# I just had a strange, silly, and maybe stupid idea. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 3, 2000, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-strange-silly-and-maybe-stupid-idea/31880 "2000-09-03T18:31:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-strange-silly-and-maybe-stupid-idea/31880/41 "2000-09-05T04:20:01Z")
That’s kinda like “The Naked Gun”…Frank (Leslie Nielson) and Ed (I don’t know the actor’s name) ‘raid’ an adult toy store. While Frank is talking to the clerk, Ed picks up a device similar in size to a leaf-blower and cranks it up, only to watch in horror as the anatomically-correct end starts vibrating wildly… ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-strange-silly-and-maybe-stupid-idea/31880/42 "2000-09-05T05:27:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hypergirl \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by ssskuggiii \* > > \*\*Yeah, you can buy vibrators on the internet for less than $10. Most of them are small and portable. \*\* > > Tasha, I really don’t want to know how you know that. But anyways it’s a neat idea, so count me in. \*\* Ok, blame Soulsling for sending me links to nowhere in particular occasionally for my information on vibrators. I meant portable as in you can stick in your purse, pocket, or whatever. you know, a mini-vibe. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-strange-silly-and-maybe-stupid-idea/31880/43 "2000-09-05T07:40:27Z")
Sign me up for a Suck-O-Matic 2000. Or, better yet, for AudreyK and the other Mac users, how bout an [iBrator](http://www.ibrator.com)? And skug, what do you mean “portable as in you can stick in your…whatever”? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-strange-silly-and-maybe-stupid-idea/31880/44 "2000-09-05T11:46:10Z")
I want to know where you can find those action figures (here in our state you can get Jesse Ventura action figures that _aren’t_ wrestlers; they come in a three-piece suit). I’ve seen plastic covers that go over keyboards at a local mechanic’s shop. I think I need one of those to protect my keyboard when I am drinking and reading something funny on this board (the jury is still out on [another](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=37048) thread about what to call that). You can type right through the cover. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-strange-silly-and-maybe-stupid-idea/31880/45 "2000-09-05T21:25:03Z")
It sounds like fun and I would like to get in on it, but put me on a mundane list. Homer, will you let us know when we should start sending our addresses? Or is this going to turn out like the EB Tour, and we never hear about it again? ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-strange-silly-and-maybe-stupid-idea/31880/46 "2000-09-05T21:45:47Z")
No, no, don’t worry. It looks like we have a good response, so I guess this will happen. Look for a thread in about a month and a half. Will you remember it then? 😃 –Tim ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2000, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-strange-silly-and-maybe-stupid-idea/31880/47 "2000-09-05T21:54:38Z")
I’m in, but maybe we could have little wish lists. I NEED a tape of MSTK3 “Mitchell” ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-strange-silly-and-maybe-stupid-idea/31880/48 "2000-09-06T16:42:43Z")
#1. I love this idea! Bumping it up to get more people aware. #2. When we did secret Santa’s in college, we sent little notes with hints as well as gifts. Although a note could be included with the gift, maybe one of our techie types could make a remailer page so that hints could be sent anonymously? ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-strange-silly-and-maybe-stupid-idea/31880/49 "2000-09-06T18:28:33Z")
I think it’s a great idea, Tim. Now, as to which list to put me on…with Mr Bear so far away…no comment. 😛 Spider Woman, I like your idea. Only one problem for me. The dragon’d eat my puppy in one bite! But, since my electric bill has almost tripled this summer, that might be a small price to pay, to keep puppy inside all the time. 🙂 Enright, you and Jeep scare me! :eek: Thanks for that thought in my head. Hints are a great idea, Zyada. Also, I for one, think it would be a really good idea to know if the address we’re sending the gift to belongs to a male or a female. Or a Lizard. 😉 Risque or mundane would be ok with me. But, if risque, in a plain brown wrapper. ( I do still have a daughter at home!) I have eclectic tastes in music and books, so a hint list would be good. ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-strange-silly-and-maybe-stupid-idea/31880/50 "2000-09-06T19:00:37Z")
What a wonderful idea! Homer, I’d be happy to help you with distributing addresses and putting up a wish list and everything. I have lots of free time during work and a project like this will help me to look busy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-strange-silly-and-maybe-stupid-idea/31880/51 "2000-09-06T19:06:05Z")
I really, really want in, but all of my packages have to come with the contents listed on the customs form for all to see. Can I be matched up with a Doper who wouldn’t mind risking fines/and or jail time to label it “fruitcake”? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![jesuslynch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jesuslynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesuslynch)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-strange-silly-and-maybe-stupid-idea/31880/52 "2000-09-06T19:55:53Z")
I’ll play. But I want mine to come from Coldfire with a Bulldog lable on it. An ashtray would be handy too. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-strange-silly-and-maybe-stupid-idea/31880/53 "2000-09-06T20:11:43Z")
[raising hand] OOoohh! OOOhhh! Pick me! Pick me! I wanna play! Tater, doesn’t your mail come through the APO/FPO system? I didn’t think you needed customs declarations for that stuff! ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-strange-silly-and-maybe-stupid-idea/31880/54 "2000-09-06T21:05:48Z")
Yup, it sure does. I don’t know why since we’ve never actually had to pay any customs. And the Post Office employees read them, too, and then make small talk with you about them. I’m still not over the trauma of buying bikini wax online to avoid the embarrassment of doing it in person then having a 10 minute conversation with the clerk over the best ways to wax down there. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-strange-silly-and-maybe-stupid-idea/31880/55 "2000-09-07T04:20:46Z")
This sounds like it’d be fun. If we do international, perhaps I could hope for a European poster who will send chocolate. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jesuslynch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jesuslynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesuslynch)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2000, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-strange-silly-and-maybe-stupid-idea/31880/56 "2000-11-15T15:40:01Z")
I got to remembering this last night. I suppose it’s too late to try and actuall do this now. I’m giving it a bump anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2000, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-strange-silly-and-maybe-stupid-idea/31880/57 "2000-11-15T16:10:59Z")
I’d go in on the mundane pool. No dicks for me, um, thanks. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BornDodgy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@BornDodgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornDodgy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2000, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-strange-silly-and-maybe-stupid-idea/31880/58 "2000-11-15T17:53:49Z")
I am in… if you dont mind some eurotrash in the list 🙂 Who d like a bong? Or a handy little pipe? dodgy who will kill the sender if she gets a dildo ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2000, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-strange-silly-and-maybe-stupid-idea/31880/59 "2000-11-15T23:21:00Z")
Well, I don’t need a dildo (or a bong either), but I’ll go for it. ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2000, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-strange-silly-and-maybe-stupid-idea/31880/60 "2000-11-16T01:23:10Z")
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