The following extracts are perfectly genuine - taken from actual letters
sent to the DHSS (Social Security). Although rather crude they are
written in good faith by the senders.

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Our lavatory seat is broken in half and is now in three pieces.
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Can you please tell me when our repairs are going to be done as my wife is about to become an expectant mother.
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I want some repairs doing to my cooker as it backfired and burnt my  knob off.
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The toilet is blocked and we can't bath the children until it is cleared.
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The man next door has a large erection in his back garden which is unsightly and dangerous.
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Will you please send someone to mend our broken path as my wife tripped and fell on it and she is now pregnant.
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Our kitchen floor is very damp and we have two children and we would like a third so will you please send somebody round to do something about it.
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Would you please repair our toilet.  My son pulled the chain and the box fell on his head.
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Mrs. Smith has no clothes and has had none for over a year. The clergy   have been visiting her.............
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I need money to buy special medicine for my husband as he is unable to masturbate his food.
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In reply to your letter, I have already cohabited with your officer with no results so far.
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I am pleased to inform you that my husband who was reported missing, is   dead.
  ***  Mrs. Adams has asked me to collect her money as she is going in to  hospital to have her overtures out.
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  Sir, I am forwarding my marriage certificate and two children - one of which is a mistake as you will see.
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  My husband is diabetic and has to take insolence regular but he finds  he is lethargic to it.
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  Unless I get my husbands maintenance money soon I shall be obliged to  live an immortal life.
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  The children have been off school because there is  a lot of me`asles about and I had them humanised.
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  Please forward my money at once as I have fallen into errors with my landlord and milkman.
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  You have changed my little boy into a little girl.  Will this matter?
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  Mrs Brown only THINKS she's ill, but believe me she is nothing but a   hypodermic.
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  In accordance with your instructions I have given birth to twins in  the enclosed envelope.
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I want my sick pay quick.  I have been in bed under the doctor for a week and he is doing me no good.  If things don't improve I shall get another  doctor.
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  I do not get any money from my son.  he is in the army and his
  regiment is at present manuring on Salisbury plain.
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  Milk is wanted for my baby and the father is unable to supply it.
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Re your dental enquiry.  The teeth on top are alright but those
on my  bottom are hurting dreadfully.
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  I am very annoyed to find you have branded my son illiterate.
This is a lie as I married his father a week before he was born.
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  I am sorry I omitted to put down all my children's names.  This was
  due to contraceptional circumstances.
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  I wish to complain that my father hurt his ankle very badly when he
  put his foot in the hole in his back passage.
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  The lavatory is blocked.  This is caused by the boys next door
throwing  balls on the roof.
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  This is to let you know there is a smell coming from the man next
  door.
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  The toilet seat is cracked - where do I stand?