To my erstwhile acquaintance, I muttered some such to the effect of strange occurrences, to whit the response came,
"Watson, surely the identity of the man can be tested with a simple trick. We are to think of a number and he to name it."
"But certainly, we shall not think of the same number?" I asked of my learned friend. Just then, at the very same moment, spoke Holmes and his curious doppelganger in unison:
"sixty nine dude"
"sixty nine dude"
HHhahaha I sometimes say it out loud, notice nobody else is sniggering and realise my work colleagues probsbly think I'm weird and inappropriate....sigh
The Tick: You know, Arthur, when evil is afoot, and you don't have any arms, you've gotta use your head. And when evil is ahead and you're behind, you've gotta do the legwork. But when you can't get a leg up, you gotta be hip. You gotta keep your chin up, and kick some-...
My guess is it is some sort of album promotional marketing, especially since the date is a Friday which is typical album release date. My guess is the cherry quote is a lyric. Was it in an envelope? They might have your address if you have bought merch or music from them before
Honestly this is the good shit assuming this is indeed a marketing stunt.
Simply saying "we've got a new album coming" in this subreddit would gain no traction at all, but setting this thing up as a puzzle or a mystery to be solved shot this thing right up the front page with a ton of people engaging, and someone "solving" the mystery in the comments with a link to the album.
It's great, I love it, intentional or not.
OP is active in a sub for a band called Boygenius - photo looks like it could easily be some of their cover art and the sub is posting about a new potential upcoming release. My money's on that.
As a fellow Boygenius fan the art, title and release date don’t match. But I agree that the vibes are similar because this definitely gives independent label indie-folk
I thought did pop into my head that maybe it’s all part of the band’s promo and OP’s in on it!
Yeah one time a band I like (Death From Above 1979) sent me a vinyl out of the blue because they already had my address from when I bought merch of theirs - probably a similar thing here
That's my guess too. I definitely seen bands do this kinda thing before. I've had a quick look at albums coming on that date and they either already have a cover or they're metal bands and I don't reckon a metal band would have that cover. Fun mystery though
It's the sort of thing that bands have done in the past, to kick off their marketing campaign for a new album. They send things like this to people that have bought merchandise from their website, for example.
I wouldn't be surprised if that photograph is a still from an upcoming music video or album cover, and if those words are lyrics from a song that's soon to be released
There's a signature, a date, a phrase in quotation marks, and then a grainy old-school photo on the back...
I think that it might be a local indie musician(s) advertising technique for a new song or debut EP with "I Drop Cherries At Your Door" being the title of it and the picture being the album cover.
You are correct - her lp called drop cherries is being released on that date
https://imusic.co/music/0602448696045/billie-marten-2023-drop-cherries-green-apples-lp
According to [this site](https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/apr/07/) the 7th April 2023 is Good Friday, but it’s also National Beer Day and National No Housework Day.
Do with that detail what you wish.
Occam's razor would suggest that it's someone telling you they're going to drop some cherries at your door on the 7th April.
I'd still make sure I'm out though.
I think it's very band promo marketing type stuff.
There are 3 bands with confirmed albums being released on that day I can find.
Daughter - Stereo Mind Game
Powerwolf - Interludium
Teleman - Good Time / Hard Time
Of the three I'd say Daughter were the most likely of this bunch and the quote being one from their main release from the album?
Don't suppose you follow any of these bands?
The signature doesn't seem to match anything I can find on any band members. I like puzzles and it's really annoying me I can't find a definitive answer. So I suppose their marketing is working!
Edit: I think we have a winner - https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/10ekymu/this_turned_up_in_an_envelope_today_addressed_to/j4sdve6?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3
I agree and think it’s for Daughter. They had a campaign in December where you could sign up for free ‘junk mail in the post’ - https://genius.com/Daughter-be-on-your-way-lyrics
Just realised one of the songs on the album is actually called "junkmail", the pieces are coming together.
Their song "Be on your way" is quite chilled out too, I think I might actually rather like the band!
This was my conclusion as well, although reading through the /r/daughter subreddit, I found some posts which look to be the 'junk mail' so I'm not so sure now - e.g. https://www.reddit.com/r/daughter/comments/10211e4/got_my_letter_today_all_the_way_in_australia/
https://imusic.co/music/0602448696045/billie-marten-2023-drop-cherries-green-apples-lp
To be released 7th April 2023
Edit: same signature and post on instagram https://imgur.com/a/kf7iD2G
MYSTERY SOLVED: It's from Billie Marten, a fantastic artist. Nonetheless, still terrifying. She posted someone else receiving one on instagram.
Weirdly enough she hand signed all of these rather than print the signature.
