The 29 Greatest Readers' Letters In The History Of Everything

    There is no impotent rage like that contained in a letter to the editor. Some of these via Pointless Letters.

    1. This missive, from a retired drunken sailor.

    Drunken sailor objects to being compared to Democrat

    2. When this letters page editor lost the will to live.

    3. This unhappy shopper in York.

    It's all kicking off in York: the best letter to a newspaper published today. v/@ThomFeeney http://t.co/IDgzPWA4b0

    4. This romantic gesture.

    Check out this 'sexy' letter in The Times newspaper today. Very witty.

    5. This grumpy person, complaining to the Wall Street Journal.

    6. You can always trust Viz readers.

    Excellent Viz letter (via @RichardAugood):

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    8. This international aid expert and Daily Mail reader.

    This is a real letter in today's mail. This country eh?

    9. This contender for the best thing ever sent to The Sun's Dear Deidre column.

    10. This short and to-the-point letter to The Daily Telegraph in 1913.

    Fantastic letter to the Telegraph, 1913:

    11. This hoarder.

    12. This teenage diary entry from 1969, with its keen sense of history.

    13. This patriot.

    14. Coffee drinkers = "poncey divs".

    15. This depressing cat news.

    16. This pigeon fancier.

    17. H Moody, who is frightened of the rat apocalypse.

    18. This charming note about cheese dreams.

    19. This Kim Jong-Un fan.

    20. When someone wrote this really concise letter about Barnet FC.

    @julesmattsson @psmith This lady writes to us about Barnet FC fairly often but she really went all out with this one

    21. This terrifically important letter.

    22. You can always rely on "Eggy Pump" to say something profound.

    23. Whoever tried to link a (not entirely true) story about a massive shark to the UK's immigration story.

    24. When someone sent in a picture of pancake that looks like Alfred Hitchcock.

    25. When this person compared Mumford and Sons to a horde of invading Nazis.

    26. This person alerted The Daily Telegraph to the great Dijon vs pigeon debate.

    27. Whe this person apologised for an embarrassing Victoria Sponge Incident.

    28. When this slightly sarcastic Times reader asked about Kate Middleton.

    29. And when someone sent a letter to The Independent written on a piece of ham.

    We have a winner!! The most bizarre letter ever received @theipaper Anyone else had ham through the post?