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They sent me a brassiere…
My mail just arrived. There was one package that seemed a bit odd. The return address was listed as a New York publisher. But the package seemed suspicious. It was soft and it felt like it contained an article of clothing, not a book.
So I opened it. You can imagine my astonishment. The package contained a brassiere. I’m not making this up.
I get superb service from my mail carrier. But mistakes happen. This package arrived with delivery confirmation. My carrier scanned the bar code. The New York publisher didn’t send me a bra. The Postal Service tracking would indicate that the book this publisher sent me has now arrived. But it hasn’t.
Here’s what happened~how I got this bra; the customer who ordered it lives in Ohio. I know that because I peeled back the address sticker with my address and it revealed the address beneath it. According to that information the bra was delivered to the woman who ordered it. She refused the package.
The bra was being returned to the seller. Then it seems that the adhesive sticker with my address came off the package that contained my book and it got stuck on top of the address on the package containing the bra.
So I have a bra. My book is AWOL. I can’t wait to take this package in to my local post office to explain what happened.
I want my book.
Vick Mickunas
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By edo
June 22, 2010 11:53 AM | Link to this
Old Joke: “How long have you been wearing a bra, Joe?” “Ever since my wife found it in the glove compartment”… Vick, perhaps you joined the “Bra of the Month Club” by mistake… hey, only two chapters… could be that an angry author was responding by calling you a boob…
By Max
June 22, 2010 6:51 AM | Link to this
Applying the ‘lemons and lemonaide’ approach as you await your book’s arrival, does the bra fit?
By lmj
June 21, 2010 6:50 PM | Link to this
Be sure to keep us up-to-date and let us know of the book.
By vick
June 21, 2010 5:37 PM | Link to this
hahahaha~I took the bra to the post office this afternoon and handed it over to the postmaster himself.
By TRS
June 21, 2010 5:13 PM | Link to this
Did the return address refer to anyone named Kramer (remember the Manziere?)
By al
June 21, 2010 2:10 PM | Link to this
it was mine
By Kindle user
June 21, 2010 1:46 PM | Link to this
You can just tell everyone you have a secret admirer!! :-D
By Insider
June 21, 2010 12:36 PM | Link to this
That’s too funny! What size and color is it anyway? (go ahead and write a review while you’re waiting for your book…lol)