I was ready to sink into the earth with shame

Got to a party, get shite faced, be a fool and now it’s the next day. You might send a whatsapp, before, things were more formal.

In the 9th Century, the ‘Dunhuang Bureau of Etiquette’ insisted that local officials use the following letter template (dated 856) when sending apologies to offended dinner hosts.

The Alex aka “drunk person” at the party would copy the template text, enter the dinner host’s name, sign the letter, and then deliver with head bowed.

The letter was discovered, alongside thousands of other documents, in a sealed cave library in western China.

I would struggle to remember where the template was. Just saying. I love they made a template.

By the way, I sell templates. Check the menu for premium tools. Every single one you buy a Viking reaches Valhalla.