A Genius Is Testing An Post With Some Incredibly Complex Address Puzzles

I'm sure you'll often have heard stories of letters sent to the most vague, incorrect addresses imaginable finding their intended destination in Ireland. It's a small country, after all, and quite often the name is enough.

@thebeernut @broadsheet_ie @iamreddave It's wonderful. Reminded me of the day this happened: http://t.co/Y3iH51Aexv pic.twitter.com/52f183ZcMY

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But David Curran has really been putting An Post through their paces in recent weeks, dropping some astonishingly complex puzzles in his local post office - most of which have been delivered. The whole 'postale experiment' has been documented on David's tumblr account.

Some of Curran's more challenging letters are as follows:

The Address Wheel

This one was delivered.

The Pop-Up Book

Delivered, according to David, the very next morning.

After some early success, the postal prankster upped the ante.

The Jigsaw

Delivered along with a polite note as to why the package was opened.

The Crossword

Delivered.

The Clear Plastic Letter

Not delivered. Classic An Post, eh? Stop slacking, guys.

The Globe

Ambitious, Dave. Not delivered.

The Mirror-Written Letter

The Toilet Roll with Yeats Poems

Surely not? Yes. Delivered.

The Mobius Strip

Officially lost in postage.

The Really Indecipherable One

Returned to sender.

Guessing the last one was intended for a Brewery in Tycore Business Park, Co. Waterford - cheers Captain Obvious - but was returned to sender, despite the fact that David hadn't included a return address. An Post going full-on meta, you gotta love that.

Speaking to Mashable, he said:

I am only going to send letters to other people now, as An Post seem to now think anything weird should end up at my house.

I'm amazed at what An Post can deliver. Communities take part as well. The local publican or shopkeeper will keep an letter until they ask enough people to work out who the intended recipient was.

My father-in-law once helped give a letter to 'The man who herds the cows through the village in south Kilkenny, Ireland.'

That may just be the most Irish thing I've ever heard.

You can follow David on Twitter, here.

H/T: Mashable