I showed this to Father Brendan expecting outrage and he read the whole thing and said the bit about the scapular was accurate. I am not sure what to do with that.
— A parishioner, Co. Mayo, Catholic
Correspondence
A selection of what arrives, published with light editing and no reply. Every appeal on this website carries its own message board, and the best of them end up here.
We wrote the early ones ourselves, before anybody had written in. A charitable appeal with an empty postbag looked worse than one that admits to filling its own.
You have made one error. A sub-committee cannot refer a matter back to the committee that constituted it without a resolution. Everything else is correct and I did not enjoy reading it.
— Former circuit steward, Methodist
Whoever Sheldon is, he is doing the job properly and I would like his number.
— Not Sheldon, Orthodox
Sarah has not replied because Sarah does not exist. I appreciate that you know this. I am writing anyway.
— Anonymous, Amish
Sufism is not a denomination. I see that you already know this and have said so on the page. I am writing to be the tenth, as invited. Please record that I was tenth.
— Tenth correspondent, Sufi
My name is genuinely Willow and I have genuinely been to Burning Man and I have never once offered. Please amend.
— Willow (not that one), Burning Man
We do not turn up at ten past nine. We turn up at ten past ten. Ten past nine is unreasonable and we are not unreasonable people.
— Grace, but a different one, Jehovah's Witness
Your premise contains at least two category errors, which I note you have anticipated, which is itself a third. I have written this up. It runs to six pages. Where should I send it?
— Dr. F. (no relation), Secular humanist
The ledger
Every appeal on this website reports $47 raised. Here is the $47.
| Testing the button, from one of us | $20.00 |
|---|---|
| Testing it again, having changed the button | $5.00 |
| A friend, who was told not to and did anyway | $20.00 |
| Found behind a radiator during the audit | $2.00 |
| Total raised from the public | $0.00 |
The figure will be corrected the moment somebody who is not us gives us money, at which point this table becomes considerably more interesting.
A note on the arrangements
This is our third payment arrangement in as many months. The first declined us on review. The second declined us before review, which was faster and which we respected. The third has not yet looked closely.
Where a donation predates a move, it is recorded here at the amount we remember it being. We would provide receipts but they are with the previous provider, who is not returning our correspondence, which we understand, having read our own domain name.