the corroded motto over the portico said 'neither rain nor snow nor glom of nit can stay these mesengers abot thier duty ' and in more spacious days that may have been the case , but recently someone had found it necessary to nail up an addendum which read : dont arsk us about : rocks troll 's with sticks all sorts of dragons mrs cake huje green things with teeth any kinds of black dogs with orange eyebrows rains of spaniel 's .