18 Mar
2013
18 Mar
'13
6:58 a.m.
s?n 2013-03-17 klockan 17:43 -0700 skrev mc68010:
I had someone actually ship me a IBM 14" VGA monitor in an empty box by
Parcel Post. He seriously just put it in the box and took it to the post
office. Not even in there tight. There was 2 inches around it on all
side and it just sat on it's plastic stand. It arrived in perfect
shape. My mind was blown when I opened the box. I didn't know if I
should be angry or jump for joy. When the shipping gods decide it gets
there safe it gets there safe. When they decide it won't it wont no
matter what. It is not for us mortal men to understand their whims.
Here in Sweden it is a common practise in Public Service TV every
christmas evening to air "Karl-Bertil Jonssons Julafton".
It is a bit like "Mr Scrooge" but from the other side.
Ah, well Karl-Bertil works as a christmas mail office clerk
- every packet with 'Fragile' written on gets tossed 5 feet to check the
sound (everyone in the office does so. :-) )
and with a twist:
- Karl-Bertil has the "taxeringskalendern" in his head and well he puts
away a number of christmas packets addressed to the 70 most well paid
families in the local town (inc his own father) in a privat sack.
At christmas eve he tells his family that he must work extra in the post
office and so he goes of in a taxi. In the taxi he asks the driver to
drive him to the towns 'lower east side' (the poor quarters.)
He then deliver the packets as an impromptu St Nicholas to the poor
families.
Two days later his parents learns of his 'detour' but learns that the
'poor' souls who didnt get the presents really didnt mind and they in
fact applauded the young man.