# Mailing One's Self **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [January 5, 2006, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mailing-ones-self/338561 "2006-01-05T13:02:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mountainwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@mountainwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mountainwolf)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mailing-ones-self/338561/1 "2006-01-05T13:02:54Z")
Anyone interested in this topic is advised to check out the Velvet Underground song “The Gift”. I’ll provide details for anyone who can’t access the song. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mailing-ones-self/338561/2 "2006-01-05T16:04:04Z")
Welcome to the SDMB, mountainwolf. When commenting on one of Cecil’s online columns it is appreciated if you could provide a link to the same. Doing so can be as simple as pasting the URL into your post, making sure to leave a blank space on either side of it. Like so: [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/051230.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/051230.html) Just a friendly reminder about copyrights, to prevent potential problems: posting the complete lyrics of a copyrighted song, or more than a few lines, is not permitted here. You may link to a website that has the lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mailing-ones-self/338561/3 "2006-01-05T20:51:03Z")
> [@mountainwolf](#): > > Anyone interested in this topic is advised to check out the Velvet Underground song “The Gift”. I’ll provide details for anyone who can’t access the song. It was mentioned a couple times in the other thread, [Human Mail](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=351747)