A Brief History of Children Sent Through the Mail

[JSngry]

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brief-history-children-sent-through-mail-180959372/

Uh, we said male child...M-A-L-E

[Rooster_Ties]

Children, and buildings too...

https://www.ksl.com/article/32424611/vernal-bank-built-by-bricks-sent-through-the-mail-mdash-partly-true

[ejp626]

1 hour ago, Rooster_Ties said:

Children, and buildings too...

https://www.ksl.com/article/32424611/vernal-bank-built-by-bricks-sent-through-the-mail-mdash-partly-true

Different loophole used as late as 1988 to mail bricks to Alaska - https://apnews.com/article/281d3e682569b2cc5edd890bf600d17e

I actually remembered hearing of this one at the time.

[Chuck Nessa]

When I went to the PO last week a fellow was picking up a carton of one day old chicks. They be chirping.

[Big Beat Steve]

6 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

 They be chirping.

And you'se surprised?