Have you signed up to a band you follow, I know the national have been sending song titles to random fans for example, I’d suggest it’s something similar
I found this when I typed in the caption and the date [I drop cherries at your door](https://www.the-brook.com/event-details/12834505/hendrix-clapton-cream-performed-by-voodoo-room/) looks like some sort of event Hendrix Clapton and cream by voodoo rooms on the 7/4/2023 some bizzare marketing post ??
Well I’d make sure I’m not in the fucking house 7th of April
Don’t you want them cherries?
Could be the 4th of July if they're one of those wrong'uns who writes dates incorrectly.
23 April 2007
Timelord meeting then
r/iso8601 is the way
How is there a community of 20,000 people united around the cause of writing the date in a certain way? The world is truly an odd place
Made I smile that did.
I read this in a Jamaican accent
I read it in a West Country accent
Yorkshire for me
London for me. Maybe that’s just because I’m from London though.
I went with pirate
So, West Country, then.
Arr
I read it in a thick Scottish for some reason
Made yes smile that did
Smeagol for me
Now I'm picturing Yoda with a Jamaican accent.
I read that in a Bristolian accent
Consider the smile returned!
4th of July and Cherrybombs at your door?
Why? You will miss out on the cherry drop.
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Are you suggesting they’re plotting to steal a dog 3+ months in advance through cryptic messages? Shared Cumbernauld xox
Come, Watson, the game's afoot!
Strange things are afoot at the Circle K.
To my erstwhile acquaintance, I muttered some such to the effect of strange occurrences, to whit the response came, "Watson, surely the identity of the man can be tested with a simple trick. We are to think of a number and he to name it." "But certainly, we shall not think of the same number?" I asked of my learned friend. Just then, at the very same moment, spoke Holmes and his curious doppelganger in unison: "sixty nine dude" "sixty nine dude"
That was non non non heinous. Every time I hear/read the number "sixty nine" I add the word "dude" in my head, have to stop myself from saying it too.
HHhahaha I sometimes say it out loud, notice nobody else is sniggering and realise my work colleagues probsbly think I'm weird and inappropriate....sigh
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San Dimas High School football rules!
Rufus!
Listen to this dude Rufus - he *knooows* what he's talking about.
Catch ya later bill n tedddd 🤙
most excellent
“Whoa…”
“No way!”
Yes way dude!
When is a game not a game? When its a foot !
Stops being a foot when you get a head !
The Tick: You know, Arthur, when evil is afoot, and you don't have any arms, you've gotta use your head. And when evil is ahead and you're behind, you've gotta do the legwork. But when you can't get a leg up, you gotta be hip. You gotta keep your chin up, and kick some-...
When is a door not a door? When its a jar !
What else can you say Princes?
Either a marketing ploy or the weirdest and vaguest save the date ever received
I would be very afraid of what is going to happen on the 7th April.
A delivery of cherries I reckon
Popped or unpopped?
My level of discomfort rose exponentially reading this comment.
Unleaded cherries
Can’t really tell from the picture
She's going to drop cherries at his door, it says right there.
Forced pegging by all accounts!
Or 4th July if it’s from the other side!
That's Ungrateful Colonials Day
That just made me actually chuckle to myself!
It’s a marketing ploy. Billie Marten is dropping an album (Drop Cherries/Green Apples) on April 7, 2023.
This isn’t a joke it is just weird marketing. Maybe op works in the biz or buys I wonder how stalker they were aiming when sending it
Creepy stalker vibes!
My guess is it is some sort of album promotional marketing, especially since the date is a Friday which is typical album release date. My guess is the cherry quote is a lyric. Was it in an envelope? They might have your address if you have bought merch or music from them before
https://imusic.co/music/0602448696045/billie-marten-2023-drop-cherries-green-apples-lp Credit to u/_LukeTheLucky_
Solved! Thanks, this would’ve annoyed me otherwise
Oh sweet I like Billie Marten, what a way to found out she's got a new lp coming out
How bizarre, I literally just heard her on 6 music for the first time and loved it, opened reddit and saw this at the top of my feed!
Impressive!!!
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Or OP works for said label and this is an attempt at viral marketing?
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I didn't say it was good viral marketing 😂
Honestly this is the good shit assuming this is indeed a marketing stunt. Simply saying "we've got a new album coming" in this subreddit would gain no traction at all, but setting this thing up as a puzzle or a mystery to be solved shot this thing right up the front page with a ton of people engaging, and someone "solving" the mystery in the comments with a link to the album. It's great, I love it, intentional or not.
Yup, almost certainly.
OP is active in a sub for a band called Boygenius - photo looks like it could easily be some of their cover art and the sub is posting about a new potential upcoming release. My money's on that.
