Hey peoples, I apologize in advance about the mass spam ( a lot of people are going to get this about eight times! ) Just keep hitting delete, delete, delete....but when you read it, I think it'll make you smile :)
Something happened at the post office yesterday that I just had to share with you all. It illustrates how tense the whole nation is, and how a little silly thing can give people just the pick-me-up they need...... I mailed a baby frog and a bunch of salamanders to a fellow lister yesterday afternoon. Even at Christmas time, I have *never* seen this post office this bad - a line out the door [this is a tiny, out of the way PO; you'd never even know it was there if you didn't know the area]. We all squeezed inside, because it was cold, and everyone was wondering aloud what was going on. There were three clerks at the desk, and a bunch of people in back. The head clerk explained bluntly, "look, it's this anthrax thing - everybody's afraid to come here around the holidays; so they're all mailing now. Just be patient; we're going as fast as we can." But everybody was cool about it, just a little tense. Anyway, in the back, which you could see from the desk, the mood was much different: nobody talking, all wearing gloves and some even had masks on (like for painting). Well, I'm in line a good half hour. I finally get up to the head clerk, he looks at the box, and starts cracking up! He reads aloud, "harmless live frogs". Then he starts joking, 'so, what is a harmful frog?' Of course, from the back, a wisecrack answer: "a frog carrying his own envelope....." All of the sudden, the mood in the whole building lightened. Then I start feeling people crowding around me - and a mom says to her little boy, "no, you can't, the box is already taped up." Well, it really wasn't that big a deal, so I untaped the box - one of the things going out is Woodrow, a baby wood frog, and if you've ever seen one, you know how adorable they are. Gang, I swear - next thing I know, between postal employees and customers, I had a line of about thirty people around me: *every single person* picked up the deli cup, tapped it gently, and told little Woodrow to have a safe trip. The little boy asked his mother why Woodrow was moving. His mom said, "cause Connecticut stinks." Next thing you know, everybody's LTAO. And of course, it was the head clerk who finally broke the ice: "We all in here worried about white dust - what if this frog takes a dump on everybody's mail?'' So why am I spamming all of you with this? - it illustrates how a bunch of complete strangers, packed in a tiny room, can start joking around [at a time like this] and feel better, just for a little while; and as we've all seen at one time or another, a tiny little herp can make people smile. :) So, all around West Haven last night, about thirty people went home to dinner and said, 'the craziest thing happened at the post office today!' Unfortunately, for one person, the surprise is busted: yes, Janet, Woodrow's in the box.....:) Please all, even in all this funkiness, keep smiling - and if you can't: think of a frog, the size of a dime, making a room full of complete strangers laugh. :) Have a happy, Barbie >^,,^< [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.tripod.com/barbieheid/ ########################################################################### THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. ###########################################################################
