# I'm a Charter Member. So gimme stuff! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 10, 2004, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-charter-member-so-gimme-stuff/268457 "2004-10-10T08:28:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-charter-member-so-gimme-stuff/268457/41 "2004-10-12T04:24:15Z")
I just named a hamster in your honor, **Iceland Blue**. I had to bury him though because he just died when I posted this. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-charter-member-so-gimme-stuff/268457/42 "2004-10-12T04:37:26Z")
In honor of **Iceland\_Blue** and **Hamsterus Rex** … ::runs nekkid thru thread:: ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-charter-member-so-gimme-stuff/268457/43 "2004-10-12T18:13:37Z")
What do I do with the other goat? Clean suggestions only, please. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-charter-member-so-gimme-stuff/268457/44 "2004-10-12T18:38:03Z")
**Icelend\_Blue** , want a dresser, two endtables, a stereo stand, a semi-functional Laserjet 4si, and/or a Powermac 8100/80? They’re yours for the taking\*. [sub]\*Note: FOB my apartment in Toronto. All transportation, shipping charges, and customs formalities responsibility of the recipient.[/sub] Oh, wait. “_Bring_ presents”. :: **Sunspace** wanders in, says Hi to **Iceland\_Blue** :: :: surreptitiously adds calimari to buffet table for that tentacular surprise :: :: finds caffeine-free diet Jolt Vanilla Cola Clear _Lite_ :: :: decides is less chewy than Toronto tap water :: :: wanders over to chat up \*\*Ravenous Lady \*\* :: ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-charter-member-so-gimme-stuff/268457/45 "2004-10-12T18:40:01Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > tentacular surprise Perfect name for a Lovecraftian indie rock band, don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-charter-member-so-gimme-stuff/268457/46 "2004-10-12T18:48:11Z")
You’re in luck! I have six baby finches with no home and I’ve just been designated the “charter member gift queen.” The gift that keeps on giving. Welcome! Always glad to have people begging for stuff. Makes for interesting conversation! ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-charter-member-so-gimme-stuff/268457/47 "2004-10-12T22:36:20Z")
How about those Japanese “girls farting vdeos” ?? ---
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-charter-member-so-gimme-stuff/268457/48 "2004-10-13T00:44:29Z")
> [@MonkeyMule](#): > > Well, there _was_ [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=248263) little contest back in the begining of the year. But I don’t work there any more so no books for you! In this part of that thread [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=249562&highlight=Wiseass](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=249562&highlight=Wiseass) You will see that I won an honorable mention for WISEASS I didn’t get no stinkin’ books. I got a pat on the head and a see you later. You may get an ATTABOY certificate, but, you have to supply the frame and you have to forge a mods signature. Good luck to ya. ---
**Author:** ![Iceland\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-charter-member-so-gimme-stuff/268457/49 "2004-10-13T11:36:43Z")
Hey!What’s all this crap…goats,tentacles,weird water. I meant Money Cheques Your teenage daughters 😛 Oh come on even the other forum managed to stump up a Dilbert book for me ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-charter-member-so-gimme-stuff/268457/50 "2004-10-13T11:47:05Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > a large grubby man carrying a tin bath on his shoulder. There are flies buzzing around him. That’s not quite an accurate description of **Ed Zotti** , you know. No one ever called him “large.” ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-charter-member-so-gimme-stuff/268457/51 "2004-10-13T14:57:48Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > (I’m surprised this hasn’t turned up before now. The Dopers must be off their collective feed.) I suspect that’s because _most_ of us are well prepared to deal with three hundredweight of heavy droppings. For example, when I signed up, I wrote down my address as “1600 Pennsylvannia Avenue”. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Eboshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@Lady\_Eboshi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Eboshi)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-charter-member-so-gimme-stuff/268457/52 "2004-10-13T17:17:51Z")
> [@Iceland\_Blue](#): > > No weird stuff like haunted boxes. Damn, now what am I going to do with this brand-new Gom Jabbar? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-charter-member-so-gimme-stuff/268457/53 "2004-10-29T01:23:36Z")
LOL. Haunted boxes. This reminds me of an ancient song I haven’t heard in ages called '_The Thing_ by Phil Harris. One gift you sure as hell wouldn’t want! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-charter-member-so-gimme-stuff/268457/54 "2004-10-29T02:30:02Z")
How about a Ghost in the Peanut Butter Jar? No? Hmmm… I have leftover calamari, some miruvor from the LOTR party at Lobsang’s, a fresh batch of Hallowe’en candy, some felching straws, a trebuchet, two or three wowwipops… 🆒 (_kiss_ Welcome to the board!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-charter-member-so-gimme-stuff/268457.md?page=2)