Comments on: Unsent letter #6 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/ Frequently pretentious since 1971. Clearly ambiguous since 2000. Completely and utterly incomprehensible since 2006. Warning: may contain synonyms. Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:36:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: An Unreliable Witness http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/comment-page-1/#comment-2315 An Unreliable Witness Sat, 08 Sep 2007 08:21:35 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/#comment-2315 O - Thank you for your very kind words. As ever. NAGA - I have already made books into shoes (though they are a little uncomfortable), so it would be the next logical step, wouldn't it? O — Thank you for your very kind words. As ever.

NAGA — I have already made books into shoes (though they are a little uncomfortable), so it would be the next logical step, wouldn’t it?

]]> By: NAGA http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/comment-page-1/#comment-2312 NAGA Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:53:41 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/#comment-2312 Perhaps your shoebox could be made in to a book? Er....or something. Perhaps your shoebox could be made in to a book?

Er.…or something.

]]> By: An Unreliable Witness http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/comment-page-1/#comment-2293 An Unreliable Witness Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:16:03 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/#comment-2293 Boudica - Welcome. I sympathise. Never trust a postman, I say. They all look decidedly shifty. Imogen - You. Is. Anyone. And. Everyone. Boudica — Welcome. I sympathise. Never trust a postman, I say. They all look decidedly shifty.

Imogen — You. Is. Anyone. And. Everyone.

]]> By: imogen http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/comment-page-1/#comment-2292 imogen Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:04:08 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/#comment-2292 i. recognize. you. i. recognize. you.

]]> By: Boudica http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/comment-page-1/#comment-2291 Boudica Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:41:57 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/#comment-2291 I used to send unmarked letters. Back in the day, as it were. But I became paranoid that my postman had read my deepest secrets so I stopped. I'm inspired to being again, perhaps choose a sympathetic victim. I used to send unmarked letters. Back in the day, as it were. But I became paranoid that my postman had read my deepest secrets so I stopped. I’m inspired to being again, perhaps choose a sympathetic victim.

]]> By: An Unreliable Witness http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/comment-page-1/#comment-2290 An Unreliable Witness Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:44:08 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/#comment-2290 Peach - I do not mind dribbling. Experience has taught me to install wipe-clean floors in my comments. Mizyake - You wouldn't want one of these letters, really. Mainly because it would never arrive in the post. Ben - I am told that some crumpled-up paper and an old teabag will providing the ageing effect. I can't promise the copperplate, however. I have neat writing, but not <i>that</i> neat. Peach — I do not mind dribbling. Experience has taught me to install wipe-clean floors in my comments.

Mizyake — You wouldn’t want one of these letters, really. Mainly because it would never arrive in the post.

Ben — I am told that some crumpled-up paper and an old teabag will providing the ageing effect. I can’t promise the copperplate, however. I have neat writing, but not that neat.

]]> By: Ben http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/comment-page-1/#comment-2289 Ben Mon, 03 Sep 2007 23:43:07 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/#comment-2289 I wish I received letters like this in the post, written on coarse Italian parchment yellowed with age and in envelopes engraved in fine copperplate, ten years after they were written. I wish I received letters like this in the post, written on coarse Italian parchment yellowed with age and in envelopes engraved in fine copperplate, ten years after they were written.

]]> By: mizyake http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/comment-page-1/#comment-2284 mizyake Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:41:03 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/#comment-2284 dear you, how oh how does a mere mortal such as i recevie one of your beautiful unsent letters personally? i would like one to keep in my own shoebos. yorus forever mizyake dear you,

how oh how does a mere mortal such as i recevie one of your beautiful unsent letters personally? i would like one to keep in my own shoebos.

yorus forever
mizyake

]]> By: Peach http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/comment-page-1/#comment-2283 Peach Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:38:00 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/#comment-2283 ha ha you found me! And I thought the shoe box was in your mind... Hope your new guardian readers realise your godlike cult status soon and leave you many "swoons".... Never mind the dribbling ha ha you found me! And I thought the shoe box was in your mind…

Hope your new guardian readers realise your godlike cult status soon and leave you many “swoons”.…

Never mind the dribbling

]]> By: An Unreliable Witness http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/comment-page-1/#comment-2282 An Unreliable Witness Mon, 03 Sep 2007 07:39:46 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/#comment-2282 Edvard - I know you are a fan of such behaviour. Your neighbours tell me regularly. Clarissa - Chocolate? You want chocolate too? Readers are so demanding these days. Ani - Pithy. Direct. To the point. Insightful, too. Miles Away - I have ordered in a year's supply. I'm just trying to remember to spray it instead of just inhaling the heady fumes. Lillipilli - I agree, but then I'm never quite sure which comes first: forever, or next Saturday. Miss July - Carving of my words on a wall is not only welcomed, but positive encouraged. It may even beat being <a href="http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/02/01/daubed-in-timeless-town/" rel="nofollow">sprayed as graffiti</a> in Paris. Bohémienne - <i>You're</i> confused? How do you think I feel producing such inconsequential "mind dribble"? Katie - You are too kind. Mind you, my chosen photographs are "astonishingly dull", a fact of which I highly approve. [Okay, okay. I'll stop mentioning it in a minute, but let me have my moment. G'wan.] Edvard — I know you are a fan of such behaviour. Your neighbours tell me regularly.

