Quote Originally Posted by Avianmosquito View Post
WHY does sending take ten minutes to cast? That's annoyed me since the first time my DM pointed it out in like 2005. WHY? It's already a super limited spell with a super high caster level for what it does, WHY does it also have to take an obnoxiously long time to cast?
Correspond has it as well. Super annoying. As for why? No idea, maybe they didn't want it to be used for instant scouting? It still seems pretty ridiculous though.

Houserule it if you want or carry scrolls/wands of it to bypass that cast time.