I remember reading in a book on Mad Magazine, that a fan letter from Europe was delivered all the way to their office with no address. The only piece of information on the envelope was a taped on picture of Alfred E. Neuman.

Ha! I saw that toy for sale about ten years ago. My toddler at the time and I laughed and laughed. It was brilliant. Our kind of humor.

“Never-opened small bottle of spring water.
We observed the street corner box surreptitiously the following day upon mail collection. After puzzling briefly over this item, the postal carrier removed the mailing label and drank the contents of the bottle over the course of a few blocks as he worked his route.”

This story rekindles my confidence in an old institution that we still depend upon every day. The USPS.