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- From: dionc@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Claude Dion ETUDIANT sept-dec 92)
- Subject: Re: postal insults
- Message-ID: <BxzAC5.8BG@ireq.hydro.qc.ca>
- Sender: news@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Netnews Admin)
- Organization: Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Quebec, Quebec, Canada
- References: <00963D14.14806F00@vms.csd.mu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:33:40 GMT
- Lines: 18
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- In article <00963D14.14806F00@vms.csd.mu.edu>, 5g72wheelerj@vms.csd.mu.edu writes:
- |> I continue to wonder why pre-printed envelopes (such as those for bills, etc.)
- |> always contain the following square in the upper right corner:
- |> ______________________
- |> | |
- |> | Place Stamp Here |
- |> | |
- |> | Postal Service |
- |> | Will Not Deliver |
- |> | Mail Without |
- |> | Proper Postage |
- |> | |
- |> |______________________|
- |>
- |> It is as if they assume everyone to be either a thief or an idiot.
-
- In the book Singlets, a box to indicate where to put the stamp is
- called an idiotbox.
-