The Best "Dear John" Letter ever

Email | 12/03/03 | n/a

[Ed_NYC]

A Marine stationed in Afghanistan recently received a "Dear John" letter from his girlfriend back home. It read as follows:

Dear Ricky,

I can no longer continue our relationship. The distance between us is just too great. I must admit that I have cheated on you twice, since you've been gone, and it's not fair to either of us. I'm sorry.

Please return the picture of me that I sent to you.

Love, Becky

The Marine, with hurt feelings, asked his fellow Marines for any snapshots they could spare of their girlfriends, sisters, ex-girlfriends, aunts, cousins etc. In addition to the picture of Becky, Ricky included all the other pictures of the pretty gals he had collected from his buddies. There were 57 photos in that envelope....along with this note:

Dear Becky,

I'm so sorry, but I can't quite remember who you are. Please take your picture from the pile, and send the rest back to me.

Take Care, Ricky

[jwalsh07]

LOL, good one!

[The Mayor]

Gotta Love it!

[Hootowl]

This one's been around since the invention of photography, but it's nice to see that it's still alive.

[OldFriend]

A smiling way to start my day!!! thanx

[mystery-ak]

Very clever...I love it!

[101st-Eagle]

Classic-brave dude not breaking down in to a poor me thing! One of the best I have ever heard.

[Peach]

A cute joke that although supposedly "old", I had not heard before.

Like your tagline, OldFriend.

[Fides et Ratio]

This was a bit on an episode of M*A*S*H guest-starring the son of Bonanza star Dan Blocker.

His girl writes him to say she's dumping him for the son of a Banker, since he's just a working class slob.

Hawkeye gets everyone to contribute photos of women and tells the G.I. to write back to her saying, "I'd love to return your photo, which one are you?" or something to that effect.

[battlegearboat]

Becky loves Dean

Ricky is free

We all love Ricky

While Becky charges a fee

[OldPossum]

This somehow reminds me of a song by country & western singers named Homer and Jethro in the 1950's. These two enjoyed taking popular songs and making them humorous.

There was a song called "Dear John," in which a woman sings about dumping her man via a letter she sends him. H & J did a version that was funny throughout but ended thusly:

"I couldn't wait, so
I married your father.

Love,

Mother"

[waterstraat]

There was a song called "Dear John," in which a woman sings about dumping her man via a letter she sends him. H & J did a version that was funny throughout but ended thusly: "I couldn't wait, so I married your father. Love, Mother"

....based on a true story.

[Mr. Lucky]

It's a great story, but it's been around since at least the Second World War.

[Rummyfan]

LOL!

[LiteKeeper]

Leave it to a leatherneck to provide the perfect squelch!

[lelio]

Its Bush's fault.