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Did you know…?

I was in the post office at lunchtime today, and while I was waiting in the queue, I was watching this big TV screen in the middle of all the counters. Most of the time it was just going “Cashier number 4 please…”, but when it wasn’t doing that, it would show information about all the things you can get in the post office (don’t worry, I’m going somewhere with this…).

The reason it caught my eye was that when I first looked at it, the screen said “Did You Know? February 17 1930 marked the first flight by a cow flew in a plane. The cow was milked during the flight, and the milk was parachuted into St Louis.” Bizarrely, as soon as anyone watching had had time to digest this important flying cow-related fact, it was all “you can get your passport processed at the post office, and don’t forget to get your foreign exchange done here too…” It wasn’t like a series of “fascinating” facts or anything (I watched for a good 10 minutes while I stood in the queue after that), nor was it a “this day in history” type thing, given that today is the 27th, it was just one utterly random piece of information about a flying cow. Why? Did someone put that information in there just for me? Am I supposed to be remembering this stuff for some date in the future when it’s going to come in handy?

5 thoughts on “Did you know…?”

  1. You are mad. That never happened. It’s a message from your subconscious. I recommend getting help.

  2. Two facts about the post office voice announcement system (only available at main p offs):

    1. The gender of the electronic voice changes depending on the sex of the cashier.

    2. Dale Winton’s voice is used for males.

  3. Have you considered writing in to them and suggesting that appears as a future “interesting fact” to be displayed to hapless idiots like me waiting in the queue to buy stamps?

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