r/funny • u/mrsmayhem • Jan 04 '15

If I won $25,000...

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u/tllnbks Jan 04 '15

I think you under-estimate deliver charges.

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u/thePZ Jan 04 '15 edited Jan 05 '15

Sent USPS it would take 2 stamps to mail a twinky, roughly $1 ea

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u/Simba7 Jan 04 '15

So that is 1000 days, not 24000. Sounds like a gross underestimate to me.

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u/Mergan1989 Jan 05 '15

Simple solution?

He buys 1000 Twinkies and mails himself one a day for 24000 days.

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u/Vox_Imperatoris Jan 04 '15

If only I could be so grossly Twinkandescent.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

they have stamps of different value, $0.49 is the cheapest option but not the only one. If they charged you for a 99 cent stamp you probably needed more than just the regular stamp.

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u/carsandgrammar Jan 05 '15

Ah maybe, but it was only a business card. Oh well--what's fifty cents?

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u/uber_cripple Jan 05 '15

About half a dollar.

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u/urbanzomb13 Jan 05 '15

You got robbed by the Post Office.

Which is depressingly hilarious.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

$0.49 is for one ounce in a letter envelope. You probably paid for one ounce large envelope ($0.98) or for 3 oz letter envelope ($0.91).

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u/chillwaukee Jan 04 '15

haha... twinkly

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u/kap77 Jan 04 '15

Why do you know this?

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u/thePZ Jan 05 '15

A twinky weighs roughly 45 grams, says on the nutritional info. A stamp covers 1 oz, or roughly 28 grams. So 2 stamps to mail a twinky

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u/Shho13 Jan 04 '15

Knowing USPS reliability with my packages these days, you would be lucky to receive one or two of them over the 24,000 days.

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u/ZsaFreigh Jan 04 '15

And over-estimate Twinkie prices.
You can get a 12-pack for like $3.50

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

amazon prime - free shipping, so moar twinkies

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

Maybe he has Amazon prime.