FYI---Don't Mail Teabags!!!

SoWal Expert

Jan 30, '07 · 4:51 PM1,613

Hey Mermaid--

Ya know the teabag that you mailed me? I guess the post office thought you were trying to mail me another kind of herbal product

lol: ), so they slit open the end of the envelope, removed the teabag, and put the empty envelope in my mailbox. At least I am assuming it was the post office that confiscated my teabag.

Now I am paranoid that the DEA or the local sheriffs are watching our house for suspicious teabag activity. :idontno:

So just in case anyone else wanted to mail teabags to their friends, it might not be a good idea.

And before you Funns start making teabag jokes, we are talking about the real kind of teabag, not teabag the verb (as in "to teabag" someone).

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Beach Fanatic

Jan 31, '07 · 9:28 AM#27

Brown residue. Ewwwwwww. :rolling:

SoWal Insider

Jan 31, '07 · 9:30 AM#28

Can't you just see someone now trying to get high on the tea they confiscated?

bean

Jan 31, '07 · 9:58 AM#29

Can't you just see someone now trying to get high on the tea they confiscated?

Mr OL works for the USPS. They do not confiscate mail and it is against the law to open anyone's mail. This is what most likely happened: the envelope probably got caught in the automated sorting machine and ripped the end off the envelope and then at some point the teabag fell out. Most likely it dropped on the floor somewhere and someone walking by picked it up and threw it away. Now if it got caught and the teabag ripped open and scattered about the machine and they couldn't identify the substance then a postal inspector would be called in, the original sender would be called and then they would go from there. Since Mermaid didn't get a call I guess she's safe. :lol:

Next time Mermy, just use one of those padded envelopes so it doesn't go through the automatic sorter or stamp canceling machine and I'm sure it'll arrive safely. Some things do go through but it's a chance you take. And yes, Mr OL says people mail anything! Baby chicks, crickets, fish, you name it..

bean

Jan 31, '07 · 9:58 AM#30

Hi all. I had to put in my two cents on this one. OMG.
You know, it figures.
They confiscate the tea bag, but I bet you they let pounds and pounds of pot through daily without knowing it.
DumbA$$e$!!

Nice....

SoWal ExpertAuthor

Jan 31, '07 · 10:33 AM#31

Mr OL works for the USPS. They do not confiscate mail and it is against the law to open anyone's mail. This is what most likely happened: the envelope probably got caught in the automated sorting machine and ripped the end off the envelope and then at some point the teabag fell out. Most likely it dropped on the floor somewhere and someone walking by picked it up and threw it away. Now if it got caught and the teabag ripped open and scattered about the machine and they couldn't identify the substance then a postal inspector would be called in, the original sender would be called and then they would go from there. Since Mermaid didn't get a call I guess she's safe.

Next time Mermy, just use one of those padded envelopes so it doesn't go through the automatic sorter or stamp canceling machine and I'm sure it'll arrive safely. Some things do go through but it's a chance you take. And yes, Mr OL says people mail anything! Baby chicks, crickets, fish, you name it..

OL- it wasn't ripped. One end was a clean cut- a razor clean, straight cut. It was intentionally opened by someone!

picky

Jan 31, '07 · 10:34 AM#32

OL- it wasn't ripped. One end was a clean cut- a razor clean, straight cut. It was intentionally opened by someone!

I wonder if they read the note with the booby girl drawing? :floor:

superJfunn

Feb 1, '07 · 8:28 AM#33

t-bag da dunk :funn: the real t-bag is too big to fit in a silly little envelope.

Beach Fanatic

Feb 1, '07 · 8:36 AM#34

I once mailed a soup I wanted a friend to try. It didn't work out either.

Darlene is my middle name, not my nickname

Feb 1, '07 · 3:58 PM#35

I once mailed a soup I wanted a friend to try. It didn't work out either.

Goof ball!!!

and you do resemble Danny Devito!!!! ;-)

Edited Feb 1, '07 · 3:58 PM

Beach Fanatic

Feb 3, '07 · 11:53 AM#36

I was in Trader Joes the other day. . . .remembered this thread. . . .picked some up. . . .and am now completely hooked. jdarg -- too bad you didn't get to try it! ;-) It's great!

picky

Feb 3, '07 · 11:55 AM#37

I was in Trader Joes the other day. . . .remembered this thread. . . .picked some up. . . .and am now completely hooked. jdarg -- too bad you didn't get to try it! ;-) It's great!

I think jdarg made the whole story up about the envelope being slit just so we'd make a trip down to SoWal to deliver a big box to her. :roll: