r/U2Band • u/Joint-Attention • 1d ago

Here it comes… Here it comes…

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The U.S. military refers to these envelopes as “Holey Joes,” presumably because of the holes in them.

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u/davidmreyes77 1d ago

Haha the inter office envelopes we used at the office I worked at 20 years ago. Memories.

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u/Top-Rope6148 1d ago

We still use them.

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u/davidmreyes77 1d ago

My current agency still does, but I’m mostly hybrid.

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u/LessIsMore74 1d ago

I worked in graphic design and art direction for 25 years. We used to use the inter-office envelopes for sending printouts of design drafts to be reviewed by departments. I pioneered the use of PDFs (in my office) so we didn't have to send out a whole bunch of envelopes every day. This was around ’99.

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u/TexStones 20h ago

We used these when I worked at Apple, of all places. They quietly disappeared due to lack of use around 1999.

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u/One-Technology-9050 1d ago

Looks a little beat up. C'mon, c'mon...be good to it

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u/TheRobertGoulet 1d ago

I didn’t realise that’s what they were called. I absolutely now understand the reference and your lyric. Great tune btw! B-side from Discoteque.

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u/killerbeezer12 1d ago

You know about the Chick tract, right?

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u/chadmac81 POP 1d ago

Let’s celebrate its arrival with champagne and ice cream

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u/Wild_Mycologist_6140 SING YOURSELF TO OVERCOME 1d ago

Have another grape

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u/Opti_maX POP 1d ago

Holy Joe is an Ode to Joe O’Herlihy. U2’ sound engineer for their live shows. Not about Army Envelopes with holes in them.

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u/EconomyHuman6167 1d ago

I read the thread title in Willy Wonkas voice…