11-04-2024 - On This Day in Insane History

On November 4th, 2024, a rather strange occurrence happened in the remote village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales.

The village postmaster, Jeremiah Jones, was going about his morning duties of sorting post and parcels when he came across a most peculiar package. It was shaped oddly, with no return address, and seemed to be emitting a strange hum. Jeremiah gave the parcel a shake and was shocked to hear what sounded like muffled mechanical whirring from inside.

Suspicious and yet curious, Jeremiah took a letter opener to the parcel to investigate further. Much to his surprise, when he pierced the wrapping a tiny robotic drone sprang forth and began zipping madly around the post office, knocking letters and packages from the shelves. Jeremiah jumped up on his desk and attempted to swat the drone with his hat, but it was too swift.

After several minutes of chaotic commotion, the little drone finally lost power and fell to the floor. Jeremiah cautiously picked it up between two fingers for a better look. It was about the size of his thumb and had “Amazon” printed on the side. A note fell out of its storage compartment that read “Apologies for the surprise delivery. Testing new parcel delivery drone. Please enjoy one month free Prime membership.”

And so the village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch had the distinct honor of being the first to experience an unexpected and certainly exciting home delivery from one of Amazon’s prototype drones. Jeremiah could only wonder what other technological marvels tomorrow may bring.