Dear Nora,
Thank you so much for the birthday gift. First of all I would like to say that the packaging, thank goodness, is recyclable. There’s nothing worse than getting a gift and the box it comes in is wrapped in plastic or even cellophane. I mean, what is one meant to do with it?
Yours was most thoughtfully wrapped, and the coconut fibres used as packing I can give to my garden worms that consume the few scraps I have.
I noticed that the stamps on the package weren’t fully cancel-marked by the Post Office, so I managed to steam two of them off to use again. However, once I had steamed them off I saw that possibly they had been licked, so I am going to put them in my recycle bin. Can you remember if you licked them? Thank goodness I was wearing rubber gloves before I even started with that.
The instruction booklet that came with your gift was printed on glossy paper. Really Nora! We no longer have to do things the way they were done ten years ago in the Dark Ages. What gets into manufacturers’ heads that makes them think they can print these days on glossy paper?
And the glue on the spine of the book! I know it’s an old book, but it comes from the days when glue was made using cows’ hoofs. I couldn’t bear to open it and be party to the cruel practices of our forebears. I suspect the book must have some value, but a book on bee-keeping is so insensitive. We imprison bees, in effect, and then steal the honey they make. It is a barbaric practice.
All in all, Nora, thank you once again for the recyclable packaging.
The other day, as President of the Green Party, I received a letter from the secretary of the Dyers’ Guild. In it he said that the colour green was the least biodegradable of all the dye colours, and that includes green printer’s ink. Green is a quite inappropriate colour for those who care about the health of our planet. I wrote back and said he must have better things to fill in his time than worry about non-biodegradable dyes and their environmental toxicity. Isn’t it funny how people get hung up on such unnecessary and insignificant little things?
Regards
Norman
Excellent thoughts. We really need to put an end to the whole licking stamps thing. What an excellent way to transmit viruses!
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Perhaps we could stick bit of coconut fiber on envelops instead?
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But let’s be careful not to hurt the coconuts!
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Agreed – they’re a sensitive bunch.
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What a lovely, principled fellow. Now, that Nora one!
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I wouldn’t be surprised if Nora was a secret stamp licker.
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Shocking. How can such people live with themselves?
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I find you get used to it.
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Don’t tell me you are a… I hate to type such offensive language… a stamp licker? 😱
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LOL! Stamps! Ice cream! Envelopes! In fact it’s a compulsive obsession.
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Bruce, I don’t know what to say. I wish the other guy would come back. At least he had class.
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He’s lurking. Class has a way on not entirely disppearing.
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Bring back the stocks in the village squares.
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They already have!
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I haven’t been down there since late March!
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Things have changed. It’s not only the gangsters wearing the masks.
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The gentleman will enter the Hall of Fame of hypocrites hands down.
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Is there room left in such a Hall?
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I stand clean bowled.
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Howzat!!
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Out!
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Norman. Norman…Where do I know that name from? There was a Norman in charge of the F.E.C. (Flat Earth Carnivores) but surely he couldn’t…
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Perhaps you’re thinking not of Norman but Doorman. Or even Normal. 🙂
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That could be. Those things happen to me a lot.
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