We love Letters of Note for collecting and sharing stray bits of compelling correspondence written and received by noteable figures throughout history.
Thanks to them, we read a delightfully ballsy piece of hate mail written and hand-delivered by a Fijian child to The Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts) as they vacationed there in 1966.
The letter — replete with slurs and capped letters — was spurred by snarky comments the band’s road manager issued concerning what he felt was a lackluster reception to the South Pacific island…and it’s so worth sharing.
(What a whippersnapper!)
To the Rolling Stones,
Just wanted you to know, me and my friends with nearly the whole school, HATE you. Because you don’t look like men, you are nothing but ANIMALS, and smell like them too. We know also that you are DIRTY and STINK. You probably never have baths which is typical of English pigs like you. I hope that you hurry up and go away from clean Fiji, because we don’t want you here, you PIGS. We HATE HATE HATE you. I am speaking on behalf of 640 kids who all HATE you. So go and pick some pigsty in the slums of smelly England and have your MISERABLE holiday there. Your stupid road manager was upset about no-one greeting you, because we HATE you. Your road manager needs a POKE. If you dare to set foot in Suva, me and my friends will tell some of the MEN of Fiji (Suva), to come and SPIT on you, and go to the TOILET on you. Thats all your worth. So do what I said, and GET OUT, we HATE you.
