XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: robban@clubtelco.com   
      
   On 15/01/2014 11:48 am, Christopher J. Henrich wrote:   
   > In article , Greg Goss   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Your Name  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Just pretend you're a parcel, stick a label on your forehead, and book   
   >>> yourself on a courier delivery service ... just make sure it's not a   
   >>> holiday weekend, otherwise you might get left in the van until the next   
   >>> working day.  ;-)   
   >>   
   >> A recent Daily Dish post featured pictures of kids in mailbags from an   
   >> era when you COULD stick stamps to the kid's sweater and hand him to   
   >> the mailman.   
   > I guess if your kid weighed no more than one ounce (28 grams) a 2-cent   
   > stamp would have sufficed.   
      
   The problem comes when the young lady behind the counter pushes it   
   through the slot that determines whether it's a parcel or a package.   
   --   
   Robert Bannister - 1940-71 SE England   
                       1972-now W Australia   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)