فنظر إليَّ مشدوهاً وقال: "لما لا يتحقق الصندوق من نفسه ويخبرنا إذا كانت به أية رسالة؟" ففكرت: "هذا سؤال وجيه."
He looked at me, puzzled, and said, "Why doesn't the mailbox just check itself and tell us when it has mail?"  I was like, "That's a pretty good question."