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Article: No-good drifter, poor sense of humour, no dress sense, baths once a week, complete animal, seeks perfect woman for everything; Les lines up the suitors after placing a painfully frank lonely hearts advert.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- August 23, 2002
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Byline: JONATHAN BROCKLEBANK
IT is perhaps the least romantic lonely hearts ad ever committed to paper, but it may also be the most brutally honest - and women, it seems, love it.
Les Reason's advert read: 'No-good drifter, poor sense of humour, no dress sense, bath once a week whether needed or not, complete animal, seeks perfect woman for everything.' The candid admission of his shortcomings in a local newspaper has melted dozens of hearts and attracted a host of replies from would-be suitors.
The 63-year-old divorcee from Aberdeen decided to 'call a spade a spade' in his advert after reading
dozens of sugary entries by lonely hearts ...