Sending a bill to a desk

That's the standard language of basic legislative procedure. Congress passes a bill and then "sends" it to the president's "desk" to be either signed or vetoed. My question is: What the hell actually happens? A document comes out of a printer. Does Harry Reid hand it off to a courier who delivers it to the White House where some intern receives it, ferries it off to the Oval Office, and delivers it George Bush who--faithfully planted at his desk playing solitaire--hammers it with a comically oversized veto stamp and sends it back, via the same process, to Harry Reid? If that's right, why not just use email? For example:

To: George Bush
From: Harry Reid
Subject: Your stupid war funding package
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Dear George:
       Sign this!
       Love, Harry

To: Harry Reid
From: George Bush
Subject: Re: Your your stupid war fundiing package
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Dear Harry
       Suck it!
       Love, George

And thus the good work of Democracy would move forward faster, and with greater hilarity.

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[Vadranor]

Would you believe that laws on still printed on parchment?