Comments on: Stamp semaphore as early emoticons http://boingboing.net/2012/01/04/stamp-semaphore-as-early-emoti.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 03:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: tom http://boingboing.net/2012/01/04/stamp-semaphore-as-early-emoti.html#comment-1313799 tom Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137217#comment-1313799 In Britain it is illegal to put a stamp on a letter upside down, as it is defacing the image of the Queen, which is technically treason. In Britain it is illegal to put a stamp on a letter upside down, as it is defacing the image of the Queen, which is technically treason.

]]> By: CaptainPedge http://boingboing.net/2012/01/04/stamp-semaphore-as-early-emoti.html#comment-1311736 CaptainPedge Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137217#comment-1311736 Where do I put the stamp on my emails? Where do I put the stamp on my emails?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/01/04/stamp-semaphore-as-early-emoti.html#comment-1311449 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137217#comment-1311449 I guess that Boy Scouts and revolutionaries have different languages. I guess that Boy Scouts and revolutionaries have different languages.

]]> By: Andrew Singleton http://boingboing.net/2012/01/04/stamp-semaphore-as-early-emoti.html#comment-1311091 Andrew Singleton Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137217#comment-1311091 Me and a friend did that with floppies and a dead drop. Though I suppose that's more like Sneakernet. Not that we were swapping cracked games or the like. We were just being silly. Me and a friend did that with floppies and a dead drop.

Though I suppose that’s more like Sneakernet. Not that we were swapping cracked games or the like. We were just being silly.

]]> By: Andrew Singleton http://boingboing.net/2012/01/04/stamp-semaphore-as-early-emoti.html#comment-1311086 Andrew Singleton Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137217#comment-1311086 Interestingly enough raising the flag Upside Down tends to translate to Distress/Help/Send Aid. At least that's what I remember from boy scouts. Interestingly enough raising the flag Upside Down tends to translate to Distress/Help/Send Aid.

At least that’s what I remember from boy scouts.

]]> By: nemryn http://boingboing.net/2012/01/04/stamp-semaphore-as-early-emoti.html#comment-1310954 nemryn Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137217#comment-1310954 What's the code for 'Here is a letter for you'? What’s the code for ‘Here is a letter for you’?

]]> By: slowtiger http://boingboing.net/2012/01/04/stamp-semaphore-as-early-emoti.html#comment-1310948 slowtiger Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137217#comment-1310948 I remember a short story from maybe first half of 20th century which revolved entirely about a letter with a proposal which arrived without stamp, which meant "everything inside is null". The man arrived at his bride's family only to meet boiling hostility. I remember a short story from maybe first half of 20th century which revolved entirely about a letter with a proposal which arrived without stamp, which meant “everything inside is null”. The man arrived at his bride’s family only to meet boiling hostility.

]]> By: sockdoll http://boingboing.net/2012/01/04/stamp-semaphore-as-early-emoti.html#comment-1310845 sockdoll Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137217#comment-1310845 Which one says "I'm not very good at lining up the edges of the stamp with the edges of the envelope?" Which one says “I’m not very good at lining up the edges of the stamp with the edges of the envelope?”

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2012/01/04/stamp-semaphore-as-early-emoti.html#comment-1310842 Noctilucent Studios Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137217#comment-1310842 Way back in the 20th century, my best friend and I would buy one of those spiral notebooks, fill the entire thing up with a letter, and send the whole thing off in the mails. I wonder if any kids still do such things? Way back in the 20th century, my best friend and I would buy one of those spiral notebooks, fill the entire thing up with a letter, and send the whole thing off in the mails. I wonder if any kids still do such things?

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2012/01/04/stamp-semaphore-as-early-emoti.html#comment-1310829 pjcamp Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137217#comment-1310829 Damn! I've been hitting on a buttload of people over the last 50 years. Damn! I’ve been hitting on a buttload of people over the last 50 years.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/01/04/stamp-semaphore-as-early-emoti.html#comment-1310804 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137217#comment-1310804 Since the flag stamp is the most common in the US, placing it upside down has generally meant Revolution Now or Fuck You America or something like that. Since the flag stamp is the most common in the US, placing it upside down has generally meant Revolution Now or Fuck You America or something like that.

]]> By: Bodhipaksa http://boingboing.net/2012/01/04/stamp-semaphore-as-early-emoti.html#comment-1310778 Bodhipaksa Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137217#comment-1310778 Dang. I just declared undying love to my gas company. Dang. I just declared undying love to my gas company.

]]> By: AncientScot http://boingboing.net/2012/01/04/stamp-semaphore-as-early-emoti.html#comment-1310773 AncientScot Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137217#comment-1310773 Great.  Now the Postman knows everything. Great.  Now the Postman knows everything.

]]> By: AA http://boingboing.net/2012/01/04/stamp-semaphore-as-early-emoti.html#comment-1310758 AA Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137217#comment-1310758 Pitty you can't (readily) do something similar with avatars :-) Pitty you can’t (readily) do something similar with avatars :-)

]]> By: Mujokan http://boingboing.net/2012/01/04/stamp-semaphore-as-early-emoti.html#comment-1310755 Mujokan Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137217#comment-1310755 John Inman  used to place his right way up, according to him it meant <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To48HBVk4wA" rel="nofollow">I'm free</a>. John Inman  used to place his right way up, according to him it meant I’m free.

]]> By: Eddie Perkins http://boingboing.net/2012/01/04/stamp-semaphore-as-early-emoti.html#comment-1310742 Eddie Perkins Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137217#comment-1310742 Yeah, that's what I'd always heard, that an upside down meant love or 'I love you.'  Yeah, that’s what I’d always heard, that an upside down meant love or ‘I love you.’ 

]]> By: Faith Chihil http://boingboing.net/2012/01/04/stamp-semaphore-as-early-emoti.html#comment-1310736 Faith Chihil Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137217#comment-1310736 My dad used to place his stamps to family and friends upside-down, according to him it meant "Love." My dad used to place his stamps to family and friends upside-down, according to him it meant “Love.”

]]> By: technogeekagain http://boingboing.net/2012/01/04/stamp-semaphore-as-early-emoti.html#comment-1310734 technogeekagain Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137217#comment-1310734 This doesn't match the conventions I learned as a kid (eg, upside down was supposed to mean "love"). Which reinforces the point that codes don't work unless both sides have the same codebook. This doesn’t match the conventions I learned as a kid (eg, upside down was supposed to mean “love”). Which reinforces the point that codes don’t work unless both sides have the same codebook.

]]> By: nox http://boingboing.net/2012/01/04/stamp-semaphore-as-early-emoti.html#comment-1310731 nox Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137217#comment-1310731 I sent all mine 'Do not write to me anymore', but it didn't work. Seriously needs a neutral stamp placement. I sent all mine ‘Do not write to me anymore’, but it didn’t work.

Seriously needs a neutral stamp placement.

]]> By: Alpacaman http://boingboing.net/2012/01/04/stamp-semaphore-as-early-emoti.html#comment-1310720 Alpacaman Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137217#comment-1310720 It seems that there is no way to put a stamp on a letter without somehow professing your undying love for the recipient. My student loan applications just got a whole lot more awkward, apparently. It seems that there is no way to put a stamp on a letter without somehow professing your undying love for the recipient. My student loan applications just got a whole lot more awkward, apparently.

]]> By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2012/01/04/stamp-semaphore-as-early-emoti.html#comment-1310718 Teller Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137217#comment-1310718 No stamp: Return to me. No stamp: Return to me.

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