Direct recycling: making envelopes out of maps (among other things)

Today, I got a letter at work inviting me to a presentation.

They had two quite eye-catching gimmicks.

The second one was in the letter itself, where they asked whether code quality can be assured by simply “sticking a plaster on it”—and at the side of the letter was a bit of code with an actual sticky plaster on top! Nifty.

But the big one, the one I saw before I even opened the envelope, was that the envelope had been made out of an old map (of the area near Traunstein near the Chiemsee, as it happened). Definitely an eye-catcher.

Apparently, the envelope was produced by a company called D!rektrecycling. Now I want to buy some note-paper blocks, letter stationery, and envelopes made out of old maps….

I wonder whether to get envelopes where the map bit is on the inside or the outside; they make both kinds. I suppose the map-inside one is more understated, simply using some recycled paper, while the map-outside one is more showy.

Synonyms

Amy seems to be interested in synonyms, especially where different people will use different words for the same thing (including, but not limited to, US/UK differences in vocabulary).

For example, while reading her bedtime story this evening (A Great Day for Up), when we got to the bit about taking an “elevator” up, she commented that “Aunt Elaine says ‘elevator’ instead of ‘lift’!”

And later this evening, after she was in bed and listening to a CD, she called down to tell me that “On the ‘Paula’ CD, they call a toilet a ‘lavatory’!”