Fast Mail

At our local post office, a woman angrily complained to the clerk that a Pony Express rider could get a letter from Milwaukee to St. Louis in two days, and now it takes three. "I'd like to know why," she scoffed.
The clerk thought a moment and then suggested, "Well Ma'am, I'd guess Those horses are a lot older now
wouldn't you think?"
Originally published October 01, 2004.