I Got My Elephant!!!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Thanks Hastur!!!

Am I the first? Oh man, I’m so excited. I got home today from work and there, in the lobby, under the mailboxes, was The Box. I almost peed myself I was so excited to get it upstairs and open it.

But no. I called my friend to come over for a beer and watch me open it, after explaining what the heck the White Elephant swap was. And then, with due reverence, we opened it.

Well. All I have to say is that HASTUR has some pretty primo stuff he’s passing off as junk. In the box there was:

– An Erma Bombeck cassette tape
– Two videos: Superman and Babysitters Cartoon Bonanza
– An old cassette Walkman
– A tin of “Kama Sutra Oil of Love,” empty (damn)
– A blue light bulb (burnt out)
– A Dilbert doll
– Three books (including Necronomicron- already read it, maybe I’ll donate it to my church)
– An 8-track tape of a band I have never heard of (Kraftwerk? Who?)
– A Superman pouch thong (greeted with shrieks of laughter and delight by my friend, who immediately seized it to take home to his boyfriend)
– A Sega NFL '95 cartridge
– Two action-figure dolls (one male, one female) of . . . um, well, superheros, I frankly don’t know who
– Hollywouldn’t – A Queer Postcard Book, which I loved (great images)
– Condoms (what care package is complete without them?)
– Bunches of other good stuff I don’t have time to type in.

It was a LOT of stuff! And it was GOOD stuff!

Oh, wait, there was one more thing: A red appliance thingy of some variety that says “Maiker” on the side. Unfortunately, I don’t think it’s a naughty appliance but, HASTUR, what is it?

HASTUR, thank you SO much. It was a blast to open and has given me (and my friend) great entertainment.

Y’all better be getting some pretty fine stuff to beat the stuff I got.

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You are most welcome.

The Maiker object is a cigarette roller.

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I got my stuff yesterday, too! UncleBill sent me some great stuff, including:
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A bottle of Galactic Shampoo with C3PO on the cap
A coaster from Kuala Lampur
4 suction cup hooks
A cassette tape of people talking in Arabic (this rocks, BTW)
A keyring from a credit union
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Thanks, UncleBill! To the person whose name I have: Fear not…mine is going in the mail this weekend.

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Yay! I got mine too! I went to the mail center last evening at about 5pm, and there was a package slip in my tiny mailbox. But the pick-up window was closed. I hate when I have to wait in suspense all night for a package. I finally got it this morning and openend it and… Christmas in my room!! Here is the inventory of goodies:
::looks up vB code for bulleted lists in FAQ::
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[li]A Tomb Raider backpack, complete with flashlight (batteries not included) and bottle of Pepsi[/li][li]A large, purple Trekkies pin[/li][li]A magnifying glass promoting The General’s Daughter[/li][li]A very large cup promoting The Relic[/li][li]A skull ring[/li][li]Soundtacks of Rock Star and End of Days[/li][li]A talking stuffed cat from Cats and Dogs[/li][li]A box of Cheesy Poofs™[/li][li]An American Outlaws bandanna[/li][li]A fun squishy thing from Osmosis Jones[/li][li]A dartboard promoting Along Came A Spider[/li][li]A very large t-shirt and a very small tank top promoting Rock Star[/li][li]2 Paramount Pictures newsletter type thingies[/li][li]an inflatable 3-eyed Evolution ball[/li][li]a mini voice recording microphone with a recording of Zebra saying “Hey girl, how YOU doin’?” on it[/li][/ul]
Thanks, Zebra! You are awesome. :slight_smile:
After getting all this cool stuff, I feel really bad about sending that slime mold and box of rocks to my person. :smiley:

::hits Submit, then falls down exhausted from all the [sub]correct![/sub] coding in her longest post ever::

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Mine came Monday. Lots of thanks to BunnyGirl for all the shibby swag!

