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Viking12

(6,012 posts) Tue Dec 13, 2011, 10:27 AM Dec 2011

Hilarious Historical Christmas Letter

http://volumeone.org/christmasletter

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Hilarious Historical Christmas Letter (Original Post) Viking12 Dec 2011 OP

Transcribed because I had some issues reading it. Chan790 Dec 2011 #1

Thanks! Viking12 Dec 2011 #2

Love it! zanana1 Dec 2011 #3

So funny!!! n/t FourScore Dec 2011 #4

LOL nt frogmarch Dec 2011 #5

Good for you, Edna! distantearlywarning Dec 2011 #6

I see Edna is full of piss and vinegar Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2011 #7

Cute, but... harris8 Dec 2011 #8

Chan790

(20,176 posts)

1. Transcribed because I had some issues reading it.

Reply to Viking12 (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 11:02 AM

Dec 2011

Dear Friends,

God bless all of you for the nice party.
I won the radio. I have never had a radio of my own before.
God bless you for remembering a poor and forgotten woman.
I am 84 and live at the home for the aged. My roommate is 95. She has always had a radio but she would never let me listen to it. Last week her radio fell from the shelve (sic) and broke into many pieces. She asked if she could listen to mine and I said
fuck you.

Edna Johnson

Viking12

(6,012 posts)

2. Thanks!

Reply to Chan790 (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 11:33 AM

Dec 2011

:wave:

zanana1

(6,110 posts)

3. Love it!

Reply to Viking12 (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 11:48 AM

Dec 2011

FourScore

(9,704 posts)

4. So funny!!! n/t

Reply to Viking12 (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 12:05 PM

Dec 2011

frogmarch

(12,153 posts)

5. LOL nt

Reply to Viking12 (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 06:12 PM

Dec 2011

distantearlywarning

(4,475 posts)

6. Good for you, Edna!

Reply to Viking12 (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 06:29 PM

Dec 2011

You go, girl! LOL!

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)

7. I see Edna is full of piss and vinegar

Reply to Viking12 (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 06:35 PM

Dec 2011

and going strong!

harris8

(179 posts)

8. Cute, but...

Reply to Viking12 (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 10:00 PM

Dec 2011

... at first I was looking closely at the last 2 words, which seem to have different handwriting from the rest of the letter (such as the f and the y), thinking that this might be a photoshop.

But the reality is it is simply an urban legend. See snopes for another version attributed to Edna Johnson: http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/newradio.asp

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