# Gimme a really good reason to send you a postcard from Italy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2000, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-a-really-good-reason-to-send-you-a-postcard-from-italy/14699 "2000-03-11T10:42:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2000, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-a-really-good-reason-to-send-you-a-postcard-from-italy/14699/41 "2000-03-13T21:05:00Z")
Because I am confident enough to not be afraid of anyone’s dislike of smilies :D, and because I voted for you to be Smiley Master. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-a-really-good-reason-to-send-you-a-postcard-from-italy/14699/42 "2000-03-14T00:03:00Z")
Cause I think yer swell, and if you send me an Italian postcard, especially a real cheesy one (like the one of Michelangelo’s David with his wanker circled in red with a big WOW!), I’ll put it up on the refrigerator for years and think sweet thoughts of you every time I look at it. But if there’s only so many you can send, please send one to Wally, cause he deserves it way more than me. ---
**Author:** ![Totilhate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9d8465/32.png) [@Totilhate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totilhate)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-a-really-good-reason-to-send-you-a-postcard-from-italy/14699/43 "2000-03-14T05:23:00Z")
Girlbysea: I am disappointed in you…showing no love for your daughter… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-a-really-good-reason-to-send-you-a-postcard-from-italy/14699/44 "2000-03-14T05:44:00Z")
Wouldn’t it be a bit presumptuous to be floodin’ yer box with addresses so you could pass them on to the Illuminati so they could dial in our locations on their satellites so they could bombard us with microwaves to neutralize our thinking capacity even though we have the walls and ceilings lined with tin foil and have RF-shielded our straw hats in a feeble attempt to protect ourselves against yer diabolical mind-control experiments to make us forget all about the postcards so that the evil government forces can save a few meager cents on postage before the winners were even announced? Or am I just being paranoid? Dr. Watson “Second star to the left.” ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Dr.Watson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Watson)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-a-really-good-reason-to-send-you-a-postcard-from-italy/14699/45 "2000-03-14T07:57:00Z")
Which is also to say: “Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphins’s back Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, to hear the sea-maids’s music.” – Wm. Shakespeare, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Just bring yerself back to yer lady. Smooth sailin’ Chief. Dr. Watson ---
**Author:** ![Girlbysea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Girlbysea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlbysea)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-a-really-good-reason-to-send-you-a-postcard-from-italy/14699/46 "2000-03-14T11:10:00Z")
Totilhate… Oh but sweetheart, I’ve shown it for 21 years. I haven’t stopped, nor will I ever… * * * * * * Girlbysea (AKA: ChiefScott’s GBS) ---
**Author:** ![renaissanceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@renaissanceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/renaissanceman)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-a-really-good-reason-to-send-you-a-postcard-from-italy/14699/47 "2000-03-14T12:10:00Z")
Hey Chief, Miz Renman says you oughta send her one 'cause she actually saw Humpty Dumpty sitting on the bridge, and how many girls can make that claim? ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-a-really-good-reason-to-send-you-a-postcard-from-italy/14699/48 "2000-03-15T06:30:00Z")
My dear Chief, I realize that you don’t know me, and I’ve only been on this board for a short time, but I have really enjoyed your comments. Even your scathing ones have quite a sharp ring of truth to them. Full of common sense, too(a rare commodity these days, outside this board, and sometimes on it). I’d love to receive a postcard from you from Italy. I’ve never been there, would love to go. Mostly, I’d like a postcard from you because I miss my hubby so much._SIGH_ And he’s over in that neck of the woods, so to speak.(UAE) Wally should definitely get one, as should GBS, your dau., and Veb. Dr. Watson is soo funny, he deserves one for his story and comments! Take care, have a good time, and we’re looking forward to your future posts, and your eventual return. And, I try to limit my smilies, too!_grin_ * * * Don’t make me come down there. God ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2000, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-a-really-good-reason-to-send-you-a-postcard-from-italy/14699/49 "2000-03-15T06:53:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Dr.Watson: > _Wouldn’t it be a bit presumptuous to be floodin’ yer box with addresses so you could pass them on to the Illuminati so they could dial in our locations on their satellites so they could bombard us with microwaves to neutralize our thinking capacity even though we have the walls and ceilings lined with tin foil and have RF-shielded our straw hats in a feeble attempt to protect ourselves against yer diabolical mind-control experiments_ to make us forget all about the postcards so that the evil government forces can save a few meager cents on postage before the winners were even announced? > > _Or am I just being paranoid?_ > \*\* 1. A colander works just as well protecting your noggin from mind control devices. 2. Perfect paranoia is perfect awareness. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-a-really-good-reason-to-send-you-a-postcard-from-italy/14699/50 "2000-03-14T19:20:00Z")
Cards have been mailed! I should have bought more, I couldn’t stop at 15 and eventually ran out. Sorry if I didn’t get to you this time. Maybe I’ll get some out to you when I hit Corfu, Greece. ::Checks wallet for any remaining lire:: * * * Voted **Best Sport** And narrowly averted the despised moniker **Smiley Master** Forward deployed until 18AUG00 ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-a-really-good-reason-to-send-you-a-postcard-from-italy/14699/51 "2000-03-14T23:18:00Z")
## You already mailed them out? Dammit! I’m still trying to come up with a witty reason why you should send me a postcard. Well, that’s just fine, **I didn’t want one anyway!** (walks off, pouting and muttering to herself) Shadowfox “The dead have risen, and they’re voting Republican!” - Bart Simpson ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-a-really-good-reason-to-send-you-a-postcard-from-italy/14699/52 "2000-03-14T23:25:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Checks wallet for any remaining lire They’ll take your lire in Greece? And don’t you really need a wheelbarrow instead of a wallet? Don’t you get about 2000 lire for your good old American buck? ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2000, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-a-really-good-reason-to-send-you-a-postcard-from-italy/14699/53 "2000-03-14T23:51:00Z")
Uhhh…should I be looking for a postcard with Ed McMahon’s picture on it, telling me I could be a winner in the ChiefScott Postcard Sweepstakes? * * * This space blank, until Wally thinks up something cool to put here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-a-really-good-reason-to-send-you-a-postcard-from-italy/14699.md?page=2)