Unless you have a wood-burning furnace in your home, nobody likes to receive junk mail. However, you shouldn't get too upset about it -- after all, it could be worse. You could be getting gunk mail.
According to the GaiginPot Daily News, human poop was found in two mailboxes in Funagashi, Chiba, Japan. It was right around the beginning of the year, so more than one hundred and forty New Years cards were stained with the posted poo.
The motive for this is a mystery. It could be simple vandalism. Or perhaps someone who thought the mailbox was a toilet. If it was positioned anything like the one pictured below, I would not be surprised. The new mystery would be how they shat in the perceived commode.
However: being unfamiliar with Japanese norms, I am puzzled by the response of the Funabashi-Higashi Post Office. They plan to "return the cards to the senders after cleaning them and will also give the senders fresh New Year cards and towels as an apology."
I really don't think that I would want the card back -- clean or not -- after it had poop on it. What is truly bewildering, though, is the towels. Are they sending them in case the clean-up was not thorough enough? Are they commemorative of the New Year or the post office? I am baffled.
Thanks to Fart Poopie for sending this in.