Comments on: Postal Service http://safetyfork.net/2006/05/08/postal-service/ Harmless...but useless. Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:23:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: comradexavier http://safetyfork.net/2006/05/08/postal-service/comment-page-1/#comment-137 comradexavier Mon, 08 May 2006 21:03:27 +0000 http://safetyfork.net/2006/05/08/postal-service/#comment-137 Car Talk is an NPR radio show on which two brothers take calls from people who have car-related problems and attempt to give advice. As part of each week's show, they present a "puzzler" and solicit answers, always to be mailed in on something exotic (i.e. etched into the bezel of a 50-inch plasma television complete with surround speakers and VESA-compatible wall mount). No one has actually sent anything they've asked for, but this week they listed some of the odd items they've actually received, including a dead fish (sealed in a plastic bag). The context of the quotation is them bemoaning that our generation communicates electronically, so pretty soon no one will be mailing weird stuff around anymore. Car Talk is an NPR radio show on which two brothers take calls from people who have car-related problems and attempt to give advice. As part of each week’s show, they present a “puzzler” and solicit answers, always to be mailed in on something exotic (i.e. etched into the bezel of a 50-inch plasma television complete with surround speakers and VESA-compatible wall mount).

No one has actually sent anything they’ve asked for, but this week they listed some of the odd items they’ve actually received, including a dead fish (sealed in a plastic bag). The context of the quotation is them bemoaning that our generation communicates electronically, so pretty soon no one will be mailing weird stuff around anymore.

]]> By: Kris Browne http://safetyfork.net/2006/05/08/postal-service/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Kris Browne Mon, 08 May 2006 20:30:46 +0000 http://safetyfork.net/2006/05/08/postal-service/#comment-136 OK, the only reference I know of mailing a fish is from "Animal Crossing" for the nintendo consoles, so I am _really_ curious what the context to that quote is. OK, the only reference I know of mailing a fish is from “Animal Crossing” for the nintendo consoles, so I am _really_ curious what the context to that quote is.

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