# The Post Office Opened My Mail

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 4, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-office-opened-my-mail/941386 "2021-05-04T19:17:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-office-opened-my-mail/941386/127 "2021-05-09T18:45:27Z")

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I just noticed in that thread you quote the letter you send, and you write it like a chain letter:

> [@My Medical Theory...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-medical-theory/835739/1):
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> P.S. And if you are not interested in my theory, feel free to share it with others. You may not be interested in my theory. But you might know someone who is☺.

“Please copy this theory and mail it to five other people. Joseph Schmoe of Idaho shared this theory and the next day had a three-way with Kirsten Bell and Scarlett Johansson while winning the Powerball Lottery, the Nobel Prize, and the Kentucky Derby. Robert Ray of Paraguay, on the other hand, threw this theory away and was promptly eaten by an ocelot.”

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