My Real Mail Box
A Look at mail humor53 total reviews
Comment from dellsworthpoet
Ah yes. The blessings of junk mail. The phone is just about as bad. I love the humor sprinkled about liberally. The piece stays on point and the images are clear. The coupon idea is a blast.
Thanks for a good read.
reply by the author on 11-Jun-2022
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Ah yes. The blessings of junk mail. The phone is just about as bad. I love the humor sprinkled about liberally. The piece stays on point and the images are clear. The coupon idea is a blast.
Thanks for a good read.
Comment Written 11-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 11-Jun-2022
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Thank you for the super six stars!! I appreciate your kind review. Terry.
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You are welcome.
Comment from karenina
Oh my gosh you've done it again! I'm in stitches here! What IS IT WITH that light blue "ink" anyway? Some market research analysist determine THAT is the detail that entices the elderly?
And how is everyon ALWAYS one of the first fifty callers? Are they counting on our senility?
Guess again.
Yuck. A luncheon to pitch cremation?
Smores for dessert I hope--you know the ones with the black char marsmallows!
Heck yeah!
And euphimisms!
"End of life expenses"
"In our twilight years"
"Memory support facilities"
Please!
You deserve 789,900 stars.
I have five!
Spend them before you've
been booked n the "horizontal hilton."
(As a neighbor recently described the burial
of his wife!)
Karenina
reply by the author on 11-Jun-2022
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Oh my gosh you've done it again! I'm in stitches here! What IS IT WITH that light blue "ink" anyway? Some market research analysist determine THAT is the detail that entices the elderly?
And how is everyon ALWAYS one of the first fifty callers? Are they counting on our senility?
Guess again.
Yuck. A luncheon to pitch cremation?
Smores for dessert I hope--you know the ones with the black char marsmallows!
Heck yeah!
And euphimisms!
"End of life expenses"
"In our twilight years"
"Memory support facilities"
Please!
You deserve 789,900 stars.
I have five!
Spend them before you've
been booked n the "horizontal hilton."
(As a neighbor recently described the burial
of his wife!)
Karenina
Comment Written 11-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 11-Jun-2022
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Thank you, I love the smores, I wish I had thought of that, you got some good stuff here! I have one coming tomorrow that I think is funny, but it is all true. You can be the judge, Terry.
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I'm hosting graduation parties for my eighteen year old granddaughter all weekend. Today was for her and her classmates/friends. Tomorrow we do it all over again for family.
(What was I thinking?)
Sooooooo tired!
May not get to review until Monday.
(I will have a S'more tomorrow in your honor!)
:)
Comment from Iza Deleanu
Wow, this was amazing you made laugh like there is no tomorrow. The last line is to die for it:"I have to answer some Medicare questions like, "Have you ever thought about harming yourself?"
I did not want to say, "Does learning the benefits of cremation count?" " Thank you for sharing and good luck with your writings.
reply by the author on 11-Jun-2022
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Wow, this was amazing you made laugh like there is no tomorrow. The last line is to die for it:"I have to answer some Medicare questions like, "Have you ever thought about harming yourself?"
I did not want to say, "Does learning the benefits of cremation count?" " Thank you for sharing and good luck with your writings.
Comment Written 10-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 11-Jun-2022
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Thank you very much for the excellent review! Terry.
Comment from LisaMay
Your mail humor stories are happening on an international level. Even here in little New Zealand we get avalanched with irritating, immediately-recycled junk mail. No wonder we need to be planting so many trees. The way you have written about these annoyances activates the humour laugh-out-loud button. Did you hear it? Of course you did - your hearing is excellent. Could I perhaps interest you in buying a set of blunt steak knives in case you ever think about harming yourself?
reply by the author on 11-Jun-2022
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Your mail humor stories are happening on an international level. Even here in little New Zealand we get avalanched with irritating, immediately-recycled junk mail. No wonder we need to be planting so many trees. The way you have written about these annoyances activates the humour laugh-out-loud button. Did you hear it? Of course you did - your hearing is excellent. Could I perhaps interest you in buying a set of blunt steak knives in case you ever think about harming yourself?
Comment Written 10-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 11-Jun-2022
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Lisa, LOL, Thank you for the Six stars and the very fun review! Terry.
Comment from John Ciarmello
I'm going to return the six on this one, Terry. Hahaha. You are a wit! This is well-written, funny, and original. Btw I have written RTS on mail that hasn't belonged to me. Whether it got to where it was supposed to go? I have no idea, but who cares. Best, JohnC
reply by the author on 11-Jun-2022
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I'm going to return the six on this one, Terry. Hahaha. You are a wit! This is well-written, funny, and original. Btw I have written RTS on mail that hasn't belonged to me. Whether it got to where it was supposed to go? I have no idea, but who cares. Best, JohnC
Comment Written 10-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 11-Jun-2022
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John, Thank you for the super sixer!!! Wayne here on FanStory is a retired postmaster, and he said they do indeed return the mail to sender. Terry.
