Post office transaction: abridged transcript
Me: Hello, these are all to be sent to Australia (hands over stack of envelopes and postcards)
Post man (nodding, takes out international mail code book): Austria.
Me: Australia (Post man nods, gets out a different book). And can I have a large envelope to send this (gestures to letter) in?
Post man: We only have envelopes in this size (shows me A5 size envelope)
Me: You don’t have anything bigger than that?
Post man: Only these ones (shows me a suspiciously large, plastic, express mail envelope)
Me: OK, can I buy it, but send it via normal air mail?
Post man: Ummm here you go.
Me: Ummm thanks. (leaves counter, deposits letter in said envelope, seals and addresses it, lines up again)
Post man: (weighs every envelope and postcard and enters every address into his commodore 64)
Me: How much is all this?
Post man: 89 reais [about $60].
Me: What?!!! Why is it so expensive?
Post man: Because of the distance.
Me: I don’t understand.
Post man: (gesturing to stupid large plastic envelope) This one costs 70 reais, because it is going to get there quickly.
Me: Umm I don’t want it to go via express mail.
Post man: (reluctantly pulls out a stack of A4 envelopes!) OK. Here you go.
Me: Er, thanks (leaves counter, re-addresses and re-seals envelope, lines up again)
Me: How much?
Post man: 40 reais.
Me: Sweet, here ya go [rough translation].
more costly than a poke in the eye and kick in the bum
Comment by Mr Frasco Man the Argumentative Pirate & Leader of the Council of Extreme Revenge — 9/15/2005 @ 12:24 pm
The Council of Extreme Revenge? This is new, bottleman!
Comment by ann — 9/16/2005 @ 5:57 am
One mustn’t stagnate.
Non-linear theory.
I am ever evolving!
Comment by Mr Frasco Man the Argumentative Pirate & Leader of the Council of Extreme Revenge — 9/16/2005 @ 10:57 am
Does this include figuring out that Mo D the Rock Goddess is in fact Mrs ann and the city?!
Comment by ann — 9/17/2005 @ 3:22 am
Do they have scanners over there? Just scan everything and email it! ;)
Comment by Chris — 9/17/2005 @ 11:11 am
Mo-D actually sounds more hiphop than rock to me.
MOS DEF!
Comment by Mr Frasco Man the Argumentative Pirate — 9/17/2005 @ 7:50 pm
Yeah, she’s an artist of many persuasians. So diverse. Soon she’ll just be known as a symbol.
Comment by ann — 9/18/2005 @ 3:28 am
Mo-Diddy
Comment by Mr Frasco Man the Argumentative Pirate — 9/19/2005 @ 8:59 pm
Not to be confused with my dad, aka Stump Daddy.
Comment by ann — 9/20/2005 @ 3:35 am
Приветствую всех!
У меня такой вопрос,кто что интересное подскажет буду признателен.
Мы с друзьями собираемся поехать в круиз по просторам России и ближнего зарубежья месяца на два на своих машинах,но не как не можем согласовать маршрут,если у кого уже был опыт такого путешествия,может,что посоветуете.Девчонок с собой не берем,думаем,что во все городах России с этим не будет проблем,если у кого будут рекомендации и в вопросе отдыха с девушками тоже буду признателен.
С уважением Сеньчик
Comment by Metrujectiktus — 3/28/2008 @ 1:15 pm