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We used to be on teletext, and now we’re not. Bah.

Mailbox! @newmailbox.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Some viewers may not be aware of the yearly religious festival of National No Barbeque Sauce Day, which is of course one week long. It starts annually on April 21st (or the nearest Friday in other years) with the disavowal of barbeque sauce, as seen here in these early texts from 1999:

A teletext page from April 21st 1999. An edition of Mailbox shows a call from a reader named 'Fezza', who says 'BBQ sauce should be available on the NHS'. The editor's reply, written in unnecessary great length to fill the page, reads: "No it should not. BBQ sauce should be banned. It tastes awful and is usually so full of colouring that it permanently stains anything it drips onto. In fact in honour of the menace that is BBQ sauce, I nominate this Friday as "National Mailbox No BBQ Sauce Day". On Friday, in any fast food outlet, suffix your order with "No Barbeque Sauce". Example: "Bigburger with cheese, no barbeque sauce, please". Repeat this even on items which would not normally come with such sauce, just to be sure. Example: "Small diet Cola, no barbeque sauce" Are we agreed?"

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Mailbox! @newmailbox.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Sir, the very idea of barbecue sauce is completely wrong and therefore Entirely Against Our Principles, which we simply would not compromise on, until the cheque clears.

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Dan @danofthewibble.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Can I have barbecue sauce with your posts?

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Mailbox! @newmailbox.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Hello. Thank you for calling Mailbox. Please speak slowly and clearly, remembering to spell any difficult words that you think we might not hear. Especially any names like "Bruce Boxleitner", otherwise we might put "Bruce Bops Whitener" on our teletext pages and just make ourselves look silly.

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