Comment from Katherine M. (k-11)
I found this extremely amusing, Terry. I suppose you could have gone on for a lot longer. The one I think I would have included is the recurring bill. I would love to find a way of sending that back. I have a water protection (service against a burst pipe outside the house) bill that I pay. Only eight dollars a month, but there's only a window of two weeks a year where I can rescind it, and the notification never reaches me on time - because it's for a house I sold over thirty years ago, so by the time it finds me it's too late, and they steadfastly refuse to answer my requests to note my change of address (other than to send me a flyer proposing a protection service on my new house - which I already have).
reply by the author on 11-Jun-2022
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I found this extremely amusing, Terry. I suppose you could have gone on for a lot longer. The one I think I would have included is the recurring bill. I would love to find a way of sending that back. I have a water protection (service against a burst pipe outside the house) bill that I pay. Only eight dollars a month, but there's only a window of two weeks a year where I can rescind it, and the notification never reaches me on time - because it's for a house I sold over thirty years ago, so by the time it finds me it's too late, and they steadfastly refuse to answer my requests to note my change of address (other than to send me a flyer proposing a protection service on my new house - which I already have).
Comment Written 10-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 11-Jun-2022
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Katherine, thank you for the review, sorry about that bill service. That sounds like a scam to me. Go get 'em, girl! Terry.
Comment from Whitewave
Terry,
Living in 'a condo community for over fifty-five folks' hasn't dulled your wit or humor - a fun post and a good laugh.
I like the Elvis pic and featured song - think I'd make a poster out of that rather than 'return to sender'. you can display the 6 stars next to the poster of The King.
reply by the author on 11-Jun-2022
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Terry,
Living in 'a condo community for over fifty-five folks' hasn't dulled your wit or humor - a fun post and a good laugh.
I like the Elvis pic and featured song - think I'd make a poster out of that rather than 'return to sender'. you can display the 6 stars next to the poster of The King.
Comment Written 10-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 11-Jun-2022
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LOL, great idea about the poster, and thank you for all the stars!!! Terry.
Comment from Sarah Tummey
Well done for this. I liked the parts about hearing the operator just fine and the benefits of cremation.
I find it quite funny when I get these scam phone calls saying "You've been in an accident that wasn't your fault". I don't have a driving license, so I shouldn't even be behind the wheel!
reply by the author on 11-Jun-2022
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Well done for this. I liked the parts about hearing the operator just fine and the benefits of cremation.
I find it quite funny when I get these scam phone calls saying "You've been in an accident that wasn't your fault". I don't have a driving license, so I shouldn't even be behind the wheel!
Comment Written 10-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 11-Jun-2022
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Sarah, LOL, that is funny about the scam call, I may have to steal that for some future story! okay maybe not, but still funny. Thank you, Terry.
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Feel free to use it in a future story if you want. I'm all for supporting other people's writing!
Comment from Sandra Nelms-Ludwig
What a well-written essay about mail. I had to chuckle because your mailbox contents are a lot like my own, except I receive tons of catalogs. One must only order once in a 5-year period to get on the "forever" mailing list. Thanks for adding some levity to this site and my day. That recognized ribbon is deserved.
reply by the author on 11-Jun-2022
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What a well-written essay about mail. I had to chuckle because your mailbox contents are a lot like my own, except I receive tons of catalogs. One must only order once in a 5-year period to get on the "forever" mailing list. Thanks for adding some levity to this site and my day. That recognized ribbon is deserved.
Comment Written 10-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 11-Jun-2022
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Sandra, you make a good point about the catalogs. I don't get much except right before Christmas. Thank you for reading, Terry.
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You are welcome!
Comment from royowen
I love this, very witty Terry, I thought the "free hearing test" was a real hoot, we get them all the time, my wife passed hers, but my hearing is better so I didn't attend, the cremation story is something I would avoid like the plague. Beautifully written, blessings Roy.
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2022
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I love this, very witty Terry, I thought the "free hearing test" was a real hoot, we get them all the time, my wife passed hers, but my hearing is better so I didn't attend, the cremation story is something I would avoid like the plague. Beautifully written, blessings Roy.
Comment Written 10-Jun-2022
reply by the author on 10-Jun-2022
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Roy, LOL, thank you very much for reading! Terry.
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Most welcome