It’s a strange and wonderous thing, this book blogging lark. You meet so many new and like-minded people who drool over your lovely, shiny books with: brand new friends that actually congratulate you on your purchases, who coo over your finds and actually want to enter into a conversation with you about your very favourite subject! Seriously, what beats that?
My New Best Friend
Well, I must now introduce you to my new best friend. Is he a fellow book blogger, I hear you cry? No. Does he like reading? Not so much, he falls asleep a few pages into a book, he tells me. So who on earth could this new found best friend be????
My Postman, that’s who!
Yes, the lovely man who brings my mail every morning. Allow me to explain. At roughly about 11.30am every day, I hear the gate click. Then footsteps crunch down the path. There is a pause (presumably while he grapples with arm-fulls of lovely brown packages) and then the letterbox creeks and…….THUD! This is the point at which I disengage myself from any work-related task I have been doing (yep, phone-calls are aborted, emails stop mid word) and I fly down the stairs to the front door to greet my new treasures. Come to Mamma!!!!
Now, my new best friend doesn’t just drop these lovelies through the letterbox. Oh no! He also rings the doorbell if there are any especially large parcels or if he happens to see my silhouette mid-parkour-leap down the stairwell. The conversation goes like this:
New Best Friend: Morning, love! (in very loud, very broad Yorkshire accent)
Me: Morning! Oh my, what have you got for me today?
New Best Friend: Eeeh, I knew you’d be pleased. I said to meself ”She’ll be pleased wi’ this!”
Me: I am, I am!
New Best Friend: How do you find t’ time to read ‘em all?
Me: Let me worry about that, you just keep delivering them.
New Best Friend: Alright, love. See yer tomorrow.
You see, it’s a relationship made in heaven. I get my lovely new toys and he gets paid for delivering them. Win win. Apparantly I am even famous in the Royal Mail sorting office. My NBF says that he calls me “Savant” as he reckons I must be like Rain Man to read so many books.
So here is a little test for you. Look at the two pictures below and answer the question at the bottom.
NB: The top picture is not my ACTUAL new best friend, as I thought that maybe asking him to pose for a photo at my door might sour our relationship somewhat (stalker, much?) so I have used a stand-in.
Exhibit B
Can you spot the difference?
Nope, me neither.
Awesome post
. I see absolutely no difference either!
I knew it couldn’t be just me :0
LOL, Boof!
I always suspected that Postman Pat led a secret double life!
Unfortunately I am at work when my mailman delivers, but I have the same delight when I get home and see something other than bills or junk in the mailbox.
I’m sure your NBF must be delighted as he doesn’t get that kind of reaction with other households on his route!
Excited or concerned? It could be either really.
I see no difference either. My little cousin Nate even used to refer to the postman as “the man that brings the presents”.
Nate sounds like a very wise young man. I like him.
great postie mine always looks beleaguered when going round
I laughed out loud by that comparison it was great =D Perhaps they are the same? We don’t get mail here on 25. and 26 th of December. I wonder if that might be due to the fact that the mail man really is Santa and needs some rest before going back to his everyday job?
Mari, that’s it! OMG, my new best friend really is Santa!
Don’t tell him that I reviled his secret, then I might not get any more packages this year
Great post Boof !!! I love my postlady as well, she delivers my beloved “Book Depository” or “Amazon”parcels in her bicycle and she told me she smiles when she sees them because she knows she is going to make my day !!!
Got one today !!!!! That’s a good day !!!” No name” by Wilkie Collins.Expecting three books from the BD.
That’s it, Virginie, by our completely selfless acts of ordering new books we are making someone elses day – I like to think that my completely altruistic act brightens my postmans day ;o)
I have No Name too. Looking forward to reading that one.
I miss getting packages. I love having books sent to me, just hate to pay for them! I’m glad you love your mailman. Mine is frightened of my dog. Now the UPS guy, he is good to me. Suddenly feel an urge to order from Amazon
Do it, do it!!! Order some books
We suffer from the same bookish affliction. This is a fun story about you and the mailman. I’m with you, I don’t see any difference in the photos.
It’s so great not to be alone in my affliction
OMG Boof, this was such a funny, delightful post, you made me laugh out loud!
Any men who deliver books is Santa and any men who reads them are- well, HOT! 
Difference? No- I don’t see any difference
Thanks Lua. Unfortunately there don’t seem to be as many men who read books but if you find one, make sure you hang on to him!
That is fantastic! I don’t think my postman likes me much…. I cause him to have drive into our driveway, exit his warm vehicle and deposit books on my front deck. I am hardly ever home in the mornings so he does this with no cheeriness from me…. maybe I need to bake him some brownies or something
I love the fact that the mail man has to drive into your driveway! I have visions of you lording it in a mansion now
Boof, that was the absolute best post! I love it (and am feeling a little jealous of your relationship with your postman).
Mine mucks up the mail, mixing in other peoples or just not giving me any of mine at ALL!!!!
Keep these coming. I love it!!
Thanks Lori! I am a little upset with your postman for mixing your mail up – I am feeling your pain and I. do. not. like. it.
Haha, this post cracks me up!
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Well, the one major difference in my case, is that Santa is probably more punctual & always gets my address right.
Oh no. There must be nothing worse than books not getting to the right address!
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