What Does it Say?
I’ll admit that I’m horrible at reading people, but I was hoping I could at least read people’s handwriting.
My mail carrier (I’m so PC) and I have been leaving notes for each other lately. I can barely make out what s/he writes most of the time and I have no idea what this note says. Can anyone read this? I’m assuming it’s some sort of refund or a contribution to S.R. Wild Industries — every little bit helps.
4 Translations
Molly said 301 days ago:
I’ve never met you. I hope it is not scary that I wish to offer a partial guess. I am currently homebound and terminally bored.
I think it reads “Hi – Another carrier gave me 60 cents for ______ and _______ (time and sales tax?) from _____ of NBU back to you. Thx (initials)”.
I think she is returning to you the 56 cents you mentioned having to offer up in your entry of March 5. I can’t find any postal or philatelic term corresponding to the acronym NBU. NBV? Net book value?
S.R. Wild said 301 days ago:
The only things that scare me are mayonnaise and hats that say “Free Mustache Rides.”
Thank you. I’m impressed. You’re very thorough — I dig that.
Using your guess and what I was able to decipher by staring at it for twenty minutes I have another guess:
“Hi — Another carrier gave me 60 cents for _____ and also took from _____ NBU.
Back to you. [Refering to Delivered
Byand Date to the left]Thx. AZ [?]”
Hmmm, I must figure out the rest. This is the sort of thing that keeps me up at night.
Molly said 300 days ago:
Mayonnaise is one of the most commonly cited specific phobias under the cibophobia umbrella – I wonder why? As for Mustache Rides hats, I agree. The t-shirt, however, is pure genius, especially when worn by ironical hip young neuters.
Upon review, I think it reads:
“Hi – And then currie jive me 60 cents for tea and salsa toast. Prom bean NBU borscht to ya. Lex talionis (abbr.)”
About a year ago I found an empty manilla cash envelope on my car. On it is written “Za puodarnicey” (not certain… slightly ambiguous cursive). I still have it. I was hoping it would turn out to be a MacGuffin to some kind of dangerous film noir adventure, but, um… nothing yet.
S.R. Wild said 300 days ago:
Mayonnaise just ranks highest in a large group of eatable substances I detest: anything creamy and white — I start dry heaving if anything like that gets near my lips. I’m a horrible dinner guest. Although, I will eat tuna salad as long as there isn’t a lot of mayonnaise.
Your latest guess is very close to how I originally read it.
Last night, I dug up previous notes from my mail carrier (I save everything) to see if they’d help. They did not. I thought about leaving a similar note to see what would happen.
Don’t give up hope yet, MacGuffins can take years to blossom.
I’ve toyed with the idea of leaving clues around town that would lead whoever bites on an endless journey.
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