SEWING MACHINE AD
Added on: 28th Oct 2016
THE FOLLOWING IS AN AD FROM A
NEWSPAPER WHICH APPEARED
FOUR DAYS IN A ROW,
THE LAST THREE HOPELESSLY
TRYING TO CORRECT
THE FIRST DAY'S MISTAKE.
MONDAY:
FOR SALE: R. D. JONES HAS ONE
SEWING MACHINE FOR SALE.
PHONE 948-0707 AFTER 7 P.M.
AND ASK FOR MRS. KELLY
WHO LIVES WITH HIM CHEAP.
TUESDAY:
NOTICE: WE REGRET HAVING ERRED
IN R. D. JONES' AD YESTERDAY.
IT SHOULD HAVE READ
"ONE SEWING MACHINE FOR SALE CHEAP.
PHONE 948-0707 AND ASK FOR MRS. KELLY,
WHO LIVES WITH HIM AFTER 7 P.M."
WEDNESDAY:
NOTICE: R. D. JONES HAS INFORMED US
THAT HE HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL
ANNOYING TELEPHONE CALLS
BECAUSE OF THE ERROR WE MADE
IN THE CLASSIFIED AD YESTERDAY.
THE AD STANDS CORRECTED AS FOLLOWS:
"FOR SALE -- R. D. JONES HAS ONE
SEWING MACHINE FOR SALE. CHEAP.
PHONE 948-0707 AFTER 7 P.M.
AND ASK FOR MRS. KELLY
WHO LOVES WITH HIM."
THURSDAY:
NOTICE: I, R. D. JONES, HAVE NO
SEWING MACHINE FOR SALE.
I INTENTIONALLY BROKE IT.
DON'T CALL 948-0707 AS I HAVE HAD
THE PHONE DISCONNECTED.
I HAVE NOT BEEN CARRYING ON
WITH MRS. KELLY. UNTIL YESTERDAY
SHE WAS MY HOUSEKEEPER,
BUT SHE HAS NOW QUIT.
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