Somewhere in Minnesota (in fact, quite likely here) there is a place called Young America. While it is only about yae big, it spans zip codes from xxx50 to xxx60 inclusive. Much like phones in movieland, zip codes in Young-America-land start in 5s... This wouldn't be so sinister, you know, a town of 3,108 people taking up 11 zip codes, including 55555, if it weren't for the fact that all the world's rebate forms go there. (In contrast, my former hometown of El Monte is the 191st largest city in the USA with a population of 115,965 and has only has 2 zip codes.) Well, maybe 95%. All five of the five that I sent out after my post-Thanksgiving shopping went there. I've sent so many UPC codes there that I remembered that I had sent many UPC codes there, so therefore I must have sent many of them!
Yes, sounds sneaky doesn't it? I bet many of those 3,108 people spend all day long opening envelopes and scanning barcodes (how else would you know I sent you the UPC from my new purchase and not from a box of cereal... unless of course I had a rebate for a box of cereal...). Yes, until I meet someone from there, that is what I shall choose to believe. Who's with me?
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