You Only Needed Four Stamps
How did she know? She simply received the package, and if you use stamps versus a postmark, the total price isn't stamped on the envelope.
shareYou count the value of the stamps.
Opinions are just onions with pi in them.
Wow, really helper?
So I count the value of the five stamps, and say it equalled $2.
So how do I know precisely how much the envelope weighed, and how much it should have cost?
P.S. I like the sig btw...
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Well, that's the future, man.
shareWow. It doens't really take a genius to figure out how many stamps should be on any given envelope. At least, usually the weight of the envelope means a certain amount of stamps. I would agree knowing how much one needs would make you sort of a nerd, but hey there's people knowing a lot of trivial facts.
share"At least, usually the weight of the envelope means a certain amount of stamps"
Well yeah, but.....that's the problem. This envelope was packed full of crap, and the gal never weighed it.
Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?
How do you know she didn't weigh the package? She had everything ready for him before he got there. Granted, it wouldn't make a whole lot of sense for her to weigh it, but that doesn't mean she isn't one of those OCD types.
shareI mean yeah, she could have...but why on earth would a receiver of an envelope who didn't pay for the postage nor need to pay for the shipping, care one iota how much it weighed?
Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?
Doesn't make much sense, I agree.
shareProbably left over from the short story and meant to call attention to the fifth stamp, which ... *** spoiler alert *** ... is where we find important information.
What got me was how all the stuff could have been safely mailed in a manila envelope. I would not have entrusted that to anything less than a padded or cardboard envelope. Sharp edges are notorious for breaking holes in paper envelopes.