Mail Problems

I don't go to McSweeny's enough, preferring to spend my time frittering around link sites like MetaFilter, Fark and BoingBoing instead of expanding my brain at the online home of the excellent quarterly journal. Anyway, I do make the effort once in a while, usually when my brain is screaming out for some decent input. And, as always, there's gold just sitting there, on the front page...

Q: Hello, it's Chris from across the hall.

A: Hi.

Q: Some of your mail got mixed in with mine again. Here you go.

A: Ah… thanks. Our mailman is such a dork.

Q: True. Say, does this ever happen with your mailbox? I mean, do you ever get any of my mail?

A: No. Not that I remember.

Q: It just seems like sometimes I miss a bill or a catalog. Are you sure you don't just get my mail sometimes, then sort of throw it away? Rather than bother giving it to me? I mean, how would I ever know, right?

A: Oh no, I'd give it to you if I got it.

Q: That's funny you should say that, because last week I wrote a letter, addressed it to myself, and put it in your mailbox. Did you see that one?

A: Uh… no, I don't… I don't think so…

Q: Well, if you do find that letter, or if any other mail addressed to me comes to your mailbox, can I ask you to just keep one thing in mind?

A: …Yes…

Q: Don't believe everything you read.

Ahahahaha! Busted. There's another couple of 'Interviews with Neighbours' stories online right now, either invented or transcribed by Chris Mohney. Good stuff, as is the whole McSweeny's site.
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