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In its early years, what was the most unusual type of package delivered by the US Postal Service?

Correct answer: Children up to 20 pounds of weight

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What people think about it: 37 Comments

Jonesy

A head of a dead.....what?

Bonnie

What a fascinating story! I bet they were more reliable than our Postal system today! Anddd a lot less expensive!

Angie

Player Say what!?, used to deliver mail. It is a hard job in all weather and they deserve our respect

Wannabe Vulcan

Gives a new meaning to delivering a baby.

Player Say what!?

Player #5817850, I agree and I don't work for them, nor do I know anyone who does. But if you look, really look at what it takes to mail a letter across even just one state, it's an amazing process and actually inexpensive. Some people rag on them only because they think they're supposed to.

Snance

This mailing babies is really weird. But I don't want to judge...

Liz

Player Say what!?, I completely agree!! It is truly fascinating. To be honest, I still wish people took the time to send more personal letters like they did in the past before email came about. To me, an email does not express the emotional side of a handwritten letter.

Julie

I asked my husband this question. He is a retired letter carrier. He knew the answer without hearing the choices!

Katie

I'm stuck on the part where the 8 mo. old baby was under 11 lbs.

Lionessa

When I was young, the prevailing attitude among parents seemed to be, "What doesn't kill the kid will make him stronger." My parents' motto was, "It'll hurt, but she'll only do it once."

Byrde Alpha Bitch

nanster, The same could be said of anyone having to answer questions about a country they are not that familiar with or have not studied the history, or even the present for that matter.

nanster

unfortunately for australian players American questions are often more difficult

Souljah Gal

Bonnie , more like a deranged story

sofiya

very hard que to discuss this😔

Addam

Katie , I imagine that's the reason why the parents gave him up to live with relatives someone who could afford to take care of him

Artie

Montana, God I hope you're right. I mean I haven't ever heard of anything so reckless. I mean we're babies back then considered life stock?!

Artie

I'm sorry, even though I learned that this was so, it just seems so ridiculous and absurd. I mean I could see the Little Rascals, Laurel and Hardy, and the Three Stooges involved in something like this.... but, really!

Lionessa

Player #137846770, I remember. The event spawned the expression, "Going Postal."

ravi

a head of dead

Player #137846770

I remember the first mailroom murders in Edmond Oklahoma years ago. 14 people killed,I think

Rufus

Wannabe Vulcan, Brilliant play on words :-)

joepla

Have a friend who is a postal worker. They work so hard that when I pass postal workers on the street, I thank them and wish them well.

LillySparrow

Snance, it was an inexpensive way to send their children to other relatives.

LillySparrow

Wannabe Vulcan, hahaha and the USPS still delivers mail via donkey 🫏 on foot in the Grand Canyon!

LillySparrow

Angie, yes, I did work for them for about 2 years but couldn’t get a regular route so moved on . . . It is the most physically challenging job I’ve had (I’ve also worked in the airlines on the ramp sometimes and that THAT was easy compared with the Postal Service!!!) God Bless the Mail Carrier’s!