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The Department Of Redundancy Department Anybody else get a letter?

#1 par4dcourse

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Posted 09 March 2010 - 08:01 PM

It fascinated me. Why in the hell would the Census Bureau send mail to tell me they were sending mail? That had to cost millions, and for what?

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#2 florduh

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Posted 09 March 2010 - 08:16 PM

I'll respond to this post in a forthcoming post.

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Posted 09 March 2010 - 08:27 PM

Damn. They screwed up. They were supposed to send you an initial letter with the warning that a mail would be arriving later telling you that a census would soon follow.

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And behold, one came who in the form of a demon holding a beer, and he spake with a tongue of red. And when he spake, he said bye bye, and all listened, and watched as he smote the babbling troll with his +5 banhammer of fedupishness. And there was much rejoicing.
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Posted 09 March 2010 - 10:14 PM

par4dcourse, on 09 March 2010 - 08:01 PM, said:

It fascinated me. Why in the hell would the Census Bureau send mail to tell me they were sending mail? That had to cost millions, and for what?

I do believe this actually might save them money. The cost of a census worker tracking down a resident in person to collect information would pay for a huge number of bulk rate letters. If they are only modestly successful in persuading people to send in their forms it should pay off.

Christianity: The belief that some cosmic Jewish Zombie can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree.

#5 par4dcourse

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Posted 10 March 2010 - 02:03 PM

*slaps self on forehead*

Damn I'm slow today. I read this thread at 11 a.m. and I just got Florduh's joke.

I really need to stop slapping myself on the forehead. Posted Image

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Posted 10 March 2010 - 04:40 PM

par, this fascinated me too. I received what I thought was my census form. Although quite sick today, I immediately retrieved a pen and a book to use as a hard writing surface. I then sat down on the sofa to complete the form so as not to forget it later. Imagine my surprise upon opening and reading this stupid ass letter. If the Census Bureau was trying to get me to curse and throw their letter on the floor, it worked.

I guess I understand it since many people have to be cajoled to do ANYTHING (ahem, co-workers) but it still annoyed me.

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