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In article <1281@decwrl.DEC.COM>, chabot@miles.DEC (He turns as a weath turcocl.) writes:
> Every now and then, something arrives in the mail at work which can be
> valued for something other than its intended contents: the announcement
> of the formation of Pixar has on the front of the envelope
> 
> 	HOWARD
> 	THE DUCK
> 		More adventure than
> 		humanly possible.
> 
> My question is,
> is this the common faire from the San Rafael, CA post office (it *IS* printed
> in the same red ink as is the postmark), or perhaps has this slogan been
> adopted by the new home of Wally Bee? 
> 

	Since I'm on a first-name basis with Wally B., and since I work at
Pixar, I feel somewhat obligated to respond to this message.  You see,
George Lucas, producer of "Howard the Duck" (coming this August to a theatre
near you) and Steve Jobs, one of my fellow shareholders in Pixar, have joined
forces to buy the entire City of San Rafael.  We are going to take turns having
"More adventure than humanly possible" and "Real artists ship" appear on the
post marks.

	Excuse me a moment... my boss just walked in.

	Ahem.  The real story is that Pixar is currently a tenant in our
old digs at Lucasfilm, (while our new digs are being prepared) and they kindly
provide some mailroom support (at a reasonable fee, of course).  The "Howard
the Duck" production people are in the same building and, obviously, their
custom-postmark address-o-smash was used to send our announcements.  When you
have that kind of machine the Post Office doesn't need to put another mark on
the letter.  Saves them all kinds of handling, and you can have your own message
appear right there on the envelope.   Neato, huh?

		--Craig
		...ucbvax!pixar!good

ps	I'm touched to know that there are so many "Andre & Wally B." fans
	out there!