coconut
sign in the Hoolehua, Hawaii Post Office

To mail a coconut within the United States, it is not necessary to do anything other than affix an address and correct postage. The US Postal Service views coconuts as self-contained container, so it is not necessary to place it inside any other packaging.

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4 responses to “Sweets to the Sweet; Coconuts to You”

  1. That’s kind of awesome… I’d love to mail a coconut to someone and see their reaction.

  2. I did this when I went to Hawaii as a kid, then I had a coconut in my closet for years because what the heck do you do with a coconut?

    1. For boys, the obvious answer is to use it in an appropriately-sized slingshot.

      1. I tried to make a coconut radio like on Gilligan’s Island but it was only AM so I threw it away

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