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JUST a few words about the 'Wild West of Lincolnshire' letter from 'name and address supplied' in the August 12 edition of the Boston Standard.
There are just two possibilities with this letter; a) it is an amusing joke or b) that it is serious.
I will look at possibility 'a' first. It is a witty and funny parody.
Very amusing to find that Mr Pooter (Diary of a Nobody, Google the name if you have never heard of him) is still alive and well in the realm of fiction, albeit under the nom-de-plume of 'name and address supplied'.
This mysterious author has captured in a very well crafted way the original highly patronising Pooter talked to, and about, perfectly ordinary members of the public when they were just getting on with their lives.
The whole letter is a masterpiece of written impersonation. I congratulate and thank the writer for giving me such a laugh, on what could have been a bad Wednesday (I had just had treatment at the town's wonderful Pilgrim Hospital).
Now, Possibility 'b' that the writer is serious.
I find it difficult to believe that anyone would put pen to paper and come up with such a diatribe.
Where do I start? The design and display of number plates affect no-one except perhaps the driver of the vehicle and the police.
It does not present any direct danger to anyone, nor should anyone lose any sleep over it, I certainly don't.
The fact that two I's displayed close together, with an intervening bolt to make it look like an H is really neither here nor there in the great scheme of things. A similar perspective could be given to the 'trailer complaint'. As far as the bicycle episode is concerned, the complainant does not know (or say) why the rider was acting in this way.
She could have been attending to a family emergency as far as he (I am sure that 'name and address supplied' is a man) knows, and her actions may have been most uncharacteristic. I can't help feeling sorry for the woman, plainly in a hurry.
OK, which is it?
For someone with such an encylopaedic knowledge of the highway code, the complainant shows he has much less knowledge of the human condition in 2009.
It astounds me that someone obviously has plenty of time to complain about what amounts to unconsidered trifles in this day and age. I notice that there is no mention of him reporting the behaviour of the 'law-breaking denizens of Boston' to the police. He obviously prefers stirring up trouble from behind his name and address supplied persona. Anyone know a good psychiatrist? Well, I guess I'll just mosey on to real life, and keep any patronising thoughts to myself, unlike some people.
Hurrah for Boston, if it means Hurrah for the 'Wild West of the county'.
Yours in the hope of prevailing sense.
Dave Frewer
Swineshead.
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