At least it's not a mysterious white powder

[rowyn]

I process most of the payments by mail made to Toddler Bank. Today, in an envelope containing a perfectly normal check and payment notice, I also received seven curious slips of paper, each about two and a half inches wide, and a third of an inch tall. Dotted lines ring each one; they look like they've been cut along the dotted lines from a photocopied piece of paper. Each as a word or phrase on it. They read as follows:

Fever
Sucks thumb
Attends a daycare center five days a week
Four years old
Diarrhea
Recently swam in a local pond
Nausea and vomiting

It's almost like they're pieces from some peculiar medical diagnostic game. I have no idea what they're supposed to mean. One of my co-workers suggested that the envelope had been storing many of these, and the customer hadn't emptied it completely before putting the payment inside and mailing it.

So: what sort of purposes (nefarious and otherwise) can you imagine for slips of paper like these?

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[tuftears.livejournal.com]

Nefarious purpose: voodoo! You know how they used to work voodoo by leaving fetishes in the possessions of some person or around places he lived or worked? Same idea, just done by mail.

Nefarious purpose: voodoo blackmail! Next they'll be followed by a letter reading, "You could have actually been cursed by the ailments and disasters recently named! If you wish us to protect you from these things, send $1000 in small, unmarked bills to..."

[rowyn]

I did feel a little ill after receiving them, in fact ... :D

It occured to me that it'd be fun to pretend, in my journal to be acquiring these traits/experiences, starting with the simplest ('I'm feeling nauseous this morning, think I'll skip breakfast') and working my way back to the least plausible ('Waaaah! I've shrunk! I want my MOMMY!') But I thought that would be a little mean. :)