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When I work from home, I feel like a combination of Dr. Jason Seaver from Growing Pains and Howard Hughes in The Aviator. Productive, happy, and slightly insane.
Less time commuting means more time to work. But it also means more time to clutter things up. Going through my closet this morning, a big box of magazines poured out. My sneakers protected my toes from a debilitating paper cut. Next time, I might not be so lucky.
So, I need to unload 30 copies of mental_floss. As it’s in my best interest to increase subscriptions, we have a two birds/one stone situation. Plus, I have a drawer full of manila envelopes I’d also love to part with.
Here’s a chance to try before you buy (or in this case, subscribe). I will mail one (1) free issue to the first twenty people who leave a comment asking politely. I’ll email you back to get your contact info. And the first ten (10) people who send me an instant message (’flossyjason’ on AIM) will also receive a free magazine.
If you aren’t one of the lucky 30, you can start filling your own closets with mental_floss by subscribing today. (If you have really big closets to clutter, you can order the Complete-as-it-Gets set.)
I look forward to hearing from you.
I would LOVE an old issue of mental_floss!! Can you please send me one??
posted by Cheryl on 2-8-2008 at 10:25 am
Cheryl — I can. Though I only have excess copies of the last 3 or 4 issues. Still interested?
posted by Jason on 2-8-2008 at 10:27 am
I have always enjoyed your website and would love to look at the magazine. Can I have one too please?
posted by Patty on 2-8-2008 at 10:27 am
Jason,
May I please have an old copy of Mental_floss? Thank you ever so kindly!
Shelly
posted by Shelly on 2-8-2008 at 10:28 am
Pretty, pretty please can I have a trial copy of mental_floss? Any one of the last 3 or 4 issues is fine with me. Thank you!
posted by Jeannie on 2-8-2008 at 10:29 am
May I pretty please with sugar on top have an issue??
posted by colleen on 2-8-2008 at 10:29 am
I love this website! I’d love a free issue. I have the games and two of the t-shirts. I don’t know why I
don’t have the subscription too.
posted by Melanie on 2-8-2008 at 10:29 am
Oh, could I please have an issue? I would treasure it!
posted by kitsana_d on 2-8-2008 at 10:29 am
Please, kind sir, would it be possible for me to have an old copy of Mental_Floss? It would be truly a gift I would gratefully and fondly cherish forever.
posted by Amy on 2-8-2008 at 10:30 am
Please send a free issue if you are so inclined. I’d like to see if the paper edition is as good as the online. But I’d hate to be a bother. If it isn’t too much trouble, I’ll be in your debt.
Thank you, kind sirs.
posted by Stu on 2-8-2008 at 10:30 am
Jason,
I would also love to recieve copy of Mental_floss! May I please have a copy? Thank you so much.
-Lindsey
posted by Lindsey on 2-8-2008 at 10:31 am
Jason,
I would really like a old hardcopy of mental_floss. May I please have one sent to me?
Thanks in advance!
Paul
posted by Paul on 2-8-2008 at 10:32 am
I would also like an issue of Mental Floss please.
thank you
posted by melanie on 2-8-2008 at 10:32 am
That’s a really great offer, May I have an issue please?
Thanks
Bryan
posted by Bryan Adam on 2-8-2008 at 10:32 am
May I please have a copy of mental_floss as well? I’d be delighted!
posted by joanna on 2-8-2008 at 10:32 am
Ooh ooh I would love one. Pretty pretty please!
posted by Dan on 2-8-2008 at 10:33 am
I love this website & magazine and just signed up for a subscription. I would appreciate if you did me a solid and sent me a free issue to see what I’ve been missing. I’d really appreciate it. Thanks!
posted by Melissa on 2-8-2008 at 10:33 am
Please may I try a copy of Mental_floss? Thank you!
posted by Tela on 2-8-2008 at 10:34 am
If I could have a free magazine I would frame it on my office wall… After I read it of course.
posted by Peter on 2-8-2008 at 10:35 am
May I please have a copy of mental floss? Love it!
posted by tartaruga on 2-8-2008 at 10:36 am
I would dearly love an issue. Preferably not one of the last two, because I already bought those. :) But I’ll take what I can get, and I’ll like it! (I like to pass them on to a friend of mine living overseas.)
posted by kate on 2-8-2008 at 10:36 am
I would be very pleased if you would send me a free copy of your magazine. I visit this site everyday and it would be nice to have a tangible copy! ; )
posted by Matt Sitarski on 2-8-2008 at 10:36 am
Me too!
posted by Mary on 2-8-2008 at 10:36 am
I would be thrilled to receive a free issue of mental_floss. I recently bought a subscription for a friend and was jealous of my own gift. So please, sir, may I have one?
