# 10th Annual SDMB Shot Glass Exchange! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/714796 "2015-03-12T01:50:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/714796/121 "2015-06-05T00:32:22Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > It probably hasn’t gotten there yet, but the drink is an old Chicago tradition. > However before you crack the bottle, watch this: > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player\_detailpage&v=q7s16ewP1RU#t=1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=q7s16ewP1RU#t=1) > > You’ve been warned 😉 Uh oh. 😃 UPS tried to deliver a package today but no one was home to sign for it. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/714796/122 "2015-06-06T14:48:38Z")
Mine is off to the Land Down Under. It’s a bit late, but there is fun stuff in there from the Great White North, so please forgive me, gentle recipient. I was the happy recipient of a package from Plymouth via the Royal Mail. A lovely shot glass for my collection and a couple of key chains (anyone who borrows a key from me is going to have questions 😃 ) and a decoration for my Christmas tree. Every tree needs a crown, even in the colonies. Well done and thank you. Oh! And there was a rubber sea creature, which really tickles my sense of whimsy. I feel like I might hide it around the house and wait for the boyfriend to notice that there is a tiny stingray everywhere he turns. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/714796/123 "2015-06-06T14:53:35Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > Uh oh. > > 😃 > > UPS tried to deliver a package today but no one was home to sign for it. :smack: Got work yesterday they they sent the bottle but forgot the shotglass :smack: It’s on the way now. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/714796/124 "2015-06-06T17:50:04Z")
I still have no package.☹ ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/714796/125 "2015-06-06T19:02:15Z")
OK, fess up. Who has Baker? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2015, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/714796/126 "2015-06-06T21:59:54Z")
I don’t want to know, actually, not until it arrives. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/714796/127 "2015-06-07T04:26:18Z")
Sorry for my absenteeism… I’ll follow up with all of those who haven’t sent theirs yet and make sure it goes out ASAP. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/714796/128 "2015-06-07T07:40:05Z")
> [@minionkat](#): > > Oh! And there was a rubber sea creature, which really tickles my sense of whimsy. I’m glad you like him 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/714796/129 "2015-06-08T23:41:41Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Got work yesterday they they sent the bottle but forgot the shotglass :smack: > It’s on the way now. Blerg. Did you mail it or send UPS again? My wife waited all day (until 530) for the UPS guy, then left to get labJR at daycare. Guess when they showed up? :smack::mad: Third attempt. Off to the UPS Center tomorrow - No worries - lucky for me it’s close by in Myrtle Beach. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/714796/130 "2015-06-09T00:21:34Z")
Actually the liquor store shipped it out. I’m assuming UPS but it will definitely come in 2 deliveries. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/714796/131 "2015-06-11T02:45:04Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Actually the liquor store shipped it out. I’m assuming UPS but it will definitely come in 2 deliveries. Wow First part was a big 'ole bottle of Jeppson’s Malort Liqueur, and a cool hip flask. Can’t wait for part two ! Thanks Zoid! ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/714796/132 "2015-06-11T02:52:19Z")
I’ll call tomorrow… ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/714796/133 "2015-06-11T17:02:14Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > I’ll call tomorrow… We tried the Jeppsons last night All I have to say is - **WHAT DID I DO TO YOU TO DESERVE THIS ?!!?** Holy Crap - It tastes like Earwax mixed with burnt tires! My wife hates me now for making her try it. \ **ZOOOOOIIIIIDDDDDDDD!!!** :D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/714796/134 "2015-06-12T23:38:16Z")
😃 It’s a Chicago thing. I called and the shot glass shipped today, sorry for the screw up. ---
**Author:** ![Silvorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/714796/135 "2015-06-16T04:19:35Z")
How many of us are still waiting? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/714796/136 "2015-06-16T09:35:40Z")
I am still waiting. First time in _any_ exchange I haven’t got stuff. But if you are Silvorange that’s a real pity. I fondly remember the box of goodies you sent me in an earlier exchange. I didn’t keep your address or I’d send you something. People, if you ever get Silvo in an exchange you are lucky. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/714796/137 "2015-06-16T16:52:58Z")
I am also still waiting ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/714796/138 "2015-06-16T18:15:07Z")
> [@GreedySmurf](#): > > True to form for me, my package finally went out today. :o > > The delivery kangaroos have quite a ways to hop, but if past experience holds, it should only be a couple of weeks to arrive in the great frozen north aka Canada. 😛 I tried to include a tipple in keeping with my recipients nickname, but the only local whiskeys are distilled in Tasmania, and I couldn’t get hold of any of them in Queensland, so it’s the local Rum instead. GreedySmurf, your package arrived! Thank you for the sugar cane rum! And the kangaroo jerky (!) was totes awesome for 2 reasons: 1. My wife thinks kangaroos are cuddly and sweet like Disney cartoons, and therefore wouldn’t even look at the jerky. I got all of it to myself, and it was fantastic stuff! 2. I chased my wife around the house while brandishing the jerky because I am secretly 5 years old. The rum was very different to our western-hemisphere rum. It had much more intense rum flavour, most of the rums from the Americas have a diminished flavour. Fantastic to try. I have been sipping it neat out of respect for the quality. _Three (3)_ shotglasses was very generous of you! Many thanks, sir! ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/714796/139 "2015-06-17T00:17:25Z")
> [@Whiskey\_Dickens](#): > > GreedySmurf, your package arrived! > > Thank you for the sugar cane rum! > And the kangaroo jerky (!) was totes awesome for 2 reasons: > > 1. My wife thinks kangaroos are cuddly and sweet like Disney cartoons, and therefore wouldn’t even look at the jerky. I got all of it to myself, and it was fantastic stuff! > > 2. I chased my wife around the house while brandishing the jerky because I am secretly 5 years old. > The rum was very different to our western-hemisphere rum. It had much more intense rum flavour, most of the rums from the Americas have a diminished flavour. Fantastic to try. I have been sipping it neat out of respect for the quality. > _Three (3)_ shotglasses was very generous of you! > Many thanks, sir! Glad you’re enjoying it. If an internet factoid is to be believed, Australia is the only country that eats the animals on it’s coat of arms. (I couldn’t find any emu jerky unfortunately) 😃 I am fascinated with the idea that you’re respecting Bundy\* Rum for its quality. Here in Queensland its reputation is as a bit of a bogan (redneck) drink. Usually taken in the form of a **Bundy & Coke**. (as in Coca Cola). Or a **Dark and Stormy** has become quite popular, which is Bundy Rum and Ginger Beer. - Ignore the label, if you want to sound like a real Aussie, it is simply Bundy Rum, not Bundaberg. And speaking of the label, I have no idea how a polar bear became the mascot for a drink brewed in tropical Central Queensland. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/714796/140 "2015-06-17T01:20:21Z")
Not even the recipient, and I loved that bit of local color! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/714796.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10th-annual-sdmb-shot-glass-exchange/714796.md?page=8)