After Ellen MacArthur’s arrival back in the UK after breaking the solo around-the-world sailing record in her B & Q sponsored catamaran:

Dear Sir/Madam

My congratulations to you on getting a yacht to leave the UK on 28th November 2004, sail 27,354 miles around the world and arrive back 72 days later.

Could you please let me know when the kitchen I ordered 96 days ago will be arriving from your warehouse 13 miles away?

Yours Sincerely…

(From here)