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Post Office (game)

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Post Office is a kissing game played by boys and girls at parties. It has been referred to in United States popular culture since at least the 1880s.

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Rules

The group playing is divided into two groups – typically a girl group and a boy group. One group goes into another room, such as a bedroom, which is called "the post office". To play, each person from the other group individually visits "the post office". Once there, they get a kiss from everyone in the room. They then return to the original room.

Once everyone in the first group has taken a turn, the other group begins sending members to the first room.

Variations

  • In the variation "Postman's Knock", one person chosen by a group to be the "postman" goes outside and knocks on the door. Another person is chosen by the rest of the group to answer the door, and pays for the "letter" with a kiss. Then another person is chosen to be postman, etc. The game has many variations. In some versions, playing cards are used to select which people get to be postman and which get to be answerer in turn.
  • In the variation "Pony Express", the "Post Office" is a closet or it is in some other dark room. The game is played the same, but can become more intense. It is described in the 1954 movie Phffft as "...the same as Post Office, but with more 'horsing around'".
  • In Sweden, the game is referred to as ryska posten ("Russian mail/post office").

    • References

    Post Office (game) Wikipedia
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