Conservatives will shovel - Liberals, not so much

[Winston]

This is an observation I've made during the past week in which we've had a fairly decent snow-cover, as Danish snowcovers go.

As a mailman, you get to know the people whose mail you deliver. You get to know them pretty well. You learn which newspapers they read, the associations and/or political parties to which they belong, the charities they're involved with, and so on. What they do for a living, what they like to do for a good time, where they do their shopping.

After a while, you've got some of them figured out pretty well.

Now among the ones that have to keep a portion of the sidewalk and entrance-way free from snow (house owners), 8 out of 10 places where I strongly suspect a Conservative is dwelling, there will be no snow for me negotiate on my way to their letterbox.

While among the same segment of house owners, 8 out of 10 places where I strongly suspect a Liberal mends his evil ways, the divine acts of nature will have been left virtually undisturbed, and as a result, I run a severe risk of doing some aerial acrobatics that will surely lead to injury, plus my shoes will get wet and my feet turn cold.

Liberals like to think they're much more concerned about the wellbeing of others and way more responsible in the way they act toward their fellow man. I say for the most part they're either trying to fool the rest of us, or they've succeeded in fooling themselves, because in a very practical and down-to-earth situation such as this, most of them sure as Hell don't practice what they preach.

The Conservatives, on the other hand, mostly fulfil their role as responsible citizens - and the best part is, they don't even make a big fuss about it. They just do it.

Have a nice weekend.

[Elok]

Did you intend that title to be humorous? I'll let Oerdin be the first to exploit it, either way.

[Kidlicious]

I'm sure the conservatives were thinking of your wellbeing when they shoveled it.

[Krill]

Wear better shoes...

[OzzyKP]

'round here the liberals have passed laws forcing people to shovel their walks.

[Imran Siddiqui]

'round here the liberals have passed laws forcing people to shovel their walks.

[Winston]

That's the law here as well, or rather municipal statute. Enforceable by the police, if they ever get the time, its negligence punishable by fines.

It's not the world's biggest deal, a dedicated mailman will manage to get the mail out no matter what. But it's kind of an interesting observation, don't you think?

Krill, my shoes are the best. Seriously. A postman's best friend.

[Krill]

So your shoes are the best, but you still get cold feet? WTF dude, if your shoes aren't waterproof, then you seriously need to do that or get new shoes.

[Kidlicious]

But it's kind of an interesting observation, don't you think?

It took them longer to go on the potty as well.

[Winston]

So your shoes are the best, but you still get cold feet? WTF dude, if your shoes aren't waterproof, then you seriously need to do that or get new shoes.

We're on different levels of reality here. You can't exactly wear gum boots with the line of work I do.

And kindly stop trying to sidetrack things.

[Krill]

Nah, you talked about shoes in your post therefore shoes are fair game. For instance I have a pair of work boots that have steel toe caps that I waterproofed using a spray, and they are fine to where for 12 hours straight on the job, walking around soaking wet fields etc. I'm suprised you can't get a pair of waterproof walking boots, or at least walking boots that you can waterproof with a spray from some outdoors sort of store.

[GePap]

Perhaps its the reverse, and the liberals in the area have gotten to know who you are, and thus they decided that your welfare is something that simply shouldn't be maintained.

[Agathon]

How do you know they're conservatives?

Is it all the gay porn magazines they receive in their mail?

[Winston]

Perhaps its the reverse, and the liberals in the area have gotten to know who you are, and thus they decided that your welfare is something that simply shouldn't be maintained.

Heh, I had expected a comment such as yours much sooner. You're slacking!



But they forget that I possess the ultimate power. I can rightfully refuse to deliver their mail if I determine it would be unsafe for me to do so. (I have done this only once. Mean, BAD, vicious dog (Canis Tyrannosaurii) situated between me and the mailbox. I have yet to determine if the owner was a Liberal or Conservative, but I will venture a guess if you like..)

[Winston]

How do you know they're conservatives?

Is it all the gay porn magazines they receive in their mail?

Very funny.

Tell me, you don't think your mailman knows by now what kind of deranged, lunatic political fringe you belong to?

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Porn in the mail is hard to discern. Plainly wrapped, and mostly in digital form these days. Of the 800 or so households that I service, I've identified precisely 1 which regularly gets naughty things in the mail. Of course, among the countless DVDs that I deliver will obviously be all sorts of contortionist depravity depicted in mind-blowing definition, but the actual content eludes my detection. No fun at all, those.

But this one guy still gets his trusty magazine once a month. And I play the part of the courteous enabler. (What!? It's a small part..)