Lindsey
posted by Lindsey on 2-8-2008 at 10:36 am
I would love a copy of your excellent publication. Please will you fill this humble request?
posted by Leo Timmermans on 2-8-2008 at 10:36 am
me too, but I already have the religion and golden lobe issues. Presidents secrets maybe?
posted by Gary on 2-8-2008 at 10:36 am
I have tried on numerous occasions to convince my better half of the virtues behind a subscription to Mental Floss (marreid guys KNOW the woman controls the funds). So far she has not been swayed by my well reasoned lucid arguments. Unfortunately I’m not big on shopping (meaning I’d sonner go to prison wearing a dress than go into ANY store) so I haven’t made the effort to procure a copy on my own. I would be extremely grateful to receive a copy of Mental Floss in order to bring my wife around and secure my own subscription. Could you please find it in your heart to help me by sending me one of these issues?
posted by John on 2-8-2008 at 10:37 am
Darn it! There were only 16 requests when I started typing!
posted by Lindsey on 2-8-2008 at 10:37 am
Oh drat. Too slow. Dang my co-worker for swinging by during my crucial moment of opportunity!
posted by kate on 2-8-2008 at 10:37 am
me, please. I’d like to check it out
posted by Roger on 2-8-2008 at 10:41 am
If somebody was not nice enough, even though I’m not in the top 20, can you please, pretty please send me one. Thank you oh kind sir.
Best,
Chris
posted by Chris on 2-8-2008 at 10:44 am
Please and Thankyou.
Even If I am too late, manners still count.
posted by Patrick B on 2-8-2008 at 10:51 am
This darn thing called work kept me from being one of the first 20. But if I were one of the first twenty, I would politely and kindly request a copy, so that I could give it to my dad. That way, he’d see the virtues of mental_floss and subscribe, since I already have a subscription.
Thank you
posted by Jenny on 2-8-2008 at 10:54 am
Bummer…I’m too late (again…groan).
Oh well, thank you for the offer. Next time I’ll try not to let work interfer with my daily flossing. ;-)
posted by beth on 2-8-2008 at 11:03 am
I just heard you on the Lionel Show…
Would love to try to buy…
P.S. Great Web Site…
Love and Light,
Crystal Dave (The Wizard of Wyrd)
posted by Crystal Dave on 2-8-2008 at 11:11 am
Oh, yes, I’m the first one to post! I would like a copy please. :-)
posted by Piotr on 2-8-2008 at 11:19 am
Oh shoot, my interweb tubes were clogged, and my post was too slow to go through. :-(
posted by Piotr on 2-8-2008 at 11:20 am
i have always purchased each issue at a local news stand and your website makes my work day palatable. i think that two of my brothers would be huge fans of the magazine. however, tehy are both very miserly. So if there are any issues left at this point i would be very happy if you could send one to a sibling of mine.
posted by Jon on 2-8-2008 at 11:28 am
Fie and bugger, I missed the chance of a lifetime.
:( Poor students can’t afford 13 dollar magazines…
Sigh.
posted by Aemi on 2-8-2008 at 11:58 am
Yes!! I’m definetly still interested!!
posted by Cheryl on 2-8-2008 at 11:59 am
Dear Jason,
I rilley-rilley luvz your blog and torment my co-workers and friends with it daily. I am totally a Mental Floss junkie! If you happen to have an copy of the magazine at the end of this craziness I would be most honored to give it a home.
Kindest Regards,
Mary Jo
(O pa-wezze, pa-wezze pick me… Pa-weeze!)
posted by Mary Jo on 2-8-2008 at 12:14 pm
All these kind folks begging you for things and no one asking how you are doing? How are you? It’s not about me, it’s about you. So what can we do for you? If it makes you feel good, then you may send me a past edition.
posted by Doug K on 2-8-2008 at 12:33 pm
I floss every day, actually several times a day. I just subscribed so I would really love to see one of the older issues before the 6-8 weeks processing time passes and I start receiving my very own copies. Could you kindly forward me an issue? It would truly be appreciated.
Thank you so much and have a great day!
posted by Sue on 2-8-2008 at 1:36 pm
Keep your magazines. I don’t want one. If you send me one, I’ll send it back. Honest, I will!
(I figure since I’m so far down on the list, I might as well try reverse psychology, right?)
posted by airship on 2-8-2008 at 1:44 pm
Crap, I missed it!
Well, i’ve subscribed for 2 or 3 years already, so maybe it wouldn’t be fair.
Which reminds me, I gotta renew that once I get some cash.
posted by Christian on 2-8-2008 at 2:12 pm
Please load up my mailbox with not used, but preowned copies of Mental Floss! Thanks.
rjay
posted by Ricky Jay on 2-8-2008 at 2:37 pm
looks like i am too late on this one, but i am a fan of the site, so maybe i should track down the print version and try it on for size. you guys certainly do great work here, i imagine no less in a physical format :)
posted by andy cochrane on 2-8-2008 at 6:45 pm
hi,
if you have any left could i please have one? i really like your magazine but i only just now ordered a subscription(which hasn’t started coming yet) so I haven’t gotten to read it in a while. (^-^)
posted by erin gipson on 3-3-2008 at 4:50 pm