Little rays of moonshineHerbert, A. P. (Alan Patrick)
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Little rays of moonshine
Herbert, A. P. (Alan Patrick)
English essays -- 20th century; English wit and humor
how would thatdo for a BAThrooM wallpaper? it could be produced verery
cheaply and itcould be calld the CHERRYdesigN damn, imeant to put
all that in capitals. iam afraid this articleis spoilt now but butt
bUt curse . But perhaps the most excitingthing a£out this mac£ine is
that you can by pressing alittle switch suddenly writein redor green
instead of in black; I donvt understanh how £t is done butit is very
jollY? busisisness men us e the device a gre t deal wen writing to
their membersof PARLIAment, in order to emphasasise the pointin wich
the in£ustice is worSe than anyone elses in£ustice . wen they come
to WE ARE RUINED they burst out into red and wen they come to WE w
WOULD remIND YOU tHAT ATtHE LAST E£ECTION yoU UNDERTOOk they burst
into GReeN. thei r typists must enjoy doing those letters. with this
arrang ment of corse one coul d do allkinds of capital wallpapers. for
lnstance wat about a scheme of red £’s and black %’s and gReen &’s?
this sort of thing
£ % £ % £ % £ % £ %
& £ & £ & £ & £ & £
£ % £ % £ % £ % £ %
& £ & £ & £ & £ & £
Manya poor man would be glad to £ave that in his parLour ratherthan
wat he has got now. of corse, you wont be ab?e to apreciate the fulll
bauty of the design since i underst and that the retched paper which
is going to print this has no redink and no green inq either; so you
must £ust immagine that the £’s are red and the &’s are green. it is
extroarordinarry (wat a t errible-word!!!) how backward in MAny waYs
these up-todate papers are wwww¼¼¼¼¼¼½=¾ now how did that happen i wond
er; i was experimenting with the BACK SPACE key; if that is wat it is
for i dont thinq i shall use it again. iI wonder if i am impriving at
this½ sometimes i thinq i am and so metimes i thinq iam not. we have
not had so many £’s lately but i notice that theere have been one or
two misplaced q’s & icannot remember to write i in capital s there it
goes again.
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