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Wexford girls wrote 'please' 6,000 times in this letter to The Den in the 80s

Please play the video to Hungry Eyes.

Mar 6th 2016, 3:09 PM 5,582 Views 3 Comments

ZIG AND ZAG appeared on the Ray D’Arcy show last night, and it was suddenly the nineties.

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Of course they were there to discuss their new cartoon series, but it’s really all about the Den.

The show’s Twitter account shared these amazing letters the show received in 1988, and they absolutely reek young 80′s Ireland

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Please wish the third years and Leaving Certs Good Luck in the Mocks.

Please play the video to Hungry Eyes.

Please place the sorry’s in the Zoginess Book of Records.

Please send us four new sets of hands.

See a bigger version here.

And the 6,000 pleases…

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We’re not sure what we love more… all the pleases? The old school typewriter? Catherine, Eileen, Sinead, and and Linda. We applaud you.

PLEASE.

Then there was this request

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Ah, bring back the Den.

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Wexford girls wrote 'please' 6,000 times in this letter to The Den in the 80s