Simpsons postage stamps ready

[Mr. McD]

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - "Simpsons" fans can get the first peek at stamps featuring Homer, Marge & Co. -- and vote for their favorite -- when the U.S. Postal Service unveils the designs Thursday morning.

The stamps will be available nationwide on May 7.

"This is the biggest and most adhesive honor 'The Simpsons' has ever received," said creator and executive producer Matt Groening.

http://www.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUSTRE5382TZ20090409

[NeedleCast]

1. Awesome. Futurama stamps next please!

[kernelfarmer]

2. Homer Simpson gets the honor that Paul Wellstone deserves....

that is so wrong

[Sequoia]

3. And Homer's still alive.

[kernelfarmer]

4. true (nt)

[Ian David]

6. I think you have to be dead at least 10 years. Has it been that long? n/t

[Freddie Stubbs]

12. Wellstone has not been dead for ten years

USPS policy is a person must be dead for ten years before they can be considered for a stamp. The only exception is for Presidents of the United States.

[Ian David]

5. I'll watch the simpsons, but I won't buy their crap that subsidizes Fox. n/t

[MineralMan]

7. When's the Calvin pissing on Rush stamp come out?

[TahitiNut]

8. In a related news release, a man is picketing the USPS protesting lack of Principal Skinner stamp

He's accompanied on his picketing by a chihuahua that answers to the name of 'Romeo.'

[underpants]

9. it tastes like burning

[Wickerman]

10. I really want to see a Nelson stamp

Cuz then if your mail got lost then it would be really funny when the person got it cuz Nelson would be like laughing at them cuz their mail was...

uh, wait a minute,

Nevermind.

:blush"

[MercutioATC]

11. You DO know that you can make your own postage stamps, right?

Sites like this:

http://www.zazzle.com/custom/stamps

allow you to make U.S. postage stamps using any image you'd like.

You pay a premium (I don't think Zazzle is the cheapest, I just use it as an example) but you can make your own custom stamps.

[chaplainM]

13. First day covers

From which Springfield will the first day covers be sent?

[Toucano]

14. I remember Bush the first saying we need more families like the Waltons

and fewer like the Simpsons. Sort of helped reveal how out of touch he was at the time.

IN YOUR FACE, GHWB!!!