Pooch Cafe by Paul Gilligan for November 15, 2008
November 14, 2008
November 16, 2008
Transcript:
Mailman: All those evil tyrants you just named weren't mailmen. Poncho: They weren't? Mailman: No. Of course, "Son of Sam" was a mailman. He was a pretty bad guy. Poncho: What drove him to be bad? Mailman: Talking... to... dogs... Well, I gotta... Poncho: Yeah, me too, I should get back to --
BetterThanYou over 15 years ago
Son of Sam?
Is he talking about David Berkowitz*? Not a mailman, as far as I can tell. He did mail something once…
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Sam
roblk over 15 years ago
Um… your link says, “At the time of his arrest, he was employed by the US Postal System.” I guess you didn’t read far enough, Betterthanyou.
cleokaya over 15 years ago
There is a reason for the term called “going postal.”
KingRat over 15 years ago
The term “going postal” was coined for the mailmen that were killing their former coworkers after being fired(late 80’s and early 90’s). The more interesting phenomenon is the fact that every one of them tried to get into at least two branches of the military and were denied for psychological reasons. Once this connection was found the USPS started asking the military about all postal applicants and it hasn’t happened since.
margueritem over 15 years ago
Kingrat: Thanks for the info. I learned something new today.
BetterThanYou over 15 years ago
Guilty as charged. :)
I just did a find for “mail”, and all I found was that he once “mailed a book about witchcraft and other occult subjects to police in North Dakota”.
Alcoatari almost 14 years ago
Now you must amend your handle to:
BetterThanYou(except roblk)