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March 18, 2007
A Robot Collects My Mail
UPDATE: A story from the Columbus Dispatch.
We have a mailbox just up the road from us and almost across the street from Mel's Diner. Last week as the boys and I drove by it one of them commented that you don't see too many of them around. I don't know if this is true or not — I don't pay much attention and mail most of my stuff from work. What is important to note is that the boys and I have an awareness of the mailbox that sits there.
Saturday morning the boys and I drove to Mel's for breakfast. As we passed the mailbox I couldn't help but notice that it had been vandalized. I also couldn't help but notice that the vandals had seemed to use some sort of stencil during their vandalous activities as the defacing of government property appeared to have a lot of straight lines and white rectangles involved with it.
I only had a quick glance at the box but the whole thing seemed odd. It had to take more time for vandals to make nice, even, boxes and whatnot on a mailbox than it would have to just scribble something. I'll bet I could have spray painted "Bite Me" about a hundred times in the same amount of time it took the vandals to decorate the mailbox the way they did.
And then I pulled into Mel's and didn't give it another thought.
Until Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update. They did a "story" about how the USPS was putting out a bunch of mailboxes painted like R2D2 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Star Wars. They also commented on what an odd choice R2D2 was as it was obvious C3P0 was the robot more likely to want to hold your package.
The side of the mailbox has USPSJediMaster.com on it.
This article states that the boxes will be put in Post Offices only and not on the street in order to keep them from being stolen. I think you'd have to be quite the Star Wars fan to steal a mailbox as I'm it's a Federal Offense to tamper with the US Mail.
Anyway, it looks like the Hilliard Post Master has balls to next week, if I've said that right, as ours are right out near the curb.
This mailbox is obviouisly an R2D2. I probably falied to notice it the other day when I drove by as I was talking on my cell phone and using my rear view mirror to apply eye liner with my right hand while I tied my shoes with my left while steering with my nose.
I've done some informal calculations -- I believe that it cost only a nickel to have these mailboxes tricked out, so there is no point in getting your knickers in a twist about postal rate increases.
Posted by delmer at March 18, 2007 3:41 PM
Comments
Oh I would totally steal that mailbox!
Posted by: Dave2 at March 18, 2007 6:18 PM
Yes, but you are a rebel who lives by his own set of rules.
Posted by: delmer at March 18, 2007 8:47 PM
I've always thought that C3PO would "want to hold my package" it's in his voice!
Posted by: Mikeo at March 19, 2007 9:28 PM
