# Okay, I get it!  There's a movie about Cat in the Hat coming out!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 19, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-get-it-theres-a-movie-about-cat-in-the-hat-coming-out/214145 "2003-11-19T17:20:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-get-it-theres-a-movie-about-cat-in-the-hat-coming-out/214145/41 "2003-11-21T17:24:22Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Spiff \*  
> \*\*Psssst. It’s called the United States Postal Service and it is not a government agency – hence its branch offices are not government offices. \*\*

The USPS isn’t totally removed from the Government.

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> [The United States Postal Service  
> An American History 1775 – 2002](http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/pubs/pub100/pub100.htm#united)  
> The Post Office Department was transformed into the United States Postal Service, an independent establishment of the executive branch of the Government of the United States.
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> The new Postal Service officially began operations on July 1, 1971, when the Postmaster General ceased to be a member of the President’s cabinet.

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-get-it-theres-a-movie-about-cat-in-the-hat-coming-out/214145/42 "2003-11-21T20:03:06Z")

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Advertising in post offices? What a cinch!  
They did the same thing when it came to _The Grinch_.  
His hand held an ornament (he isn’t nervous),  
"Happy Who-lidays from the U.S. Postal Service.)

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-i-get-it-theres-a-movie-about-cat-in-the-hat-coming-out/214145/43 "2003-11-21T20:33:46Z")

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Those dumb enough to blow $8 on this guano get what they deserve.

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