R2D2 on your corner

[Furtherman]

<p><img src="http://www.collectinghq.com/tn/0008851.jpg" border="0" width="100" height="100" /><img src="http://www.collectinghq.com/tn/0008853.jpg" border="0" width="100" height="100" /></p><p>The USPS will be helping Star Wars celebrate its 30th anniversary by putting out R2D2 mailboxes.</p><p>I actually tried to make a Star Wars / U.S. Mail joke here but my brain isn't up for it today.</p>

[Don Stugots]

could i steal it?

[Furtherman]

That's a federal offense there, Stugotrooper!&nbsp;

[SatCam]

I miss the days when me and my friends would mail eachother flowers... by putting them in the mailbox

then one day they took the mailbox away :(

[cupcakelove]

I wonder if there will be midgets inside to sort the mail.

[torker]

I draw the line at Ewok&nbsp;letter carriers.

[Furtherman]

I'd support Jawa trashmen.

[ralphbxny]

<strong>Furtherman</strong> wrote:<br />I'd support Jawa trashmen. <p>LOL!!</p>

[Bob Impact]

Can I refuse to pay my taxes now?

[Reephdweller]

Great. Now it's going to feel weird when I put cherry bombs in the the mailbox!!

[Gwen]

I need one of those mailboxes.&nbsp; If I got that my fiancee would love me enough and I wouldn't have to give up the brown on my honeymoon.

[badmonkey]

<p>Interesting. I remember my dad telling me a story about a General coming to visit Keesler AirForce Base in Biloxi, MS when he was stationed there. The General hated the color blue (I don't know why he joined the AirForce either) so they ran around and changed all the street signs and postboxes from blue to brown all over the entire base. The post office stopped picking up mail from one of the boxes for awhile and they called about it. Postmaster General said &quot;we don't have a postbox on that street&quot; They said that there was indeed a postbox there and that it was brown. The Postmaster General said &quot;We don't have a postbox on that street. United States Post Boxes are blue.&quot; The next day that box was painted back blue. </p><p>Now I just wanna know should the above story repeat itself, will the postmaster be saying &quot;We don't have a postbox on that street. United States Post Boxes have R2D2 on them.&quot; or will it still be &quot;blue&quot;.</p><p>Similar story almost happened in the hospital there because another General hated the color &quot;red&quot;. The Hospital did not paint over all the red emergency stuff, because that would be silly. </p><p>Badmonkey</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by badmonkey on 3-12-07 @ 8:19 PM</span>

[Tenbatsuzen]

<p>Help me, Bobby Pantera.&nbsp; You're my only hope.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Tenbatsuzen]

<strong>Gwen</strong> wrote:<br />I need one of those mailboxes. If I got that my fiancee would love me enough and I wouldn't have to <strong>give up the brown on my honeymoon</strong>.<p>&nbsp;</p><p>how'd you get the ring in the first place, then?</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Kevin]

<strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Help me, Bobby Pantera. You're my only hope.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;He is too busy apologizing for no apparent reason<br /> </p>

[BeerBandit]

<p>It's as if a million letters were suddenly mailed out...</p><p>and were suddenly lost. </p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by BeerBandit on 3-12-07 @ 8:49 PM</span>

[Furtherman]

<strong>BeerBandit</strong> wrote:<br /><p>It's as if a million letters were suddenly mailed out...</p><p>and were suddenly lost. </p><p>Nice.&nbsp; That's what I was looking for!&nbsp; </p><p><strong>Gwen</strong>&nbsp;wrote:</p><p><font size="1">I need one of those mailboxes.&nbsp; If I got that my fiancee would love me enough and I wouldn't have to give up the brown on my honeymoon. </font></p><p>What can brown do for you?</p>

[TjM]

<p><img src="http://www.popgadget.net/images/r2d2trashcan.jpg" border="0" width="220" height="248" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is bad ass</p>

[BeerBandit]

<strong>Furtherman</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>BeerBandit</strong> wrote:<br /><p>It's as if a million letters were suddenly mailed out...</p><p>and were suddenly lost. </p><p>Nice. That's what I was looking for! </p>Gee thanks.&nbsp; I went with that rather than calling our fine Postal workers scummy and villainous.

[Death Metal Moe]

<p>I just imagine a room full of old white guys smoking weed 24 hours a day.&nbsp; Drinking, snorting, shooting up day and night.</p><p>Just sitting there dreaming up ways to waste our fucking tax dollars even more.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Holy Fucking Shit.</p>

[BeerBandit]

Neither snow nor rain nor thermal detonators nor scorching twin suns stays these droids from the swift completion of their appointed rounds

[PapaBear]

<a href="http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/2007/03/09/star_wars_mailb.html">They're going to be kept inside post offices</a>, so stealing them won't be an issue. As for the cost to the taxpayers... I couldn't find anything about that, but I'd be willing to bet they'll probably auction them off eventually, for a giant profit.

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by PapaBear on 3-13-07 @ 10:30 AM</span>

[Fallon]

<strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Help me, Bobby Pantera. You're my only hope.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;His name is Rob!</p>

[Friday]

<strong>Fallon</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Tenbatsuzen</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Help me, Bobby Pantera. You're my only hope.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;His name is Rob!</p><p>Dammat! I was just about to write that! lol</p>

[Judge Smails]

<p>I have a bad mailing about this.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><address>(Hey! I tried.&nbsp; Whadya got?)</address><address></address>

[JustJon]

I want one for my collection.

[Chip196]

<p>The more they tighten their grip, the more letters that slip through their fingers.</p>

[Chip196]

Well, the&nbsp;Postmaster General&nbsp;doesn't consider a small one-Stamp&nbsp;Postcard to be any threat, or they'd have a tighter defense. An analysis of the plans provided by Beerbandit has demonstrated a weakness in the Box.

[BeerBandit]

This Postal Service gets worse all the time.

[A.J.]

<p><em>&quot;These aren't the mailboxes you're looking for.&quot;</em></p><p><img src="http://images.craveonline.com/headers/20070306053605_ObiWan_r.JPG" border="0" width="420" height="150" /></p>