But I’m afraid I can’t reveal how I came up with the name. That would spoil the mystery. But it doesn’t involve any actual postmen, and I think I was completely sober at the time.
No no. He was trying to simulate the scene in ‘The Postman always rings twice’ where Jessica Lange gets screwed on the kitchen table. Axel’s girlfriend claims he just doesn’t have the physique to pull it off, while he says he was drunk.
Your local mail deliverer was standing in front of your house to deliver an envelope. While he was steering to the gap in the door (how the hell do you call that in English?) you decided to sqeeze the box for take 3 of the song. The man was scared shitless (along with all neighbourhood cats) and bumped his head into a light pole. You heard that sound and assumed he was drunk?
Do they really call a letterbox a ‘mailslot’ on your side of the Atlantic, or are you just trying to spread confusion and discord?
And you’re both still even further off than Haloscan’s comment count (I have no idea why it’s doing that, and I don’t think there’s anything I can do about it, either).
Slots that are actually within a house door itself, as I presumed RAF was referring to, are indeed called mailsots. Whether it is properly one word or two (mail slot), I really don’t know as I’ve seen it both ways.
“Letterboxes” are called mailboxes over here. And to add more confusion, a freestanding mailbox may sometimes actually have a slot in it as well as a hinged door access, but they are still called mailboxes.
His sister throws the Taco Bell dog at a postman, causing brain damage which makes the postman behave as though he’s drunk. Why his sister threw the dog is still a mystery.
Al 'Axel Fendersson' Marshall is a gamer and alleged folk musician. He sometimes feels the urge to share his thoughts with whomever might be foolish enough to listen. If that's you, read on.
I’d like to know the thought process that went before it… Plus in what state of mind you were in at the time.
I must say that I’m devastated you didn’t go with “Dance of the Carriage Horses”. :)
How about ‘The Sausage Song (fried in a simple tomato sauce)’ ? – Right Said Fred might even do a cover of it.
Nope. Drunken Postman it is.
But I’m afraid I can’t reveal how I came up with the name. That would spoil the mystery. But it doesn’t involve any actual postmen, and I think I was completely sober at the time.
“But I’m afraid I can’t reveal how I came up with the name. That would spoil the mystery.”
You were watching a Cheers episode where Cliff is drunk, right?
Nope.
No no. He was trying to simulate the scene in ‘The Postman always rings twice’ where Jessica Lange gets screwed on the kitchen table. Axel’s girlfriend claims he just doesn’t have the physique to pull it off, while he says he was drunk.
Yep. That’s it.
No, but do keep trying.
A drunk Kevin Costner from “The Postman”?
I don’t actually recall a scene where he was drunk in the movie, but then again I have tried to burn that movie’s memories from my mind.
By the way, your comment count is way off. It’s showing 5 at the moment instead of 9 (now 10).
Your local mail deliverer was standing in front of your house to deliver an envelope. While he was steering to the gap in the door (how the hell do you call that in English?) you decided to sqeeze the box for take 3 of the song. The man was scared shitless (along with all neighbourhood cats) and bumped his head into a light pole. You heard that sound and assumed he was drunk?
Or something.
“While he was steering to the gap in the door (how the hell do you call that in English?)”
mailslot
Do they really call a letterbox a ‘mailslot’ on your side of the Atlantic, or are you just trying to spread confusion and discord?
And you’re both still even further off than Haloscan’s comment count (I have no idea why it’s doing that, and I don’t think there’s anything I can do about it, either).
Slots that are actually within a house door itself, as I presumed RAF was referring to, are indeed called mailsots. Whether it is properly one word or two (mail slot), I really don’t know as I’ve seen it both ways.
“Letterboxes” are called mailboxes over here. And to add more confusion, a freestanding mailbox may sometimes actually have a slot in it as well as a hinged door access, but they are still called mailboxes.
http://images.google.com/images?q=mail+slot
Over here, it’s a letterbox whether it’s an actual box or a slot in the door. If the postman delivers post into it, it’s a letterbox.
I’ll go, of course, with the English version. American English doesn’t even deserve the capitals I gave it. So, letterbox it is…
Can a letterbox be rigged with a melodeon to make the postman’s ears ring so much that he staggers away in the same manner as someone who’s drunk?
You better tell us now, Axel. My next guess will involve your sister and a small dog.
Hey! That was going to be my next guess! really
His sister throws the Taco Bell dog at a postman, causing brain damage which makes the postman behave as though he’s drunk. Why his sister threw the dog is still a mystery.
It’s a (very) oblique reference to those MZADers who often post while drunk.
Hope that’s not too disappointing.
Thumper is a postman?!
By the way, I notice the comment count is now correct. Congrats on fixing it!
No, but he’s a man who posts, as is Zmanzero, and numerous others including, on occasion, myself. I did said it was an oblique reference.
And I wish I could take credit for fixing the comment count but, alas, I had nothing to do with it.