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GASP: Postal Heroes: The Bird Attack Edition

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GASP: Postal Heroes: The Bird Attack Edition
Group:Galactic Association of Silly Persons
Swap Coordinator:rngstgstll (contact)
Swap categories: Themed  Handmade  Mail Art 
Number of people in swap:6
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:September 6, 2016
Date items must be sent by:October 20, 2016
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

I try to turn the sound down during the Olympics so I can avoid the chants of "USA, USA" and the ridiculous commentary by NBC. I am as proud of Simone BIles as any American, and as embarrassed at Ryan Lochte's behavior, but I am one of those US citizens who happens to think that my country has faults as well as strengths. I feel like a global citizen.

But I can truly say that I was proud of the United States Postal Service. Not only do they deliver ridiculous objects in a fairly reasonable frame of time, deal with incredibly annoying customers such as myself and usually maintain calm composure, but they manage to face the most ridiculous challenges in the process, rarely requiring a 911 call to deal with the situation. Then I discovered the challenges of delivering the post in Australia, the UK and the UK again. Yes, the UK wins the gold medal for bird attacks on letter carriers.

Your mission: celebrate the international relationship between postal workers and the birds that love them. Or swoop on them. Or gobble at them. Or peck them. Even the ones that help them, I guess, if you're into that sort of thing. Please post more videos below. As many as possible.

You may make any sort of flat mailable thing that your heart desires -- ATC, postcard, decorated envelope, flat ornament, drawing, turkey-shaped postman paper doll, et cetera. Send it to one partner.

Open to all GASPees in good standing. Let's represent the team, whether or not we win the gold! I will not {ahem} duck the responsibility of unsent swaps.

Discussion

rngstgstll 08/28/2016 #

I am truly shocked that I cannot find a specific example of a postal carrier attack by a goose, because I do know that geese are cited as a hazard by letter deliverers in Wales ...

rngstgstll 08/28/2016 #

This just in: a mockingbird attack on a postal worker in Tulsa, Oklahoma, US.

rngstgstll 08/29/2016 #

Um, just too weird to leave out depsite lack of relationship to the post: seagull falls into vat of Tikka Masala in Wales and turns orange, needs rescuing?

Takeaway curry shops -- avoid serving gulls curry in a giant vat. We suggest that it be served with a side of rice and naan.

HelloWheeze 09/ 6/2016 #

I just thought of (what I think is) a brilliant idea for this! It's going to be fun :)

(And this is possibly a too-mean joke, but in that second link, how do we know that the blind grandmother really was mugged by seagulls? It could have been really clever human muggers making seagull noises...)

rngstgstll 09/ 7/2016 #

This Korean grandma rap contest song gets my personal vote, though ...

How did we get on the subject of rapping grannies?

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