A BIG CONTRACT.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 42, 17 October 1891, Page 485

A BIG CONTRACT.

The case of the Plymouth man w ho had his love letters produced and read in court should teaeh other lovers modeiation in the making of osculatory contracts. In a single postcript the Plymouth man undertook to deliver to the lady of his choice no fewer than 1,000,000,000,000 kisses, and as such contracts are not infrequently made in love letters, it may be well to give a thought to the magnitude of the undertaking. Whoever will take the trouble to figuie it out will find that even if this amorous swain should give the lady 15,000 kisses a minute (and we affirm that no person could hope to do more than that), and even if he could keep up this rate of osculation twenty four hours a day, never pausing to sleep, eat or take a breath, working 365 days every year, it would take him more than 100 years to complete the contract and by that time, it is painful to letlect, the ardour of hislove may have cooled. Even at the end of 100 years, counting 15,000 kisses a minute, there would remain an undelivered balance of 200,000,000,000 — a number which in itself might appal the most industrious. We therefore feel constrained to advise writers of love letters not to undertake contracts of such magnitude.— TitPits.