# It's just a piece of fucking wet paper you stupid twat. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 12, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-piece-of-fucking-wet-paper-you-stupid-twat/218624 "2003-12-12T17:25:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-piece-of-fucking-wet-paper-you-stupid-twat/218624/21 "2003-12-12T22:54:46Z")
This must be why Newman didn’t deliver when it was raining (OK, you non-Yanks might not get that). I’ve never understood why so many people bitch about the mail either. Next time tell her to come down the main office to get her warm and dry mail. In fact, tell her that her mail will _always_ be there waiting for her, just in case it rains unexpectedly. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-piece-of-fucking-wet-paper-you-stupid-twat/218624/22 "2003-12-12T23:25:58Z")
I just think it’s great that there are still people called Mervyn in the world (see OP). I though that name had died out with Mervyn Day, the 1970s West Ham goalkeeper, but apparently not. Hurrah! ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-piece-of-fucking-wet-paper-you-stupid-twat/218624/23 "2003-12-12T23:29:12Z")
I **thought** , typo fans ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-piece-of-fucking-wet-paper-you-stupid-twat/218624/24 "2003-12-12T23:35:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spogga \* > \*\*“Anyway” I said “All you need do is just run an iron lightly over the mail and bingo, good as new” > [again the sarcasm, well I was cheesed off at the stupidity of the woman.] \*\* I just throw it in the microwave for 15 seconds or so. Good as new, no need to complain. My mailbox leaks; my mail is always wet when it rains. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-piece-of-fucking-wet-paper-you-stupid-twat/218624/25 "2003-12-13T00:47:34Z")
Should I leave a bag of Hershey’s Kisses or Peanut Butter Cuplets or something in my mailbox as a holiday thank you for my carrier? All o’ y’all who deliver the mail, would that be appreciated? ---
**Author:** ![furlibusea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@furlibusea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furlibusea)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-piece-of-fucking-wet-paper-you-stupid-twat/218624/26 "2003-12-13T00:55:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Should I leave a bag of Hershey’s Kisses or Peanut Butter Cuplets or something in my mailbox as a holiday thank you for my carrier? All o’ y’all who deliver the mail, would that be appreciated? Yup. There were some people that used to leave cash, but honestly my very favorite was the lady that used to be at the door of her appartment with a cup of cocoa on nasty days, and the mounted route ( sit in truck deliver mail out the window) I occasionaly delivered that used to leave a coke in the mail box on days it was over 90 degrees. Those trucks sure do hold heat in the summer and cold in the winter. ---
**Author:** ![furlibusea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@furlibusea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furlibusea)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-piece-of-fucking-wet-paper-you-stupid-twat/218624/27 "2003-12-13T00:57:28Z")
I hit post too soon. The thoughtfulness of some people really astounded me sometimes, and there were mostly more thoughtful people than the nasty ones. The trick was to remember that when you ran into the assholes. ---
**Author:** ![MaddyStrut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@MaddyStrut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaddyStrut)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-piece-of-fucking-wet-paper-you-stupid-twat/218624/28 "2003-12-13T01:28:14Z")
I live in one of those housing developments that has a big stack-o-mailboxes at the end of my cul-de-sac. I have to trudge through the rain for the equivalent of a block to get my mail. People who have mail delivered to their door have no room to complain! ---
**Author:** ![Rhum\_Runner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rhum\_Runner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhum_Runner)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-piece-of-fucking-wet-paper-you-stupid-twat/218624/29 "2003-12-13T02:49:00Z")
It raines everyday in England, no? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-piece-of-fucking-wet-paper-you-stupid-twat/218624/30 "2003-12-13T02:50:22Z")
