# Doper Valentines Exchange **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 23, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763 "2004-01-23T14:25:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/161 "2004-02-10T03:30:38Z")
My printer is happily churning out the last batch of mine! Some of you will get a hand-written message, due to my damned ink cartridge running out the other night. It’s all nice and homey for you, but my wrist hurts from trying to write so much legibly! Oh wait - it’s not the last batch of mine! I decided to go for the personally-designed computer-printed Valentines, and I only bought a package of 50 cards (thinking that it would be plenty). So the last few folks on the list may be a little late in receiving theirs, but they should be mailed on Wednesday at the latest. Personally, I signed my real name and doper name, to avoid confusion. Ah - “printing complete”! Gotta get them puppies ready to go to work with me in the morning. I am so looking forward to fun stuff in the mail. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/162 "2004-02-10T04:21:00Z")
I mailed most of mine today! Sorry - they’re just cards… I promise that next year, I’ll be more inventive. Looking forward to being on the receiving end … I suppose I have to wait until Valentine’s Day to open them? Drat. \ ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/163 "2004-02-10T04:21:00Z")
I mailed most of mine today! Sorry - they’re just cards… I promise that next year, I’ll be more inventive. Looking forward to being on the receiving end … I suppose I have to wait until Valentine’s Day to open them? Drat. \ ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/164 "2004-02-10T04:22:39Z")
Well, that’s just peachy! Double post - Where’s the love?? ---
**Author:** ![earthpuppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@earthpuppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/earthpuppy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/165 "2004-02-10T04:35:28Z")
Got it, **S\_B**. Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/166 "2004-02-10T06:22:47Z")
Okay, there are 58 total, right? So, subtract me = 57 Then, I added 2 of my own = 59 I sent out 58. So, that means I missed someone on this list. I printed out the lists I received in e-mail, so I guess I must have accidently deleted an e-mail. I know I had asked you to not add any more after the first big list came to me, **Scuba** , but I feel sad that I’m leaving someone out. To whoever it is: nothing personal. Eventually, I might cross ref thru this thread, but not right now… ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/167 "2004-02-10T06:51:44Z")
Mine are all done, all but one are in envelopes. It seems the glitter on **Blonde’s** just won’t dry. Sorry if they arrive after the 14th. Lots of love to you all 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/168 "2004-02-10T11:10:18Z")
I’m going to be out of town on the 14th - in fact, I’m leaving on the 12th and returning on the 16th, so I expect I’ll have a stack of envelopes awaiting me upon my return. Yay! They will be the driving force keeping me happy on the long drive south on I-95. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/169 "2004-02-10T12:08:35Z")
I am awed and humbled by the creativity on display here … I just sent cards - clip art, printer, card, envelope, it all seemed quite straightforward at the time. Oh, well, it’s the thought that counts, isn’t it? (He says, hopefully.) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/170 "2004-02-10T12:23:17Z")
> [@Steve Wright](#): > > I am awed and humbled by the creativity on display here … I just sent cards - clip art, printer, card, envelope, it all seemed quite straightforward at the time. Oh, well, it’s the thought that counts, isn’t it? (He says, hopefully.) Absolutely! IIRC, last year at least 3/4 of the people did store-bought cards, which is perfectly fine. Clip art definitely counts as making your own! The point is to have fun and be silly and get lots and lots of mail. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Aries28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Aries28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aries28)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/171 "2004-02-10T13:49:17Z")
Due to a mishap with glue mine will not be going out until tomorrow. I apologize in advance if they make it to you past the 14th. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/172 "2004-02-10T13:55:18Z")
Mishap with glue? Suddenly I have a mental image of you, your family, your pets, and much of your furniture covered in glitter… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Aries28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Aries28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aries28)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/173 "2004-02-10T15:56:40Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Mishap with glue? Suddenly I have a mental image of you, your family, your pets, and much of your furniture covered in glitter… 😃 Ahhh…you know me so well. 😉 Needless to say, there will not be glitter on my handmade cards. I am craft challenged it appears. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/174 "2004-02-10T16:40:15Z")
My postman just asked me if I was participating in one of those pyramid schemes-- you know send a dollar to everyone on your list type deals. He chuckled when I told him what was in those envelopes was more valuable than money – it was love for a bunch of stangers from the internet. Can it get any better??? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/175 "2004-02-10T17:33:33Z")
Sadly, no purdy truly homemade/hand drawn cards this year. While I had a blast making them all last year, no time this year. [curmudgeon]You’ll git computer drawn cards, 'n LIKE it! Ya hear?! [/curmudgeon] Mine’ll be going out tomorrow, knock on wood. ---
**Author:** ![earthpuppy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@earthpuppy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/earthpuppy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/176 "2004-02-10T23:27:20Z")
woo hoo !! Just got home from work and got my first Doper Valentine from my “neighbor” **Archergal**!! Very cute handmade card! I LOVE it!!! _This is gonna be so much fun!!!_😃 ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/177 "2004-02-11T00:26:52Z")
I got my first valentine from **vivalostwages**! Yay for mail! I’ve got about 4 more to send out that will be dropped in tomorrow morning’s mail. The rest should already be working their way to their destinations. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/178 "2004-02-11T01:30:32Z")
Okay, I did the rest of mine. Whew! They’ll go in the mail tomorrow. Well, except for those out of the US. I’m gonna bring those to the post office and mail 'em from there. I hope I did these okay! Some of you are getting Harry Potter and some are getting Scooby Doo. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/179 "2004-02-11T01:38:27Z")
I gots my first! From **Theo**. Cute homemade type. 🙂 **Dantheman** , be careful opening anyting from **Seige**. She said she performed some type of ancient Sumerian ritual which imprisoned an evil spirit in one of the words on your card. I asked for the spell and sent a similar demon to **VivaLosTwages**. All in the name of good Christian fun, don’t you know. **Scuba** , hope you’re not afraid of bugs! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763/180 "2004-02-11T02:06:52Z")
Woo hoo! One from **Scuba\_Ben** and one from **Pandora**! Thanks, guys! Okay, I’ve obtained supplies, and will make a whole big batch tomorrow night. People are okay with stragglers arriving next week, right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-valentines-exchange/225763.md?page=10)