a few years ago, when i was living in halls at uni, we ordered some tickets to a gig over the phone at about 4.30 in the afternoon and thought nothing more about them - expecting them to arrive in a few weeks.
later that evening a few of us had some drinks and, for no particular reason, decided to stay up all night.
bleary eyed and ready for bed, we wandered into the canteen at about 8am for some breakfast and then past the post table before going to sleep - imagine our surprise when we saw our tickets had arrived in the post that morning!
so our tickets managed to be ordered, dispatched and delivered to us before we even went to bed!