Postcards to Strangers

Actual postcards sent to people I don't know ... and some that YOU do.
Home
The POSTCARDS
Background
Feedback
FAQ
Contact
Your Cards
Pithyness
Rules
Future
Site-Seeing
PRIOR / NEXT / LIST

 

 


IS MY HANDWRITING TOO SLOPPY FOR YOUR EYEBALLS?  HERE'S THE TEXT OF THE ABOVE CARD ...

[BLANK], PH.D. / PRINCETON UNIVERSITY / INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES / SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES / EINSTEIN DRIVE / PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY 08540 / DR. [BLANK] -- CONGRATULATIONS ON THE NEW TELEPORTATION DEVICE THAT YOU INVENTED.  YOU BEAT ME TO IT!  (JUST BARELY.)  I'VE ALWAYS KNOW THAT E=MC ESCHER, WHICH MEANS THAT ENERGY CAN BE CONVERTED TO MATTER AND VICE VERSA, THEN RE-COMBINATED BACK INTO ITS ORIGINAL FORMULATION, AT LEAST HYPOTHEORETICALLY.  AND NOW YOU'VE DONE IT!  I KNOW THAT MY BRILLIANT YET UNDERSTATED WORK ON -- WHAT ARE THEY CALLED AGAIN? -- QUARKS?  AND STUFF LIKE THAT GREATLY AIDED YOU IN YOUR RESEARCH, SO I GUESS I AM PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR BREAKTHROUGH.  STILL, THIS IS YOUR DAY, MY FRIEND.  SAY, JUST FOR FUN, I THINK YOU SHOULD SECRETLY TELEPORT ON OF YOUR COLLEAGUE'S PAPERWEIGHTS INTO THE NEXT ROOM WHEN HE'S NOT LOOKING!  SOON HE'LL BE LIKE, "HEY, WHERE'S MY PAPERWEIGHT?" AND WE'LL ALL GET A GOOD CHUCKLE.