Seven Decades After An Iowa Woman Wrote “Please Write Me” On An Egg, Someone Got In Touch

from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson

Today in 1951, a 19 year old sent three words out into the world on the shell of an egg: “Please write me.” Her message simple and effective… though it took a long time for the reply to come in. Plus: starting this Saturday in Brighton, Missouri, the Tulip & Baby Animal Festival. ‘Please write me,’ she scribbled on a random egg in 1951. Someone just did. (Washington Post)Tulip & Baby Animal Festival If we wrote “please back us” on the side of an egg, would you visit our Patreon page?

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