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  1. Newsgroups: alt.stupidity
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!utcsri!newsflash.concordia.ca!hobbit.ireq.hydro.qc.ca!dionc
  3. From: dionc@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Claude Dion ETUDIANT sept-dec 92)
  4. Subject: Re: postal insults
  5. Message-ID: <BxzAC5.8BG@ireq.hydro.qc.ca>
  6. Sender: news@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Netnews Admin)
  7. Organization: Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Quebec, Quebec, Canada
  8. References:  <00963D14.14806F00@vms.csd.mu.edu>
  9. Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 19:33:40 GMT
  10. Lines: 18
  11.  
  12. In article <00963D14.14806F00@vms.csd.mu.edu>, 5g72wheelerj@vms.csd.mu.edu writes:
  13. |> I continue to wonder why pre-printed envelopes (such as those for bills, etc.)
  14. |> always contain the following square in the upper right corner:
  15. |>                                  ______________________
  16. |>                                 |                      |
  17. |>                                 |   Place Stamp Here   |
  18. |>                                 |                      |
  19. |>                                 |      Postal Service  |
  20. |>                                 |    Will Not Deliver  |
  21. |>                                 |     Mail Without     | 
  22. |>                                 |   Proper Postage     |
  23. |>                                 |                      |
  24. |>                                 |______________________|
  25. |> 
  26. |> It is as if they assume everyone to be either a thief or an idiot.
  27.  
  28. In the book Singlets, a box to indicate where to put the stamp is
  29. called an idiotbox.
  30.