In case you needed a rabbit hole today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_mail#Mailing_children
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@wikipedia To follow up, another song. This song isn't about shipping people, but the video is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eqtwjgvNGc
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@wikipedia No no no!!! Don't do this to me! πŸ˜‚
@wikipedia CIA agents may be shipped in boxes for exfiltration purposes
see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PUs7l2jW9c
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Suffragettes Elspeth Douglas McClelland and Daisy Solomon mailed themselves successfully to the then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, H. H. Asquith at 10 Downing Street on 23 February 1909, but his office refused to accept the parcels

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omg what if the admin of https://instagram.com/depthsofwikipedia would post on @wikipedia
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home alone? ship yourself to your grandma
@wikipedia @LillyHerself Inspiring that in those days it only took a year to address this kind of problem.
@wikipedia You’re right about the rabbit hole - but a super interesting and educational one. Who knew?
@wikipedia I’m very curious what the cost was. Was it per pound? Based on size? Based on mobility? Did they feed them?
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Listen to Futility Closet episode #5 (https://www.futilitycloset.com/podcast/page/37/)
for a great story about mailing people.
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@wikipedia @fogelnet i think it would be hilarious to mail a kid to grandmas
@ll_rain @wikipedia @fogelnet just smack the postage on his forehead like he’s a coconut
@seth @wikipedia fun tidbit for sure, I read about this a couple of years ago. Imagine mailing your kid somewhere to go visit the grandparents or other relatives lol.
@JustAnotherJay @wikipedia LOL can you imagine the liability? Hahah!
@wikipedia The world's never been the same since the deep state stopped us from our God-given right to mail our children.
@wikipedia it still exists today. Two of my neighbors boxed themselves up to be shipped to Florida for Spring Break. Instead, the garbage truck picked them up and took them to the local dump. There’s a documentary about it on a show called Beavis and ButtHead.
The Slave That Packed Himself in a Box and Mailed Himself to Freedom

In 1849, Henry 'Box' Brown became a free man by putting himself in a box and mailing himself to freedom.

@wikipedia I wouldn’t print a car but I would email a child.
@wikipedia Okay, but how much did it cost to ship a 49 lb. child in 1913? Were the rates reasonable?
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@wikipedia yup. So utterly bizarre.
@wikipedia when you are too poor to afford transport, then you mail your children to school

@wikipedia The article does not mention Jim Knopf who was mailed to Lummerland accidentally. He should have gone to Kummerland, but die Adresse war ein Gekritzel!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Button_and_Luke_the_Engine_Driver

Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver - Wikipedia

@wikipedia My parents tried this and now I identify as mail... 🀩