# Weirdest unsolicited mail? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 15, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-unsolicited-mail/804582 "2017-12-15T20:42:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-unsolicited-mail/804582/21 "2017-12-18T13:24:57Z")
I got a letter once from some woman trying to convert me to Jehova’s Witness. Apparently, people who aren’t physically able to go door knocking can meet that requirement by mailing letters. I occasionally get flyers hung on my door from one or another local church inviting me to attend. I have to wonder how many trees are harvested and how much carbon is released because of letters and flyers where 99.9% end up in the trash without achieving their purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Annoying\_Buzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Annoying\_Buzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annoying_Buzz)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-unsolicited-mail/804582/22 "2017-12-19T02:06:27Z")
I’ve been impressed with how the Japanese spam mail I get really tries to tell a story before getting to the sales pitch. A recent one I got (for a porn site) began, “As the famous composer Mozart once said, “Lick my ass!”” The best part is that, in fact, [he did](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leck_mich_im_Arsch). ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-unsolicited-mail/804582/23 "2017-12-19T03:08:51Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > I got a letter once from some woman trying to convert me to Jehova’s Witness. Apparently, people who aren’t physically able to go door knocking can meet that requirement by mailing letters. > > I occasionally get flyers hung on my door from one or another local church inviting me to attend. > > I have to wonder how many trees are harvested and how much carbon is released because of letters and flyers where 99.9% end up in the trash without achieving their purpose. My mail is composed mainly of advertising flyers for things for which I’m not in the market, usually used car dealerships and new dental offices. There’s also a Chinese restaurant down the street that distributes their menu about once a month to all the buildings in my apartment complex. I’ve never eaten there, although maybe I should. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-unsolicited-mail/804582/24 "2017-12-19T04:13:08Z")
I got a letter from Donald Trump asking for a donation for his presidential campaign. The envelope to mail my donation in wasn’t even a business reply mail that didn’t need to be stamped. He expected us to pay for the privilege of giving him money. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-unsolicited-mail/804582/25 "2017-12-19T16:04:05Z")
I once got a jar of cookie butter. Now I have been known to do the occasional drunk Amazoning, but this was not that. For one, it came to my home, not my shop, and Amazon doesn’t have that address. It was addressed to me. Sadly the lid of the jar was broken, so I still don’t know what cookie butter tastes like. It was not near my birthday, or any holiday, and I asked everyone I could think of if they had sent it, but no… ---
**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:** [December 19, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-unsolicited-mail/804582/26 "2017-12-19T17:15:23Z")
> [@DummyGladHands](#): > > I wish I knew why I keep getting all these magazines that go right in the recycling. Town & Country, O, Cosmo, Elle, Good Housekeeping–all the “women’s” magazines. A few years back, we were surprised with a Smithsonian membership, which includes getting their magazine. Couldn’t figure out who signed us up so we finally called Smithsonian and asked; turned out to have been a Christmas present from one of my sisters. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-unsolicited-mail/804582/27 "2017-12-19T19:30:46Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > My mail is composed mainly of advertising flyers for things for which I’m not in the market, usually used car dealerships and new dental offices. There’s also a Chinese restaurant down the street that distributes their menu about once a month to all the buildings in my apartment complex. I’ve never eaten there, although maybe I should. I don’t mind the menus so much. I do occasionally eat takeout. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-unsolicited-mail/804582/28 "2017-12-19T19:58:05Z")
Today I got a letter from a nursing school, letting me know that I might be a good candidate, and nursing jobs are in demand. I have never worked in a science or health care related field. Seems like an odd thing to send at random, but I can’t figure out where they would have gotten my info and furthermore why they decided I might want to be a nurse. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-unsolicited-mail/804582/29 "2017-12-19T20:08:31Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Today I got a letter from a nursing school, letting me know that I might be a good candidate, and nursing jobs are in demand. > > I have never worked in a science or health care related field. > > Seems like an odd thing to send at random, but I can’t figure out where they would have gotten my info and furthermore why they decided I might want to be a nurse. It’s most likely a Trump University-style “nursing school”. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-unsolicited-mail/804582/30 "2017-12-19T20:22:11Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It’s most likely a Trump University-style “nursing school”. No it’s legit! > **[Washburn University](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washburn_University)** > > Washburn University (WU), formally Washburn University of Topeka, is a public university in Topeka, Kansas, United States. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional programs in law and business. Washburn has 550 faculty members, who teach more than 6,100 undergraduate students and nearly 800 graduate students. The university's assets include a $158 million endowment. As of 2008, Washburn also took over overseeing the technical school in the area, Washburn Tech. > Was... ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-unsolicited-mail/804582/31 "2017-12-19T21:32:45Z")
I received a catalog for a religious supplies company. Real stuff for Catholic services like censors, incense, staves, and other paraphernalia. Really expensive, too. Like $500 for the silver crook on the end of a staff. I was amused that the varieties of incense sounded a lot like drug street names. I am totally not religious and even the religion that was forced on me was protestant. No idea why I was selected for their list. I gave the catalog to a co-worker whose sister was a nun. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-unsolicited-mail/804582.md?page=1)