Clarissa — Chocolate? You want chocolate too? Readers are so demanding these days.

Ani — Pithy. Direct. To the point. Insightful, too.

Miles Away — I have ordered in a year’s supply. I’m just trying to remember to spray it instead of just inhaling the heady fumes.

Lillipilli — I agree, but then I’m never quite sure which comes first: forever, or next Saturday.

Miss July — Carving of my words on a wall is not only welcomed, but positive encouraged. It may even beat being sprayed as graffiti in Paris.

Bohémienne — You’re confused? How do you think I feel producing such inconsequential “mind dribble”?

Katie — You are too kind. Mind you, my chosen photographs are “astonishingly dull”, a fact of which I highly approve.

[Okay, okay. I’ll stop mentioning it in a minute, but let me have my moment. G’wan.]

]]> By: Katie http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/comment-page-1/#comment-2279 Katie Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:10:06 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/#comment-2279 Mr Witness, You're not the usual rubbish, you. K x Mr Witness,

You’re not the usual rubbish, you.

K
x

]]> By: bohémienne http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/comment-page-1/#comment-2278 bohémienne Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:01:24 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/#comment-2278 Dear Mr. Witness, So pleased to see the return of your unsent letters. Or the non-return of them. Oh, now I am confused. Yours forever, Bohémienne Dear Mr. Witness,

So pleased to see the return of your unsent letters. Or the non-return of them. Oh, now I am confused.

Yours forever,
Bohémienne

]]> By: miss july http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/comment-page-1/#comment-2277 miss july Sun, 02 Sep 2007 23:54:18 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/#comment-2277 I once wrestled with an alien in my bedroom… oops, wrong answer. I will carve such priceless words on my wall. My favorite line is, “until reason proves me either desperate or deluded - that you still spend your days living in the shoebox I stow beneath my pillow…” I once wrestled with an alien in my bedroom… oops, wrong answer.

I will carve such priceless words on my wall. My favorite line is, “until reason proves me either desperate or deluded — that you still spend your days living in the shoebox I stow beneath my pillow…”

]]> By: lillipilli http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/comment-page-1/#comment-2275 lillipilli Sun, 02 Sep 2007 22:49:10 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/#comment-2275 Oh Unreliable, forever is such a very long time to waste, but I understand. Oh Unreliable, forever is such a very long time to waste, but I understand.

]]> By: Miles Away http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/comment-page-1/#comment-2274 Miles Away Sun, 02 Sep 2007 22:05:30 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/#comment-2274 as well as the screaming of blue murder, you could also try the new "lead cloud be-gone" spray which acts as a bit of a reverse yet existential Faraday cage, for those times when messages just have to be sent and received. available at your nearest megamarket soon, i hear... as well as the screaming of blue murder, you could also try the new “lead cloud be-gone” spray which acts as a bit of a reverse yet existential Faraday cage, for those times when messages just have to be sent and received.

available at your nearest megamarket soon, i hear…

]]> By: Ani http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/comment-page-1/#comment-2273 Ani Sun, 02 Sep 2007 21:51:54 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/#comment-2273 Dearest Unreliable Witness, Swoon. Shamelessly yours, Ani Dearest Unreliable Witness,

Swoon.

Shamelessly yours,
Ani

]]> By: clarissa http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/comment-page-1/#comment-2272 clarissa Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:52:31 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/#comment-2272 I quite like my days in the shoebox under your pillow. Could you put some chocolate in there as well? I quite like my days in the shoebox under your pillow. Could you put some chocolate in there as well?

]]> By: edvard moonke http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/comment-page-1/#comment-2271 edvard moonke Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:03:16 +0000 http://www.unreliablewitness.com/2007/09/02/unsent-letter-6/#comment-2271 I have long been an advocate of standing on the balcony clutching the chicken wire while screaming blue murder at the clouds. can't recommend it enough, in fact. I have long been an advocate of standing on the balcony clutching the chicken wire while screaming blue murder at the clouds. can’t recommend it enough, in fact.

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