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'Life's hard enough': dad's old-school fax about son's uniform is hilarious

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. 

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. 

Nearly two decades on and it's still as true as it was then! 

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