# Junk Mail Derby - for the week of October 1-7 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 26, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-mail-derby-for-the-week-of-october-1-7/374259 "2006-09-26T20:29:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-mail-derby-for-the-week-of-october-1-7/374259/1 "2006-09-26T20:29:11Z")
We did this last year (thread is [/url=http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=324492]here), and it was quite fun. Anyone up for a repeat? The rules are simple (and the same as last year): 1. Mail must be addressed to a member of the household or “The XYZ Family/Household” - “occupant” or “resident” doesn’t count. 2. Imaginary prizes will be awared for such categories as most items received, strangest solicitation, duplicates, etc. 3. Post your haul daily, by midnight PDT. Anybody with me? ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-mail-derby-for-the-week-of-october-1-7/374259/2 "2006-09-26T20:30:13Z")
Grrr … of course I don’t preview. [Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=324492) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-mail-derby-for-the-week-of-october-1-7/374259/3 "2006-09-26T20:37:56Z")
You’re a mindreader! Today I got FIVE count 'em FIVE credit card solicitations, plus an subscription offer for Highlights for Children. My child is 21 and a college junior… I’m in! Because this will guarantee that I get zip-nada-nothing that whole week! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-mail-derby-for-the-week-of-october-1-7/374259/4 "2006-09-26T20:49:34Z")
Looks like fun! I’ll play. Too bad I can’t count yesterday. I’ve been dodging the nice lady from the Chamber of Commerce who visits new residents a la Welcome Wagon, and she apparently got tired of it and just left me an enormous stack of coupons, flyers, offers, swag, etc. all in a nice folder with my name on it. I would probably have won for quantity and variety. My favorite was a little screwdriver from a local bank. I wonder why a screwdriver? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-mail-derby-for-the-week-of-october-1-7/374259/5 "2006-09-26T20:50:08Z")
Fools! Did you not learn last year? _No one_ gets more junk main than the Briston household! Oh yeah…it’s on… ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-mail-derby-for-the-week-of-october-1-7/374259/6 "2006-09-27T01:31:55Z")
Y’all don’t realize just how many coupons and “free magazines” a new baby will add to your mailbox! Gerber, Similac, Isomil, Pampers - they’ve all got to shill their products some way. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-mail-derby-for-the-week-of-october-1-7/374259/7 "2006-09-27T01:40:10Z")
I’m in. Again. I too am in it for the benefit of reduced junk mail. 😃 GT ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-mail-derby-for-the-week-of-october-1-7/374259/8 "2006-09-27T01:54:03Z")
I’m in. Does it have to be a member of the household, or will anyone’s actual name as the addressee work? I get junk mail for my mother and my sister, and neither one of them have ever lived at this address. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-mail-derby-for-the-week-of-october-1-7/374259/9 "2006-09-27T01:55:49Z")
[QUOTE=Avarie537] Y’all don’t realize just how many coupons and “free magazines” a new baby will add to your mailbox! [/QUOTE] Damn you! That was my secret weapon for retaining my Junk Mail King title! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-mail-derby-for-the-week-of-october-1-7/374259/10 "2006-09-27T02:26:41Z")
I’d love to try this one - When do we start? ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-mail-derby-for-the-week-of-october-1-7/374259/11 "2006-09-27T02:37:03Z")
I’m in. We get some weird junk mail. As well as weird junk mail for former residents; as long as it has an actual person’s name on it, will it count? ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-mail-derby-for-the-week-of-october-1-7/374259/12 "2006-09-27T13:27:16Z")
> [@kat](#): > > Does it have to be a member of the household, or will anyone’s actual name as the addressee work? I get junk mail for my mother and my sister, and neither one of them have ever lived at this address. [QUOTE=Mama Tiger] I’m in. We get some weird junk mail. As well as weird junk mail for former residents; as long as it has an actual person’s name on it, will it count? [/QUOTE] The rules from last year stated that it had to be a current resident … but I think getting junk mail for other people is even better! Since I’m calling the shots this year, I think we can have a special category for “most junk received for people who don’t live here - anymore or ever.” Besides, I get stuff for my mother-in-law because she co-signed a loan for us, and we still get stuff for two owners ago. Just trying to boost my chances! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-mail-derby-for-the-week-of-october-1-7/374259/13 "2006-09-27T16:22:09Z")
Know what…in the interest of fairness, I’m not going to participate this time. I’ll let someone else garner the glory. Ok, ok, _fine_! The real reason is that I don’t really stand a chance of defending my title this year. Since we moved over the summer, a lot of the junk mail places haven’t had a chance to catch up to us. That, coupled with the fact that I’ll be away on the final day of the contest, lead me to my decision not to participate. _However_ – that doesn’t mean I won’t have anything to do with this year’s competition. Oh no, far from it – you see, much like **UrbanChic** did last time around, I’ll be providing the prize this year. The person who brings in the largest quantity of valid junk mail will receive an _offical_ **Briston Box 'O Crap**. Yes, your junk mail could net you some of the junk I’ve got lying around here! Some of will even be of mild value! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-mail-derby-for-the-week-of-october-1-7/374259/14 "2006-09-27T16:30:06Z")
I also moved, so I doubt I’m going to be anywhere near you guys. Too bad. It sounds like fun. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-mail-derby-for-the-week-of-october-1-7/374259/15 "2006-09-27T17:01:42Z")
Ooh, I want to play! For some reason, people give my address when speaking with the Church of Scientology, so I get lots of icky Ron L. Hubbard stuff. I also get uh, solicitations for various sex training seminars for a prior resident. Junk mail addressed to me isn’t nearly as entertaining. I hope next week is a banner week! ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-mail-derby-for-the-week-of-october-1-7/374259/16 "2006-09-27T18:04:40Z")
Not sure if this qualifies as “junk” mail… I discovered I had a long-lost bad check out there when _in one day_ I recieved 23 solicitations from bail bond companies and 34 from lawyers. Thanks for the heads up, guys. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-mail-derby-for-the-week-of-october-1-7/374259/17 "2006-09-27T18:12:19Z")
Oops! I guess I should have read the rules (OCT 1-7). I hereby disqualify myself, but I’ll gladly take that pie sitting over there as a consolation prize… ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-mail-derby-for-the-week-of-october-1-7/374259/18 "2006-09-27T21:33:27Z")
Dang, already it’s having an effect - I only got one piece of junk today. We need to do this more often. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-mail-derby-for-the-week-of-october-1-7/374259/19 "2006-09-27T22:43:48Z")
[QUOTE=Avarie537] Since I’m calling the shots this year, I think we can have a special category for “most junk received for people who don’t live here - anymore or ever.” [/QUOTE] My Dad has gotten a few things from a credit union to which he doesn’t belong. Amazingly, they spell his last name correctly, a rarity in mass mailing, but for some reason they think his first name is Rowena. No one in our family has a name anywhere remotely like Rowena, most certainly not him! Oddly, there was a Rowena in our building up until about eight months ago but her last name wasn’t anywhere remotely like ours. Anyway, I’m in, though I doubt I’ll get anything prizeworthy. ---
**Author:** ![fuffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuffle)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2006, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-mail-derby-for-the-week-of-october-1-7/374259/20 "2006-09-27T23:59:06Z")
I’m in. I doubt I’ll win the main prize, but I think I have an honest shot at the “People Who Don’t Live Here” award. One of the joys of being a renter. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-mail-derby-for-the-week-of-october-1-7/374259.md?page=2)