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  1. Newsgroups: alt.stupidity
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!wupost!csus.edu!sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu!vcsc458
  3. From: vcsc458@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (R0Y)
  4. Subject: Re: postal insults
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov19.223210.26864@csus.edu>
  6. Sender: news@csus.edu
  7. Organization: San Francisco State University
  8. References: <00963D14.14806F00@vms.csd.mu.edu>
  9. Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 22:32:10 GMT
  10. Lines: 17
  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. Once I saw that box on an embelope, too.  I don't get it.  What does it
  27. mean?
  28.  
  29.