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[li]A plastic heating register cover.[/li][li]Candles, candles, candles! I really like candles, I’m glad to get them![/li][li]Hair gel mist and conditioner. We’ll use these up![/li][li]A grapevine stencil. I’ve been looking for some stencils to use on my bookcase. Now I have some with a story behind them![/li][li]Loofa and clear pore strips, and a nail brush. I’ll use these, too. Lots of useful things![/li][li]VCR cleaning tape. I’m ashamed to admit that we didn’t have one. Now we do.[/li][li]A pocket callendar with some very revealing entries. :)[/li][li]A bag of baloons, a bag of confetti, a box of snaps. Now what a party we can have with this![/li][li]A bag of eye-makeup sponges. Into my copious cosmetics bag it goes! You wouldn’t think I would have such a large bag, considering I wear make-up about once every two weeks.[/li][li]An Oldsmobile match-em card game. This is cool. On to the game shelf it goes![/li][li]A shower head. Well, I’ll put it in the medicine cabinet with the other one. :)[/li][li]World Wildlife Fund and Opera Cards. My 3 year old nephew adores this sort of thing. Off to Lutie’s house![/li][li]Coping saw blades, unopened. Well, this one has me puzzled. I have no idea what I’ll do with these…[/li][li]Touch-up paint for a 1993 Eagle Vision. Well…we don’t have a car. We’ll need one eventually. Could be.[/li][li]Purple plastic ping-pong ball. My kitty Darien’s favorite new toy![/li][li]Honey recipies and a Cookie cookbook. On the shelf with the lots and lots over other cookbooks![/li][li]University of Michigan pencils. Hah! You guys don’t have anything this cool! :)[/li][li]99 Home Remidies and Purring Into The Light. Yay, books![/li][li]Plastic Apple Corer. Is that what those things are? I always thought they had something to do with grapefruits![/li][li]A map: Africa’s Natural Realms. I love maps![/li][li]Furniture scratch cover pencil. The exact color of my kitchen table![/li][li]12 foam curlers, tiny wooden airplaine and matchbox car. Off to Lutie![/li][li]This Old House Guide to building materials. I love refrence books![/li][li]Public Gardens and Aboretums of the United States. Ditto![/li][li]Johnny Bravo ‘Chick Magnet’ Fridge magnet. My gal squealed in delight and pounced on it. I think it’s a hit… :)[/li][/ul]

And that’s not even counting the Chocolate bar and the cool decoration of the huge box so that it looked like a treasure chest!

Thanks bunches!

K.

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Jesus, the overachievers are started to intimidate me. Time to add more crapola to the box I’m assembling…

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C’mon, Cranky, don’t go overboard… it’ll just show up my puny box o’ goodies… But what it lacks in quantity, it lacks in quality…

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I know what you mean Cranky, my box was pretty small, too.

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I got my stuff from delphica!!!

  1. A beautiful set of windchimes, which I collect…How did you know??
  2. A set of tiny notecards and envelopes, for writing tiny notes.
  3. A tiny reading light, to write tiny notes in the dark! (Ha ha!)
  4. A Halloween coloring book.
  5. A, um, lovely photo album and journal, with a, um, beautiful faux snake print. (Methinks the journal shall become “Skerri’s Book O’ Evil Thoughts”!) :smiley:
  6. A Greek flag, which will come in handy when I go to the Greek Festival here in Charleston next week!

Aah… I think I’m forgetting something, because I am writing this from work. But thanks for the gifts, delphica!!!

Oh, and to my lovely victi–umm, recipient, your gift should arrive early next week!

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Cranky, (and Snickers and Gravity) this isn’t a competition. It’s an outpouring of love and respect, in the form of a box of crap we didn’t want anymore.

The important thing is, we didn’t throw this crap away. We sent it to someone else.
-Rue. (Who’s still waiting for his box of crap. Impatiently.)

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You want crap?!? I’ll send you crap!! Be careful what you whine for, my good man!

[sub]Sure wish I’d gotten Rue…

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Beegirl

Glad you like the stuff. The ring is for the movie The Phantom with Billy Zane. Now you can SLAM EVIL. Just wear the ring and when you punch people you leave little skulls in their face.
[sub]Zebra nor Paramount Pictures advocates the punching of anyone with the Slam Evil Ring.[/sub]

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I, too got my box of goodies. Thanks, FairyChatMom! Unfortunatley I (whoops!) posted my list of goodies in the other thread. So go there if you must know what I got.

Go ahead, I’m waiting.

