# Give back the mailbox you fuckers!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-back-the-mailbox-you-fuckers/388112>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 15, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-back-the-mailbox-you-fuckers/388112 "2007-01-15T20:19:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-back-the-mailbox-you-fuckers/388112/41 "2007-01-16T10:28:35Z")

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[QUOTE=kambuckta]  
Y’know, **blinkingblinking** , I just think you’re fucking rude.

For whatever reason, you’ve hijacked a perfectly reasonable thread into one that focusses on you and whatever neurosis you’ve hitched a ride on tonight.

You’ve had ample opportunity to sway in and offer some platitudes but you’ve chosen to be a cunt all the way down.

What’s yer’ problem?  
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Maybe I am rude. My bad manners keep me up at night.  
Why would I type in a platitude that you would already know.

As for hijacks- there is a simple way to get past them. Just post about the OP and ignore the hijack. If not for my hijack of this thread, there would be only 3 posts here.

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**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-back-the-mailbox-you-fuckers/388112/42 "2007-01-16T10:37:11Z")

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[QUOTE=blinkingblinking]  
Maybe I am rude. My bad manners keep me up at night.  
Why would I type in a platitude that you would already know.  
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No, **kambucta** is right, you’re being a cunt. Rude isn’t quite covering it.

Cheers,  
G

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**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-back-the-mailbox-you-fuckers/388112/43 "2007-01-16T10:39:41Z")

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[QUOTE=Gleena]  
No, **kambucta** is right, you’re being a cunt. Rude isn’t quite covering it.

Cheers,  
G  
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Has it occured to you that I do not care about you calling me rude words?

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**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-back-the-mailbox-you-fuckers/388112/44 "2007-01-16T11:19:05Z")

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[QUOTE=blinkingblinking]  
Has it occured to you that I do not care about you calling me rude words?  
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Has it occurred to you its a long, hot, boring evening and I thought you might be fun to play with?

Turns out, you’re not.

Cheers,  
G

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**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-back-the-mailbox-you-fuckers/388112/45 "2007-01-16T11:44:14Z")

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Don’t poke the kitty.

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**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-back-the-mailbox-you-fuckers/388112/46 "2007-01-16T13:55:57Z")

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[QUOTE=Heffalump and Roo]  
And I never know if the period should go before or after the quotations.  
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Whatever your little heart desires. Then if someone with an American accent criticizes you, just say it’s British style, and it’s American if someone with a British accent comes after you.

You may ignore Australians; they don’t even know when summer is.

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**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-back-the-mailbox-you-fuckers/388112/47 "2007-01-16T16:19:34Z")

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> [@Mouse\_Maven](#):
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> …just Rob the Aussie…

That sounds more like an instruction than a person to me.

I’ve never had a problem with someone taking away my physical mailbox. But just try tp move from one department to another in this company and keep your system access to anything. Try it, I dare you. It’s frightening how many people become electronic non-persons.

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**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-back-the-mailbox-you-fuckers/388112/48 "2007-01-16T18:10:23Z")

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[QUOTE=Frank]  
Whatever your little heart desires. Then if someone with an American accent criticizes you, just say it’s British style, and it’s American if someone with a British accent comes after you.  
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Excellent! So I don’t have to change my style about that either. I alternate depending on my mood.

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**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-back-the-mailbox-you-fuckers/388112/49 "2007-01-16T19:23:46Z")

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[QUOTE=Polycarp]  
… It’s always advisable never to hit someone. But if you have to, do it in their billfold; it hurts the worst there.  
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Oh, that whole thing is freaking brilliant. Brilliant, I say!!! \<– Language mavens, note use of extra exclamation points. Get over it.  
And to continue the annoying hijack in this thread: There are many Australians I know via the internet, and converse with them frequently. They are without exception intelligent, witty, and funny. Thank you, **blinkingblinking** , for showing that Australia does indeed have its share of pedantic humorless assholes.

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