Silly Beggar: The World's Stupidest Begging Letters

by James Spence, Cheryl Robson

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Synopsis

'Silly Beggar' takes the art of acquiring the freebie to a whole new level of absurdity. Rejoice as the customer service departments of multinational corporations are fed ridculous stories to make them part with T-shirts or other logo-bearing bounty. Bask in the author's bizarre accounts of penguin attacks, weird experiments, heroic alter egos and many more fishy tales, each designed to garner goodies for absolutely nothing. Whether he's playing the system or just playing games, James Spence demonstrates his comic genius via his uniquely entertaining emails. The respondents often surprise us too by entering into the spirit of James's wacky world. With colour photos of the author and his novel collection of branded toys, mugs, books, vouchers and, of course - T-shirts Full colour with cartoons and photos throughout. The ideal gift book!

Book details

Published
14/05/2009

Publisher
Aurora Metro Publications

ISBN
9781906582036



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'The author has clearly spent years plaguing companies with his idiotic requests for freebies, could this be where the global meltdown started?' Paul Foot, Life President, The Guild of Paul Foot Connoisseurs 'a very amusing illustration of the lengths people will go to to earn a buck public relations will never be the same again.' Nigel Williams, bestselling author, The Wimbledon Poisoner

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