# There was something different in my letterbox...advice please. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 19, 2004, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636 "2004-11-19T10:04:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/81 "2004-11-25T11:07:35Z")
Oi! **calm kiwi**! It’s Thursday night already, and unless you’re lying dismembered in a ditch somewhere I WANT GORY DETAILS! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/82 "2004-11-25T12:17:24Z")
If she’s lying dismembered in a ditch, the details will be _extremely_ gory. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/83 "2004-11-25T16:25:35Z")
Maybe she’s on her honeymoon? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/84 "2004-11-25T16:27:46Z")
Honeymoon! Details!!! ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/85 "2004-11-26T13:26:09Z")
Um, **Kiwi** …? Hello…? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/86 "2004-11-26T13:34:05Z")
Her email is private. Nuts. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/87 "2004-11-26T16:06:52Z")
I have **calm kiwi** ’s email address from the mug exchange. I sent her an email yesterday and again this morning letting her know that we are both concerned and curious. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/88 "2004-11-26T17:59:33Z")
**Kiwi** ’s profile says she was “last active” today, so we needn’t worry she IS lying dismembered in a ditch. I’ll expect she’ll post when she feels like it. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/89 "2004-11-26T18:02:32Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > **Kiwi** ’s profile says she was “last active” today, so we needn’t worry she IS lying dismembered in a ditch. I’ll expect she’ll post when she feels like it. Didn’t even think to check that - thanks for bringing it up. That lets me feel a lot less concerned. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/90 "2004-11-26T18:25:54Z")
\ what if she _did_ invite him over and he, and he, and he, and he… he might be reading this right now! in her house! on her computer! for 20 minutes!! _cue eerie music_ \ ---
**Author:** ![FreeRange\_Maniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/97f17d/32.png) [@FreeRange\_Maniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreeRange_Maniac)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/91 "2004-11-26T18:34:53Z")
Well, it’s now Friday morning. Pins and needles, needles and pins… ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/92 "2004-11-26T18:36:54Z")
Paging Ms. Kiwi, Ms. Calm Kiwi, Please come to the courtesy desk your party is waiting… ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/93 "2004-11-26T18:39:20Z")
Perhaps she went to her grandparents’ house for Thanksgiving. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2004, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/94 "2004-11-26T18:43:51Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Perhaps she went to her grandparents’ house for Thanksgiving. 🙂 Well that would explain a long absence, since she’s in New Zealand. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/95 "2004-11-27T22:39:48Z")
Nuthin’? Nuthin’ at all? ---
**Author:** ![Kuizelemartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19b73/32.png) [@Kuizelemartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuizelemartz)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/96 "2004-11-27T23:54:15Z")
::taps foot:: Come on! We want details. Hope it went well, or at least ok. :::pulls up chair, passes out cookies to everyone::: ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/97 "2004-11-28T02:03:57Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Mine is the 27th. Whooooo for 1966 It was a very good year! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/98 "2004-11-28T05:21:08Z")
::::bump:::: ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/99 "2004-11-28T07:09:33Z")
Are we left to conclude that all went veerrry well and she’s too busy boinkin’ to post a message? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2004, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636/100 "2004-11-28T07:23:03Z")
[hijack] **JCOM** what are you doing up at this hour? I’m suffering from post holiday over-napping. [/hijack] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-something-different-in-my-letterbox-advice-please/275636.md?page=6)