Lawrence of Arabia will go down in history as the shortest, most succinct postal address.
Back in the early 20th century, from Damascus to Medina, the conversation between workers in sorting offices across the Arabian peninsula went something like...
'I hate this job - the Bedouin always moving around. Don't they ever leave a forwarding address? There's no tent number on this envelope mate.'
'Stick it in that bag, Abdul.'
'Which one?'
The one marked 'Lawrence of Arabia'.
Didn't matter where he was, Lawrence wasn't about to miss out on correspondence through a nomadic lifestyle. (Continued at www.tinybangtheories.com)
Best wishes,
Paul (Ed.)