postalnews blog » postal humor http://www.postalnewsblog.com more from postalnews.com Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:48:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 ‘Can’t recall the address, but it’s got a yellow door’ http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2007/02/24/can%e2%80%99t-recall-the-address-but-it%e2%80%99s-got-a-yellow-door/ http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2007/02/24/can%e2%80%99t-recall-the-address-but-it%e2%80%99s-got-a-yellow-door/#comments Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:07:15 +0000 brian http://www.postalnewsblog.com/2007/02/24/can%e2%80%99t-recall-the-address-but-it%e2%80%99s-got-a-yellow-door/ From the Times of London:
A postcard from Poland that was addressed “Khumi, Yellow Door, Wilmslow, England” has arrived at the correct house.

Which prompted this letter to the editor:

Sir, Congratulations to the postmen of Wilmslow (news report, Feb 16). My brother (6ft 5in in his socks), who lives in the second largest town in Orkney, once received a card addressed to “The Big Englishman, Stromness”.

Followed by this:

Sir, Like “The Big Englishman, Stromness” (letter, Feb 19 ), my late father also received prompt delivery of a letter with a descriptive address.

His was: “Colonel with three moustaches, c/o Buckingham Palace, London”.

Larger-than-average eyebrows are a (male) family feature.

Which in turn led to:

Sir, Some years ago, I had a similar postal experience to those of “The Big Englishman, Stromness” and “Colonel with three moustaches” (letters, Feb 19 and 22 ).

I received an aerogramme addressed to “Napoleon and Josephine, Halesworth”.

My husband (Nicholas) wasn’t sure whether its exceptionally speedy delivery was cause for congratulation or concern.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPhXVrp0_oI

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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-77940649588346496

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