Summer Postcards give way to SMS

Summer vacationers around the world are switching from postcards to SMS, according to this Telegraph UK article:

"It is enough to bring tears to the eyes of a donkey in a sunhat. 'Wish you were here' is becoming 'wsh u wr hr' as text messages threaten the future of the postcard.

Until a generation ago, it was the norm for friends and family on holiday from Blackpool to Bognor to scribble a few words on a postcard featuring either the local promenade or a cartoon involving a lecherous middle-aged man, a buxom blonde and a misunderstanding over the word 'organ'. But as the popularity of foreign holidays grew, holidaymakers tired of being home before their postcards arrived."

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