All In a Day's Work

It was New Year's Eve, and the phone at our small post office rang constantly with people asking the postal clerk if there would be mail delivery that day. To put a stop to the interruptions, the clerk had the local radio station announce that there would be mail delivery.

He had a few moments' peace after that, until the phone interrupted. "I just heard on the radio that there will be mail delivery today," the voice on the other end said. "Is that true?"