We received a very elaborate wedding invitation from one of my cousins to his daughter’s wedding – clearly a very elegant affair. The boxed invitation contained the following note:

We are sending out this invitation
And hope you will join our celebration.
If to send a gift is your intention,
In modesty we would like to mention,
We have already got a kettle and a toaster,
Crockery, dinner mats and coasters.
So rather then something we have already got,
Please give us something for our saving pot.
But, most importantly, we request,
That you turn up as our wedding guest!

Unfortunately Google soon showed this was not the original piece of poetry I first imagined. However, should you be the recipient of this verse in future, I hereby put my reply into the public domain:

Your wedding invite was quite splendid!
We hope you’ll not be too offended:
alas that date we cannot make;
a prior engagement is at stake.
We don’t decline from sheer perversity
We’re fetching kids from university.

We’re pleased that household goods galore
have flowed so freely through your door.
Lucky the new wed man and wife
embarking thus on married life.
A gift from us is just a drop
your savings pot’s full to the top.

To celebrate your happy day
we’ll help you give some wealth away.
Such giving as we’ve oft been told
the Lord rewards a hundredfold.
Best wishes from us both, and now
best wishes too from “Send A Cow”.

I’m sure the recipient of the rabbits will be very grateful. Whether we are still on my cousin’s Christmas card list next year or not remains to be seen.

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