Or was this the first example of gurilla paid advertisement in the comments section? "How do I advertise my dental practice? I know I'll pretend I was disturbed by a telegram and they shall print my complaint! And it shall goeth viraleth"
87 2 ReplyAlmost certainly.
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Was expecting something like: "We've been trying to reach you about your horse and buggy warranty."
78 1 ReplyIn June 1864, everyone in London was receiving telegrams about grieving widows looking for company in the neighbourhood.
42 0 ReplyHot widows in your area are bored with using candlesticks and require a gentleman.
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Those vehicle warranty ads are so insidious. The ones I get use packaging that's typically reserved for official government mailers and sometimes include the name of a govt agency that has nothing to do with them.
Whenever I throw one out I imagine how many elderly people must be mistaking them for govt business and getting fleeced out of their money.
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Mr. Gabriel sure got his money's worth from his telegram, since we're still circulating it 159 years later.
58 3 ReplyYeah i went down there today, but they weren't in professional attendance (presumably because it is now October)
20 0 ReplyFour stars. Will change to five stars when they open.
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27 Harley Street is now an ear, nose and throat specialist with a reputation for treating people who can’t burp.
39 0 ReplyProbably still disturbing people using the intolerable nuisance known as "telegrams."
9 1 ReplyI don't even have telegram installed.
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So they've gone out of business. It looks like the advertising campaign didn't work then
4 0 ReplySounds like something out of r/writing prompts.
A wizard makes a deal to live forever. The cost he must pay is 100 healthy human teeth every year...
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I would love to be able to burp, but a Botox injection in the neck/throat ? Nah I think I'll pass
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Unsubscribe me at once, you scoundrels!
35 0 ReplyImagine how much better the world could have been if the editor of The Times had taken the time to have a quick word with a dentist in 1864!
23 0 ReplyIf I remember correctly, weren’t telegrams fairly expensive back in the day? Did the dentist get some kind of “bulk discount”?
14 0 Replyhow old are you?
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Wow, there are actually still medical offices there.
11 0 ReplyHarley street is the most famous place in the country for (private) medical practices. Today there’s thousand of people employed in one type of medical job or another there.
14 0 ReplyNeat.
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Forget going back in time to kill baby Hitler... Let's get the dentist instead.
8 0 ReplyBring back telegrams tbh
9 1 ReplyGood day sir .... here is your daily wheel barrow load of telegrams.
I believe I saw a message from your mother in there.
Til the morrow with my next wheel barrow.
10 0 ReplyThey're still around in most of the world. If you wanna spend 20 bucks on a telegram that could have easily been a free email, go for it
5 0 ReplyCome to think of it, email is a form of telegram, since it's translated to 1's and 0's, or dots and dashes......??
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The German Post just discontinued their service two years ago :(
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It wasn't electronic since he clearly says "placed into my hands".
7 0 ReplyWhen you read spam in your phone, the message is in your hands!!
Checkmate, atheïst!
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