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Pony Express job posting

The text of a Pony Express job poster (copy):

Wanted: Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over eighteen. Must be expert riders, willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred.

Seems unlikely that you’d see that on a recruitment poster today. Have to admit that I’m tempted to write “willing to risk death daily” on a resumé and see where it gets me.

Posted 2010/12/30 at 11:16pm / advertising / history / orphans

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