Practical joke help - letter from council

Hahah, would love to see the council try and make that stick in court. What a load of old rubbish! I expect then to drop it quickly. I would refuse to cooperate...
 
TomProx said:
Make up something ridiculous like shes been randomly selected to start training to become part of britains first space programme.
Click to expand...

LOL, that reminds me of the "Virgle" April Fools that Google did a few years back. It was calling out for volunteers to join a space programme to colonise Mars.

Virgle_Logo_zps13e16cb7.png
 
Bunka said:
Seriously?!!

"Hi, it grew legs in the middle of the night and walked down the street, got smashed on a can and **** itself. You woke up said letter in the morning with a monster hangover."

How can the council waste so much time on crap like this? It's not exactly as if you had dumped a pile of sofas, mattresses and dead hookers in your street.
Click to expand...

Burnsy2023 said:
I hope she contests the conditional offer btw, it seems ridiculous.
Click to expand...

Malt_Vinegar said:
Hahah, would love to see the council try and make that stick in court. What a load of old rubbish! I expect then to drop it quickly. I would refuse to cooperate...
Click to expand...

Apart from the ridiculous notion than someone has spent time surveying our alley, taking pictures, reading a doctors letter, taking notes, writing an email and a reply seems utterly baffling. We can't quite pin point where the picture has been taken but think it's next to the MASSIVE pile of dumped wood and full bin liners, the letter must have stood out.

She will most definitely will be contesting this, I am little surprised he is still sticking with his guns.

As for the fake letter - drafted one about the bedroom tax and a reduction in her Housing Benefit (I don't think she has ever claimed benefits in her whole life) with no option of appeal. A little more 'sensible' but very convincing and she will flip at the prospect of the council saying she is on Housing Benefit :D after Lettergate.
 
You: "I have some good news and some bad news."

Her: "I'll take the bad news."

You: "Your mum called when you were at the gym. Your dad was involved in a terrible farming accident. I'm sorry but he passed away."

Her: "Oh God!"

You: "And the Council are charging you with littering. If proven, it'd mean you could never work in the legal arena again."

Her: "No! My dad! My career! What was ... what was the good news?"

You: "I was joking about the Council bit."

Her: "..."

You: "Also, the dad bit."
 
[FnG]magnolia;25740428 said:
You: "I have some good news and some bad news."

Her: "I'll take the bad news."

You: "Your mum called when you were at the gym. Your dad was involved in a terrible farming accident. I'm sorry but he passed away."

Her: "Oh God!"

You: "And the Council are charging you with littering. If proven, it'd mean you could never work in the legal arena again."

Her: "No! My dad! My career! What was ... what was the good news?"

You: "I was joking about the Council bit."

Her: "..."

You: "Also, the dad bit."
Click to expand...
I normally refuse to laugh at what you write but I will make an exception this time :D:D
 
An update. So my flatmate wants to contest this as she didn't litter it nor do they have proof she herself purposely littered the letter in our alleyway. The jobsworth has just written back saying:

Our records show that you have not paid the notice we sent you....

We have passed the matter to our legal department to start legal proceedings. If we take this to court, we will be asking for you to pay costs of more than £300.
Click to expand...

Scaremongering or should she be worried?
 
You mentioned she was training to be a lawyer? I would have thought shed already know that she has nothing to worry about without proof.

Burdon of proof is on them in this case as they insist on prosecuting. I would lean towards scaremongering myself.

However you might want to reply again with request for proof.

Or counter sue for invasion of privacy :D
 
Demand that your flatmate send back a colour photograph of Jack Nicholson with the words YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH written in pigs blood at the bottom of the picture.

Then wait.
 
Hang on, so who's this letter from?

I think the OP is being caught up in trying to troll his flatmate, meanwhile completely missing that they are being taken for a ride.

"If this goes to court..." - its not going to court.
"We will be asking you to pay fees..." - they missed the "if we win" bit.

If its actually the council and not just a council worker running a scam then its a shocking level of threats they are sinking too.
 
They have no case, they cannot prove beyond reasonable doubt that it was a deliberate act and knowing this the judge will immediately dismiss the case.
 
Yeah she has just started her training contract after doing a stint as a para-legal at Merrill Lynch I think. I am quite confident it's legit* and for some reason are starting to turn the screws. She asked for proof but he has provided none so far. She's currently away and so asked us to open the letter.

*It's from Merton Council - the guy's Linkedin profile matches with the sender (Principal Enforcement & Inspection Officer).
 
Take a picture of the council letter next to a beer can in the street and send them a littering fine worded the exact same as they sent your roommate. It has their details on it so it must have been them that littered right?

Also I can't see this getting far in court, but then again IANAL (Heh could you imagine if I was. Madness! I can't even spell lawyer. Wait holy crap!)
 
I would suggest they're trying new ways to patch the deficit in their funding.

I'd print out thousands of the same letter but address it to whom it may concern and make the details vague. Then drop them off at every house you can find. Burry him under WTH replies :D
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom