British comedian Seann Walsh was rummaging through old drawers in his childhood home when he came across a gem.
No not an actual gem, although that would be amazing- but a fax sent by his father to his school. And it's hilarious.
A letter from my dad to a teacher during my school years. I think the appropriate emojis are and . “Life’s hard enough” pic.twitter.com/CouOv26etw
— Seann Walsh (@seannwalsh) 17 April 2018
Dated on the 26th of May 2000, the fax is surprisingly sassy.
"Sean tells me that you confiscated his sweater," it reads. "He tells me that in class he conforms to the school uniform. He was absent from school on Monday because he had a cold, so travelling on Wednesday without his sweater was not clever."
The reason for the sweater is equally hilarious, Sean's mother was away on holidays, and his father didn't know how to use the washing machine.
"Sean was too embarrassed at having a father who cannot use a washing machine to say this."
Then he signs off with this chestnut.
"Anyway my point is: Isn't this just a little bit petty? Life's hard enough."
Oh snap!
Twitter is loving it, many even sharing their own stories of rebelling against archaic uniform rules.
Way, way back, in sub freezing weather girls were still required to wear only dresses to school; I wore pants & they called my parents. My dad picked me up, laughed and took me out for donuts & coffee.
— Dktr Süs (@Dktr_Sus) 18 April 2018
Frickin' New England schools - never went back.
Not so very long ago I sent an email to my girls school saying 'Dear Mrs Storey. Is it too much to ask for both of my girls to make it through the first week of term without you sending at least one of them home, crying'?
— LB (@Scousebird) 18 April 2018
She mentioned that note until they left!
My ex's grandfather went to school smelling like the farm from milking cows before class every morning. The teacher finally sent him home with a note saying he smelled too bad to teach. His father sent him back w/ a note saying "you're paid to teach the kids, not smell them".
— Real Neil Martin (@ndmartinxyz) 18 April 2018
Nearly two decades on and it's still as true as it was then!
