>      If things don't improve, I will have to send for another doctor.
>
> --Boundary (ID msYLEau57+cpDsOki80Kgg)--
>


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