Posts Tagged ‘funnies’
Just for Fun: Doodle Approved Mailbox Installation!
Here’s a little pick-me-up (or is it a “pic” me up?) to get you through this pre-Memorial Day weekend Hump Day! These cute photos are of Bella, the Miniature Golden Doodle. She is clearly supervising the installation of a Mail Boss Surface Mount Post Package! All Mail Boss mailbox products shown have passed Bella’s rigorous…
Read MoreJust for Fun: Dog Poop Mailbox?
This poor old man confused the dog poop disposal bin with a very similar looking postbox. Apparently, he dropped off his letters in dog poop for two years! image source. Mailbox Fail!
Read MoreJust For Fun: Frasier on Mailboxes
A very wise man once said: “Remember, a mailbox is a house’s handshake.” That man was Frasier. #funnyandtrue #frasier #wisdom
Read MoreJust for Fun: Mail Theft Circa 1840
Old Time Mail Robbery Mail theft is practically epidemic in the 21st century, but turns out it’s nothing new. In fact, there are reports of thieves robbing mail from Stagecoaches dating back to 1840! The Ohio State Journal reported a Mail Robbery on March 9, 1840:
Read More1850: Mail Thief Makes Cash and Himself Disappear
Blast from the Past | 200 Columbus Bicentennial The Columbus Dispatch special Milepost edition includes this story of Gen. Otho Hinton of the Ohio Stage Coach, a respected business man and a thief. After a career of stealing from the mail, he avoided prosecution by fleeing the state, and lived the rest of his life…
Read MoreNicholas says “Mail Boss: 4, Drunk Drivers: 0”
So far my Mail Boss has managed to take out a bumper, a side mirror, the entire side of a car. It got hit so hard last time that it pulled the 80 lbs concrete ball out of the ground and threw the whole thing 6 feet.
Read MoreMail Boss Baseball Bat Demo
This fall, Mahoney’s Building Supply in Mattapoisett Massachusetts hosted their annual Fall Extravaganza featuring our very own Mail Boss mailbox in a “Baseball Bat Challenge”. To demonstrate the durability of the Mail Boss, they put out one of our mailboxes with a Mahoney’s gift certificate for $200 inside of it, and invited guests to take…
Read MoreThe Best Mailbox Art from Around the Web
They’re back! Mail Boss is proud to present the second edition of Epic Mailboxes from around the web. (If you missed the first edition, you can check it out here.) This time we’re bringing you more than ten mailbox art projects in the hope that they will inspire you to engage in your own DIY…
Read More10 Epic Mailboxes Found Around The US
America can be a pretty weird and wild place. Around the entire nation, you can meet individuals who march to the beat of their own drummer and folks who are entirely unique. In the US, individuality is keenly illustrated by the aesthetic choices for mailboxes made by some of our noble citizens. Check out these…
Read MoreJust for Fun: Postmaster “Blair’s Boner”
This Friday, here’s some fun history for ya! From “The Lesser-Known Follies of Lincoln’s Cabinet” courtesy of the Whim Quarterly comes this gem on Postmaster General Montgomery Blair, circa 1864: BLAIR’S BONER The folly: In the fall of 1864, Postmaster General Montgomery Blair shot a mail thief to death. That wasn’t the mistake—in fact, to…
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