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I've heard that someone once addressed a letter to:

HILL

JOHN

MASS

And it got there. See if you can figure out the intended recipient - it took me a good half hour. Spoilers at http://www.randomhouse.com/features/billbryson/bb_title/disp...

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I once mailed a postcard from Honolulu addressed only to

  Michaelangelo McKasty
  Albany, New York

and it never arrived. I find it highly unlikely there is more than one Michaelangelo McKasty in Albany. I assume the USPS clerks in Albany are somewhat more disenchanted with their jobs than the ones in Andover, and just threw the postcard away.

Well, Andover has 31,000 and Albany has 94,000. The first is as a puzzle, the second one not so much.

In my case, the town is much smaller, and pretty much everyone knew everyone.

Or, they didn't appreciate you screwing with them when they're already agreeing to deliver your letter for just 44 cents and 3 lines of address.

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