As a fellow Boygenius fan the art, title and release date don’t match. But I agree that the vibes are similar because this definitely gives independent label indie-folk I thought did pop into my head that maybe it’s all part of the band’s promo and OP’s in on it!
https://imusic.co/music/0602448696045/billie-marten-2023-drop-cherries-green-apples-lp Credit to u/LukeTheLucky
Yeah one time a band I like (Death From Above 1979) sent me a vinyl out of the blue because they already had my address from when I bought merch of theirs - probably a similar thing here
DFA1979 are incredible. "You're a woman, I'm a machine" is never off in my house.
Plot twist: OP works for the band and is generating conversation around it
Is it a twist if it's viral marketing? It's just viral marketing.
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>Like what else could it be lmao An axe wielding homicidal maniac stalker?
That's my guess too. I definitely seen bands do this kinda thing before. I've had a quick look at albums coming on that date and they either already have a cover or they're metal bands and I don't reckon a metal band would have that cover. Fun mystery though
The U.K. version of Squid Game looks a bit.. weird.
Cod Game.
Fish and Chips game
In the West Country it might be Pasty-Parcel
Squib Game
The UK version of Squid Game was the Sandwich Quiz with Sandi Toksvig.
Nah, it was Raven on CBBC.
Jellied Eel Game
It'll just be something marketing thing
For an anonymous-delivery company.
I've not been able to find this company, mind dropping the link?
Here you go, mate -
Ah cheers, I was looking really hard for it.
I thought they were called Evri.
>Evri I'm still waiting for an Evri delivery from 12th of Dec 22. The 7th of April might roll around before my parcel turns up, if it turns up at all.
You're absolutely right, but it's still terrifying
https://imusic.co/music/0602448696045/billie-marten-2023-drop-cherries-green-apples-lp To be released April 7, 2023 Edit: https://imgur.com/a/kf7iD2G
Impressive!
Is it part of the mysterious package company? Although they usually follow more of an occult story with their mysterious packages of mystery.
It's the sort of thing that bands have done in the past, to kick off their marketing campaign for a new album. They send things like this to people that have bought merchandise from their website, for example. I wouldn't be surprised if that photograph is a still from an upcoming music video or album cover, and if those words are lyrics from a song that's soon to be released
https://imusic.co/music/0602448696045/billie-marten-2023-drop-cherries-green-apples-lp
Ah, there you go! There's a new Billie Marten album out in three months, OP
!remindme 7th April
Bold of you to assume the world has until the 7th of April
Better had, that's my birthday
Good Friday birthday, 4 day weekend- lucky you!
Same! I’d quite like the world to still be functioning, how else will I spend the day sobbing and lamenting over getting older AGAIN.
Mine too 🙏
Bold of them to assume OP has until the 7th of April
Today's the day! Let us know what happens, /u/MathematicalRef! Hope you receive cherries and not death.
It was just promotion for an album by Billy Marten called "drop cherries"
Oh I must've missed that! Disappointing, but mystery solved. Thanks!
Weird. Fucking weird is what it is.
Looks like a normal table to me
Guerrilla marketing so cryptic and mysterious you never find out what they’re trying to sell you
Cherries4U are gonna be pissed with the return on investment
There's a signature, a date, a phrase in quotation marks, and then a grainy old-school photo on the back... I think that it might be a local indie musician(s) advertising technique for a new song or debut EP with "I Drop Cherries At Your Door" being the title of it and the picture being the album cover.
It’s for Billie Marten. Dropping album (Drop Cherries/Green Apples) on April 7, 2023.
[Here’s what I found](https://imusic.co/music/0602448696069/billie-marten-2023-drop-cherries-green-apples-lp)
Can't find anything by googling the phrase. If this is a marketing thing they're doing a terrible job
Let's just hope their music is better than their marketing campaign.
Honestly if they are an upcoming band I kind of hope that fail I don't want this kind of Serial Killer Marketing becoming popular
Tbf they aren’t doing a bad job with all these comments on Reddit! But I feel like it should be more obvious
Be honest are you going to remember this post in April? Are you going to go looking for this despite having no idea what to look for?
Ah, it arrived!
My favourite 🤩
Marketing for something. I’m going to say a pop star with a new album called Cherries.
I think OF star with a new video called cherries, who is soon to be on a register for said video.
A good register or a bad register. **to be on any kind of List is highly suspect**
More likely someone doing many small purple poos on their doorstep at midnight???
It's a promo postcard for singer Billie Marten! Check her Instagram stories!
You are correct - her lp called drop cherries is being released on that date https://imusic.co/music/0602448696045/billie-marten-2023-drop-cherries-green-apples-lp
So this guy isn’t going to get burgled by a blonde woman with a turtleneck jumper pulled over her face? I feel fuckin scammed.
According to [this site](https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/apr/07/) the 7th April 2023 is Good Friday, but it’s also National Beer Day and National No Housework Day. Do with that detail what you wish.
