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As opposed to more... Free market solutions.
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Any excuse to post this (very unscientific) experiment somebody did, where they mailed stuff that shouldn't be mailed and then wrote down what happened. http://www.improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume6/v6i4/postal-6-4.html quote:Pair of new, expensive tennis shoes. Strapped together with duct tape. Days to delivery, 7. When shoes were picked up at station, laces were tied tightly together with difficult-to-remove knot. Clerk noted that mail must be wrapped.
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Jan 6, 2014 15:05
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Geez Muir, government mandated transvaginal ultrasounds were in the news like a year ago. Usually the strip is more current.
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Why is Rob Smith so keen for us to learn how bad he is at sending letters? Putting the right Edit: Wanamingo posted:Any excuse to post this (very unscientific) experiment somebody did, where they mailed stuff that shouldn't be mailed and then wrote down what happened.  quote:Helium balloon. The balloon was attached to a weight. The address was written on the balloon with magic marker; no postage was affixed. Our operative argued strongly that he should be charged a negative postage and refunded the postal fees, because the transport airplane would actually be lighter as a result of our postal item. This line of reasoning merely received a laugh from the clerk. The balloon was refused; reasons given: transportation of helium, not wrapped. Kegluneq fucked around with this message at 15:35 on Jan 6, 2014 |
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I'm a millenial who grew up in Arizona, and I learned both letter etiquette and formal letter writing in 4th grade. And cursive. You'd think that for such a luddite he would had at least learned how to write an elementary letter. And I'd like to know the **FREE MARKET SOLUTION** to dumbasses putting the wrong address on things. Magic?
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T-man posted:And I'd like to know the **FREE MARKET SOLUTION** to dumbasses putting the wrong address on things. Magic? I don't know if post in the UK actually requires the post code to be deliverable. I'm sure I've sent/received things without the correct one before now.
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Kegluneq posted:Just sending the card to the address shown? I guess if it was to a house on a street with a common name in a sufficiently large city, it really would be undeliverable without a correct zip code to differentiate it. Speaking as someone who has worked in the Canadian postal system, that's because somebody in the chain took the time to go and look up and confirm the correct address. Its not mandatory per say, but without the proper code there are delays. Postal codes are for efficiency, 99% of the time the item will still get there, it'll just take longer. Political Whores fucked around with this message at 16:20 on Jan 6, 2014 |
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Kegluneq posted:Just sending the card to the address shown? I guess if it was to a house on a street with a common name in a sufficiently large city, it really would be undeliverable without a correct zip code to differentiate it. Zip and postal codes are rarely NEEDED, they save time and make the whole operation smoother, like how I can throw near anything that won't explode or die in the mail and it'll get to where I say in just a few days at most. They do that by having systems like zip/post codes to very rapidly sort things.
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Captain_Maclaine posted:It does that for periods, only to return to abuse once Kelley's mind inevitably wanders back to those goddamn lazy kids these days! I think his mind has found a new track to relentlessly make non jokes on  And because my morning paper pain is your morning paper pain  at least they dropped drunky duck.
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Less Kelley, more Kelly.
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Stultus Maximus posted:And because my morning paper pain is your morning paper pain That evil senator rabbit is channeling some serious Dumb and So Goddamn Crazy.
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Monaghan posted:Muir is as always dumb and wrong, but it's still pretty amazing how, even after all these years,republicans have managed to convince a good portion of the American public that they'll be affected by the estate tax when the die. Do people even care about estate tax? I feel like it could be literally 95% and as long as you got to inherit family heirlooms and other sentimental things without having to pay for them it wouldn't matter for anyone except the fantastically rich.
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RyokoTK posted:That evil senator rabbit is channeling some serious Dumb and So Goddamn Crazy. Everyone in that strip is quite dumb and pretty goddamn crazy. The saccharine sweetness of Allie's art does little to hide the festering cystic discharge that is this strip.
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Stultus Maximus posted:And because my morning paper pain is your morning paper pain I choose to read this as a tacit admission that Prickly City will just be rehashing all of their tired, stupid jokes from last year. also reposting for morning crew: colonel_korn posted:Does anyone have the cartoon someone drew a few years ago with Obama as the seven-headed beast from Revelations? Every head was drawn in a different cartoonist's style, it was awesome. I feel like the same person also drew a second cartoon where Obama was driving a car off a cliff with tons of references to other cartoons in the background, so if anyone has that one too please post it. I checked the OPs of the last few threads but couldn't find it.
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Fiat Banking Nazi posted:Speaking as someone who has worked in the Canadian postal system, that's because somebody in the chain took the time to go and look up and confirm the correct address. Its not mandatory per say, but without the proper code there are delays. Postal codes are for efficiency, 99% of the time the item will still get there, it'll just take longer. Randler posted:Less Kelley, more Kelly.  , but gun control actually was a big deal in the Old West. Guns in Tombstone had to be handed in at the Sheriff's office or Grand Hotel on arrival in town.
