Savvy Letter – Dear Bannatyne

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Dear Bannatyne,

I have no idea who or what you are, except for the fact that you are in residence at Clarice House, Colchester.

But, I do have it on good authority that you have been stepping up the caffeine and letting yourself go a little of late. It really is not good for you to have more than ten cups of coffee a day. This, I know, because I drink far in excess of that many cups myself!

At this moment, having just slurped down the last dregs of my fourth mug of Blackwell & Company’s economy brand, I now feel compelled to leave my beloved swivel chair to refill the kettle, and go in for a fifth.

My current situation is made worse by the mammothonian size of my ‘Freudian Sips’ coffee mug, as I fear it likely that just one of these mugfuls might contain a quantity equivalent to three cups. Don’t knock me – someone got rid of the family heirlooms, my late grandmother’s leaf-embossed cups and saucers, and the charity shops in my local town have not reproduced the goods. Still, back to the …

… point!

The point? What is the point?

Oh yes, your excessive reliance on caffeine! Why oh why have you given up on the decaff? I am sorry to have to inform you that your lack has made headline news. Your deficiency has even been discussed by a family of throw-back Neanderthals, who dwell in a clifftop-cave, seventeenish whole miles away in Chilton.

What are you playing at? Restock on the decaff! You have paying visitors, camping on your doorstep, in the waiting!

Get with it and get onto it!

Yours seriously,

Jay Cool, The Silly-Savvy Salopian in Suffolk

P.S. When you have ordered in your decaff, please feel free to peruse my savvy tips about creative writing!

Disclaimer: I have never paid a visit to Bannatyne. As previously stated, I am writing this plea on the behalf of the hearsay! And, as for me, then I’m sticking to the caffeine!