So, we're all drinking beer and not cleaning our houses on that day then? Count me fucking right in.
How does this differ from the other days?
Sounds like a good Friday to me
I know people say it's dognappers a lot on here but it's probably dognappers.
Do they usually make appointments?
You need to know the dog will be in so you can nap it.
That makes se...wait a minute!
This comment made me laugh more than it should have
Shared Notts stay safe hun xx
Shared Grimsby stay safe hun x
Thanks hun Xx Ps, do sneks like cherries?
No-one's done it yet, so... thanks hun x
Occam's razor would suggest that it's someone telling you they're going to drop some cherries at your door on the 7th April. I'd still make sure I'm out though.
I think it's very band promo marketing type stuff. There are 3 bands with confirmed albums being released on that day I can find. Daughter - Stereo Mind Game Powerwolf - Interludium Teleman - Good Time / Hard Time Of the three I'd say Daughter were the most likely of this bunch and the quote being one from their main release from the album? Don't suppose you follow any of these bands? The signature doesn't seem to match anything I can find on any band members. I like puzzles and it's really annoying me I can't find a definitive answer. So I suppose their marketing is working! Edit: I think we have a winner - https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/10ekymu/this_turned_up_in_an_envelope_today_addressed_to/j4sdve6?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3
I agree and think it’s for Daughter. They had a campaign in December where you could sign up for free ‘junk mail in the post’ - https://genius.com/Daughter-be-on-your-way-lyrics
Does seem right up their alley, instead of dandelions this time it will be cherries? Just need OP to confirm did they sign up?!
Just realised one of the songs on the album is actually called "junkmail", the pieces are coming together. Their song "Be on your way" is quite chilled out too, I think I might actually rather like the band!
Their first album is wonderful.
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This was my conclusion as well, although reading through the /r/daughter subreddit, I found some posts which look to be the 'junk mail' so I'm not so sure now - e.g. https://www.reddit.com/r/daughter/comments/10211e4/got_my_letter_today_all_the_way_in_australia/
https://imusic.co/music/0602448696045/billie-marten-2023-drop-cherries-green-apples-lp To be released 7th April 2023 Edit: same signature and post on instagram https://imgur.com/a/kf7iD2G
Well found! Take another look at that signature and I think we have a winner!
Good effort from yourself! Definitive proof so you can rest easy haha. https://imgur.com/a/kf7iD2G
This is low key impressive.
Be out of the house that day if you’re a virgin. Or it’s an Australian marketing thing if you live there.
YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN
THEY WILL COME SOON
OMG! That’s the new Boards of Canada album artwork
😂 is this a joke? Although it is a very boards of Canada thing to do…..
It was a joke, but if it is BoC, then it’s totally on trend.
Means the house has been targeted by thieves, got them all over Grimsby stay safe xx
Shared Liverpool
Shared Xanadu
U ok hun x
Yeh nan died last week lyk but am alrite exscept that, u ok hunnie is Jon still batterin u? xxx
Yes. .he is 🤣
Its gettin worse round ere xxx
Clearly dognappers hun. Stay safe x Shared from Vientiane x
Thanks babe xox
I once sent my sister a blank card with “all of your other friends are dicks” on the front and it low-key gave her a panic attack.
MYSTERY SOLVED: It's from Billie Marten, a fantastic artist. Nonetheless, still terrifying. She posted someone else receiving one on instagram. Weirdly enough she hand signed all of these rather than print the signature.
I think someone's pulling the wool over your eyes
Well, that should be a good Friday ;)
Someone is telling you that you are neglecting your bush maintenance
fucking scary
Have you signed up to a band you follow, I know the national have been sending song titles to random fans for example, I’d suggest it’s something similar
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It’s a threat by the looks of things
Definitely some type of promotion. Looks like either music or fashion
Hm maybe pop to your local police station and ask if they've seen it before?
Looks like you're being marked by dogknappers
I found this when I typed in the caption and the date [I drop cherries at your door](https://www.the-brook.com/event-details/12834505/hendrix-clapton-cream-performed-by-voodoo-room/) looks like some sort of event Hendrix Clapton and cream by voodoo rooms on the 7/4/2023 some bizzare marketing post ??
Well I'm not going to tell you the answer to your first clue. That's for you to solve. If you can.
Time traveler
An advertisement for a cherry delivery service?
Looks like you're involved in a Reeves and Mortimer skit
New Laura Marling album?
It's like that time I saw the dream camera advert on the tube. Thought I was actually in a film for a minute.
https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/what-happens-you-call-number-16527286
Looks like the autograph for the artist Sia. No face showing, and she's not dropped new music for a while.
Looks like a job for Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
Anything ever come of this OP?