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Okay, first of all I should say that my box arrived on Tuesday. After having spent most of the day in utter shock, waiting to hear from friends who worked in the WTC, it was the BEST thing that could’ve happened. For that, I am most grateful… everything meant that much more to me.

Having said that, I must complain about my box o’ stuff.
YOU EVIL, EVIL, EVIL, EVIL, EVIL, EVIL WOMAN!!! Did you have ANY idea, when collecting things for this box, just how TASTY those damn Power Bars are??? Did you pack the box full of said evil, tasty treats, chuckling to yourself and thinking ‘Hey, THIS will get her! She won’t be able to resist the vile charms of the Nestle Power Bar!!! And THEN… THEN… the truly EEEVVVVIILLL part of my plan goes into effect… she will NEVER be able to find them in her neck of the woods!! Yes!! I have doomed her to a lifetime of knowing just how good she can have it only to snatch it cruelly away!! Bwah ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!’ Shame on you. Shame.

I would also like to include a related vent, directed toward Mr. Bobkitty. Yes, Mr. Bobkitty, YOU… you who insisted you wanted nothing to do with this whole thing… who thought it was silly. But I saw the gleam in your eye as you caught sight of The Extra-Special-Trinket that was included. I saw that tire gauge for all of half a second before Mr. Bobkitty grabbed it away and, laughing gleefully, ran outside to put it in HIS car. sigh

I also got:

  • A container of herbal tea (yum!)
  • Two glasses
  • A kitty calendar
  • A (slightly used) lollipop making kit
  • A cross-stitch kit
  • The cutest little latchkey kitty, key included
  • A wallet
  • A watch (woah, that just gave me the weirdest flashback to ‘Nuns on the Run’… “Specticals, testicles, wallet and watch…”)
  • Sacred pajamas (get it? Holy?)
  • Body spray (lavendar… my favorite!!!)
  • A coupon to (uuummm… was it JC Penney?)
  • Misc small items, all of which brought a smile to my face, and the nicest note (great handwriting!) explaining some of the more… eccentric items.

Plus the aforementioned evil items, which when first encountered were met with a skeptical ‘What am I going to do with all those?’ attitude. Then I tried one. Again, I say… SHAME. Now, of course, you will have to become my permanent supplier. You have no choice.

May my things live up to the standards you set. :wink:

Thank you… really. I loved everything [sub](okay, I even cried a litte, but that was just cause I was PMSing and had nothing to do with the thought that someone I’ve never met went to the trouble of sending me their stuff)[/sub].

-BK

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Well, if you really want me, maybe you should have me!

Wait… that didn’t… oh heck, I’ll just leave it and hope for an extra package-derm. Or hope for something anyway…
-Rue. (who’s not above a little double entendré)

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:smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

Gravity, glad you liked [sub]mostly[/sub] everything! Say, was that chocolate bar any good?

Don’t be intimidated, Cranky. You forget that I didn’t get in on this the first time, so I’m making up for lost time! :smiley:

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Hmmmmm, if I move the file cabinet from the garage to the basement and get the doggies to give up one of their blankets, I just might have space for Rue next to the water heater… or is that what you meant?? :smiley:

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I’m glad you liked the stuff, Skerri!

Can you believe my mom gave me that hideous journal and photo album set for Christmas? Folks, these are covered in a fake snakeskin, and the stuff is um … furry. It not only looks awful, it feels gross. And it keeps me up at night, wondering “Did some misguided soul design this product, thinking that snakes have fur?”

I’m seriously glad you liked the windchimes – in the true spirit of a white elephant, I was hoping that they were something that you would like. I was a little nervous you might be like me – windchimes drive me mad with their non-stop tinkle tinkle tinkle noise. It’s like Edgar Allen Poe with those Bells. By the twanging and the clanging how the danger ebbs and flows! But I think I am a minority on that one.

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Perhaps a minority, but not alone.

An open letter to whoever has my name in this little exchange…

If you haven’t mailed my package yet, please check it carefully for the slightest hint of wind chimes and remove them immediately. shudder

Stomping on them until they no longer chime after they have been removed from the package is recommended but not mandatory.

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if only i had chef troy’s name…