My husband says that just about anything would be greatly appreciated. The only time he’s not cared for some kind of Christmas gift/tip was when he got a dollar or two stuffed into an unsigned card - he said a signed card with no money would have been far preferable, as it would have shown more thought and caring. He said he’d like the candy. ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-piece-of-fucking-wet-paper-you-stupid-twat/218624/31 "2003-12-13T03:17:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cervaise \* > \*\*Should I leave a bag of Hershey’s Kisses or Peanut Butter Cuplets or something in my mailbox as a holiday thank you for my carrier? All o’ y’all who deliver the mail, would that be appreciated? \*\* A postman appreciates the thought no matter what you leave. Here in England cash is 90% the gift and last year I made over £800 which is around $1000. [I think] On top of that there were umpteen bottles of wine, a few whisky, rum, vodka etc as well as tins of biscuits, gift selections of cheese. I do quite well really but I don’t reckon Agnes Asshole will be handing out any prezzies to me. ---
**Author:** ![Oat1957](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Oat1957](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oat1957)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-piece-of-fucking-wet-paper-you-stupid-twat/218624/32 "2003-12-13T03:25:13Z")
Small hijack. She’s lucky to have mail delivery to bitch about. We don’t. We have to go to the PO to get our mail. We live in a small town and the PO goes by some age old rule that if one lives within a 1/4 mile of the PO one can walk or ride their horse there. So they folks up the street have mail delivery and we don’t. The fucking mail jeep drives by our place and stops at theirs. ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-piece-of-fucking-wet-paper-you-stupid-twat/218624/33 "2003-12-13T03:37:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rhum Runner \* > \*\*It raines everyday in England, no? \*\* Not every day, a couple of weeks ago it snowed and a month before that there was this big yellow thing in the sky and it was, erm, what’s the word? Oh yes warm (ish) ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-piece-of-fucking-wet-paper-you-stupid-twat/218624/34 "2003-12-13T03:56:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DeaganTheWolf \* > \*\*I’m not sure if you have to wear a uniform issue coat; but if all you need is the appropriate insignia on it, may I reccomend an oilskin duster coat? I’ve got one and I stay dry and warm even here in soggy ol’ florida. \*\* We HAVE to wear standard issue uniform, nothing else is permitted. Just recently we were issued with cycle helmet which we have to wear riding out and returning from our deliveries. They weigh a bloody ton and are so uncomfortable you would’nt believe it ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-piece-of-fucking-wet-paper-you-stupid-twat/218624/35 "2003-12-13T04:39:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spogga \* > **Here in England cash is 90% the gift and last year I made over £800 which is around $1000. [I think]** Given the “government employee” thing, I have to wonder if this practice is winked at officially: sort of a don’t-ask-don’t-tell thing where they know it happens but as long as nobody calls attention to it they don’t feel like ruining the tradition. Are there regulations for this? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-piece-of-fucking-wet-paper-you-stupid-twat/218624/36 "2003-12-13T04:39:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spogga \* > \*\* > > … [all denominations] > > \*\* Even the Unitarians? ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-piece-of-fucking-wet-paper-you-stupid-twat/218624/37 "2003-12-13T04:46:29Z")
Wow what a jerk. I love my mail carrier. His name is Fred. ---
**Author:** ![herownself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8baadc/32.png) [@herownself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/herownself)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-piece-of-fucking-wet-paper-you-stupid-twat/218624/38 "2003-12-13T04:50:00Z")
**Spogga** , here in Seattle, we call the yellow thing that occasionally appears in the sky “that big burney thing.” ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-piece-of-fucking-wet-paper-you-stupid-twat/218624/39 "2003-12-13T04:59:01Z")
I saw one of those on Teletubbies once. Scared the shit out of me. ---
**Author:** ![Rhum\_Runner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rhum\_Runner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhum_Runner)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-piece-of-fucking-wet-paper-you-stupid-twat/218624/40 "2003-12-13T05:07:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spogga \* > \*\*Not every day, a couple of weeks ago it snowed and a month before that there was this big yellow thing in the sky and it was, erm, what’s the word? Oh yes warm (ish) \*\* Lol. Nice. You strike me as a person of good humor and spirit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-piece-of-fucking-wet-paper-you-stupid-twat/218624.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-just-a-piece-of-fucking-wet-paper-you-stupid-twat/218624.md?page=3)