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Telegram
Wedding telegram
My seafaring friend was getting married. I had been invited to the wedding but I had rejoined my ship before the happy day. As I knew the date and the hotel where the reception was being held, I decided to send the bride and groom a telegram.
I spoke to the radio officer who told me that he had the very wording for a telegram for a seafarer getting married.
That evening, the radio officer, told me that the Portishead radio station would not foreword the telegram as it was obscene!
He was very apologetic as he had used this wording for years. A very bland telegram was sent to the couple but I must admit I preferred the wording of the original telegram "Indicate position and depth at midnight.
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