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Her Majesty's Fucking Royal Mail

PostPosted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 8:41 am
by Arneb
While on holiday in England, my daughter posted four postcards she had written for her grandparents, school class and best friend. She posted them on Thursday, Oct. 17, in Cambridge. The first postcard arrived in Berlin, Germany, today.

Now I do get that the mail can take a little longer between such tiny hamlets as Cambridge and Berlin, small isolated communities on opposite ends of the world, both located in hard-to-reach, remote areas, constantly being pummeled by the relentless elements of the harsh Northern deep autumn.

Still - more than three weeks for a postcard does seem a bit leisurely even considering that you won the Wars, both of them, and that Germany belongs to that hated foe of yours, the EU. My daughter wanted to brag about her postcard at school, and she's inconsolable.

Re: Her Majesty's Fucking Royal Mail

PostPosted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 1:48 pm
by Heid the Ba
Yep, they're shit and they know they are. But they don't care. They would have gone under years ago but Ebay and the like have kept them alive. We don't use them unless we absolutely have to.

Re: Her Majesty's Fucking Royal Mail

PostPosted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 2:47 pm
by Lance
I just saw a post card show up in Naperville, IL that was sent from Scotland in September. Two months!

Re: Her Majesty's Fucking Royal Mail

PostPosted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 3:42 pm
by Arneb
And Naperville isn't even in Germany, but in a good country.

Re: Her Majesty's Fucking Royal Mail

PostPosted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 8:17 pm
by Lianachan
We have to carefully scrutinise and censor everything that gets sent out to the land of Johnny Foreigner you know.

Re: Her Majesty's Fucking Royal Mail

PostPosted: Sat Nov 09, 2019 10:03 pm
by Lance
Lianachan wrote:We have to carefully scrutinise and censor everything that gets sent out to the land of Johnny Foreigner you know.

Yeah, that's it.