Food for Thought
"A. NAME mis-read in a cable the other day sent 100 New Zealand food parcels to the surprised and delighted inhabitants of Dorking, a town in’ Surrey. ‘Borking’-said the cable announcing the parcel’s destination; there is no such place, so the Post Office sent them to Dorking, only to find out later that they should have gone to Barking, a district just outside London. When the error was discovered, New Zealand generously sent 100 more par-cels-for Barking this time. It’s an ill wind that blows no one good."-George Henschel in a BBC talk.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 491, 19 November 1948, Page 31
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96Food for Thought New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 491, 19 November 1948, Page 31
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