# Impossible Christmas Gifts **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 2, 2001, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impossible-christmas-gifts/96408 "2001-12-02T03:11:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impossible-christmas-gifts/96408/21 "2001-12-02T16:20:14Z")
1965 Mercury Montclair Marauder, black inside and out, with 8v 427. And unlimited gas money. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impossible-christmas-gifts/96408/22 "2001-12-02T17:01:22Z")
\*\* > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Finagle \* > Careful what you wish for, Creaky. Ships of the Line were enormous 80 guns or better with huge crews… What you want is some nice juicy merchant convoys from the East India Company, or maybe a Spanish Treasure Galleon from the New World._\* Yes, those would be better! I didn’t think of that, actually. I guess the thought of all of those muscular (albeit dirty) English sailors prompted me to bite off more than I could chew, so to speak! (It’s like, I knew we’d probably be outmanned and outgunned, but I was counting on a lot of luck, really good grappling hooks, and the element of surprise! Hey, it could happen…!) And yeah, it’s too bad that Patrick O’Brian is dead. ---
**Author:** ![Ripple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@Ripple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripple)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impossible-christmas-gifts/96408/23 "2001-12-02T17:20:23Z")
This year, more than anything, I’d like to have my SO fly over from Hong Kong to be with me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impossible-christmas-gifts/96408.md?page=1)