This is what my girlfriend just asked me, handing me an insurance offer addressed to Ms My Name, mis-spelled. Granted, the mis-spelling is of such a nature that it's not easy to determine the gender of the name, but still. It was funny.
Posted by andi330 (Member # 8572) on :
My father is the 4th, and he uses the Roman Numeral IV in his signature. He often gets computerized letters addressed to, Dear Mr. Iv.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
My mother's name is Noa... so, naturally, she gets "Mr. Noah" all the time. And my dad's name is an Israeli one, so it's not easy to tell if it's a male or female name, if you don't speak Hebrew. So we get letters addressed to "Mr. Noah and Mrs. Dror."
It's rather amusing when it happens.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
My family tends to get a lot of letters for deceased grandparents sent to our house. How they got our address, and why they seem to think long since passed people are still alive remains a mystery to us, though we really, really wish they'd stop.
There's still that tenth of a second every time I see a letter addressed to "Roberta Hobart" that I think my grandma is still alive, then realize she isn't.
Posted by blacwolve (Member # 2972) on :
I used to get letters addressed to Raia's first name and my last name. Still not sure how that happened. And Raia has a distinctive first name, so I'm pretty sure it wasn't just coincidence.
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
I still laugh every time a credit card offer addressed to our family dog arrives in the mail.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
quote:Originally posted by blacwolve: I used to get letters addressed to Raia's first name and my last name. Still not sure how that happened. And Raia has a distinctive first name, so I'm pretty sure it wasn't just coincidence.
I hope one day I'll get mail addressed to Raia's first name and my last name.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Haha! I remember that, blacwolve. It's been a while since I thought about that... I remember the first time you called me to tell me that one of those letters arrived... wasn't it an invitation to participate in a beauty pageant, or something?
Lyr: *giggleblush* Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :
When I was in elementary school, I got a mailing from the AARP. They got my name right, which was good as I used the sheet of return labels they sent for years.
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
I once got a letter addressed to Mrs Karl Jennings. I tossed it in a box thinking if I ever got married I'd give it to my (theoretical) wife. (I was 18).
I found it years later and gave it to Douglas (my partner at the time) and said "Oh, this came for you a while ago."
I think that had to be the longest setup for a joke ever.
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
Karl: That's awesome!
We get letters addressed to my husband's first name and my maiden name. Very funny.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
At this house, we get mail for Fahim, his father, and his brother, who all have initials with the letters A, F, and M in various combinations.
Imagine our confusion when we received a registered letter for Mr. F Farook from a bank that all three have accounts with. Which, upon opening, had no other name information other than F, and which was the PIN number for either a debit card or a credit card, but they'd failed to put the account number in it, so we still had no indication of who it was for. >_<
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