On todays “Whose idea was that!?” lets see Rocket Mail :dubious:
I swear, the check was on the mail rocket!
The US, never to be outmatched launched a frigging cruise missile from a submarine to deliver some mail. Now there you have meaning for “Incoming mail” that you didn´t thing of.
Alas, the rise of the ICBM (intercontinental ballistic mail) never came, it probably would had made some people uneasy during the Cold War.
Red phone rings:
-Uhm, hello Mikhail there?
-Dah
-Ehh, hi it´s Ronald here, see I call because the fellows at the SAC te llme there´s a blip on their screens coming this way and it looks like a missile.
-Dah, no worry, we send Xmas present for President by rocket mail. muffled chuckles in the background
-Oh geez, how kind of you, but it´s October and…
-Ah, but in Mother Russia we celebrate Xmas in October, as a symbol of the socialist progress! unmuffled fits of laugher in the back.
-Oh, really?
-Dah!, of course, now if you go to the window you can see your gift coming right at you.
-Nancy!, come quick and bring the children!