RECORD- BREAKING LOVE
Robert Ripley, of “Believe it or Not” fame, told of the world’s longest love letter. He declared that the longest, as well as simplest, love letter ever written was the work of a romantic Frenchman in 1875. His message contained the phrase “Jevous Aime” or “I love you” 1,875,000 times. This was a thousand times the calendar year to date. Now, make no mistake about it, the prodigious lover did not pen the letter with his own hand. No. He hired a scribe. A lazy type would have simply instructed the secretary to write Jevous Aime 1,875,000 times, right? Who would have counted? But this fellow was too entranced with the sound of the words. Therefore, he dictated the letter to the scribe WORD FOR WORD! Then he had the hired hand repeat the letter back WORD FOR WORD! All in all, the phrase was uttered orally and in writing 5,625,000 times before it reached its destination. Think about it? I’ve…
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