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Oh hell yes, this is just as good as I remembered.
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Taciturn Tactician posted:Do people even care about estate tax? I feel like it could be literally 95% and as long as you got to inherit family heirlooms and other sentimental things without having to pay for them it wouldn't matter for anyone except the fantastically rich. Yes, seemingly because they never notice that the first whatever-million is exempt and think that they won't be able to leave anything to their kids. And I'm sure the fantastically rich don't technically own their money as they keep it in other forms for tax purposes.
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 Real men pay for their own medical care. Get a better job you deadbeat insurance-having poors.
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duz posted:Yes, seemingly because they never notice that the first whatever-million is exempt and think that they won't be able to leave anything to their kids. And I'm sure the fantastically rich don't technically own their money as they keep it in other forms for tax purposes. It's actually closer to the first five million right now due to the Obama administration's tax cuts aimed at supporting the American middle class. 
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Trent posted:
I wonder if "Doorknob" and Kelley discussed this or if it was a coincidence.
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Trent posted:
Yeah, why would I use that co-pay that comes with health insurance when I can just pay for the whole thing like a schmuck? edit: It's just so weird seeing people act like health insurance is only for whiners now that the government is saying that you need to have it Hip-Hoptimus Rhyme fucked around with this message at 17:27 on Jan 6, 2014 |
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"Based on actual experiences." Well gosh, if he imagines something, I guess imagination is itself an experience.
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Colonel Sanders, noooo 
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This world is beyond saving. Shut it all down.
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Trent posted:
If not, holy poo poo that's A Good Cartoon.
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You also don't make an insurance claim when you get a timing belt replaced so I guess he'd pay for open-heart surgery out of pocket?
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:I am like 90% sure that the guy going "Tell them you're insane" is supposed to be the guy we agree with. That's Mike Lester, one of the worst of the worst of the worst.
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SpiderHyphenMan posted:I am like 90% sure that the guy going "Tell them you're insane" is supposed to be the guy we agree with. The little guy is usually portrayed as kind of an idiot in this strip. So yeah, AGC.
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Sorry for bringing up an old post (I'm catching up after ignoring this thread for the weekend) but I think I hate Warren's Obama caricature the most. It's the awful toothy HYUK HYUK  grin (or not-grin in this one) that bugs the poo poo out of me, it just seems racist as all Hell for some reason.
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It's super ironic considering that Mitt, the at-the-time Captain of Industry in Chief, made a huge deal of emphasizing that as a successful person you must make sure to take full advantage of every possible scheme that saves you money, no matter if it may seem immoral or quasi-legal. These "proud and principled citizens" are just idiots whose close-mindedness leads them to harm and injury, while their Conservative idols are sly and unscrupulous opportunists. 
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Hip-Hoptimus Rhyme posted:edit: It's just so weird seeing people act like health insurance is only for whiners now that the government is saying that you need to have it Conservatives deciding to not use their insurance because Obama said so seems like a problem that solves itself.
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I THINK OBAMA IS A BAD PRESIDENT 
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steinrokkan posted:It's super ironic considering that Mitt, the at-the-time Captain of Industry in Chief, made a huge deal of emphasizing that as a successful person you must make sure to take full advantage of every possible scheme that saves you money, no matter if it may seem immoral or quasi-legal. Ahahaha I'd never seen this before, this rules.
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Kegluneq posted:Edit: Ha, this is great. quote:Ski. A large amount of postage was affixed to a card that was attached to the ski. The ski was slipped into a bin of postage that was being loaded into a truck behind a station (a collaborating staff member created a verbal disturbance up the street to momentarily distract postal workers� attention). Notice of postage due received, 11 days. Upon pickup at the station, the clerk and supervisor consulted a book of postage regulations together for 2 minutes and 40 seconds before deciding on additional postage fee to assess. Clerk asked if mailing specialist knew how this had been mailed; our recipient said she did not know. Clerk also noted that mail must be wrapped. - See more at: http://www.improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume6/v6i4/postal-6-4.html#sthash.x2vQEHvU.dpuf EDIT: quote:Deer tibia. Our mailing specialist received many strange looks from both postal clerks and members of the public in line when he picked it up at the station, 9 days. The clerk put on rubber gloves before handling the bone, inquired if our researcher were a "cultist," and commented that mail must be wrapped. - See more at: http://www.improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume6/v6i4/postal-6-4.html#sthash.x2vQEHvU.dpuf That Old Tree fucked around with this message at 19:01 on Jan 6, 2014 |
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Low in Atlanta is 8 degrees today and I just saw this on Facebook: Bennett nooooooo 
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pd187 posted:Low in Atlanta is 8 degrees today and I just saw this on Facebook:
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