I was thinking of ordering a Spam-related postcard from this site, but wondered if any of you other pranksters had already done this. I haven’t had the opportunity to shop around for a funny/cool card.
She is getting the Bigfoot postcard - just to let you know… in fact, she’s getting several items from that site. I got to see them all last night. Cracked me up!!
Today’s haul: Two cards from Seattle and one from Chicago. That’s all I know - she sent an IM to my daughter earlier today.
Several more have joined our ranks - we’re up to 94!
If the Chicago one was fish-shaped, it’s mine. 
I sent a post card I picked up at Mt. Rainier a few years ago.
Mine was the one from SE PA. It was from Valley Forge National Park and said:
Ferret Herder - yep, it was the fish card!
SLH - That cracked me up! You captured the spirit of the prank perfectly!!
Wahoo, I think she got mine! (the Seattle skyline - from Auntie K).
I didn’t know you wanted more than one and dutifully deleted the address and jpeg, FCM. If you send it along again I’ll shoot her off another one.
Auntie K - there was no requirement for more than one - some people just got carried away. Some people should get carried away…
I sent her SIX from NYC today.
I wish I’d get carried away!
(by the female cast of One Day at a Time)
I promise I’ll get one out from Wisconsin this weekend.
I also have a cow-orker going on vacation next week and he’s agreed to send one from the Grand Caymen Islands.
(I’m also having him send one to my parents from “Don and Char” which should wig them right out)
Otto - there’s no deadline for this - really! Whenever she gets them, she gets them. I think it’d be a hoot if she got one six months from now! So if you don’t get around to it, don’t sweat it!
I sent her the French ingredient list of a spam-like product.
I’m picking some up tomorrow.
I thought of something along these lines that might be fun to add to it: pictures! We take a can of Spam to a local landmark, snap a picture of it in front of it/on it/whatever, and then send just the picture to the poor victim.
Since you actually signed your name rather than just signing from the SpamFerries, the “victim” has decided that you must be a newly-hired secretary of the SpamFerries who doesn’t know the procedures! Yeah, she’s got a very active imagination. And, alas, she studied Spanish instead of French, so your words were lost on her.
No mail news today - my daughter started a new job today and hasn’t had a chance to get the latest count. Maybe I’ll have something to report tomorrow. Oh yeah - and we’re up to 97 Doper SpamFerries!
The “Topeka” one may very well have been mine… it went out earlier this week. As I come across other exciting post cards, there’ll be more…
Howdy!
I’m still around, off and on, though not as much lately as in the past. Quite a bit in the past few weeks, actually, although I mostly hang out in the Cafe and the Pit.
How’s tricks?
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Incidentally, this exchange just shows to go ya, kids, the value of the occasional vanity search. If not for that, I’d never have known Bumbazine was wondering about me. (Although my personal vanity searches usually turn up GQ threads about nutrition or chemistry that have nothing to do with me.)
Sent you an email FCM.
Hmmm…I’m beginning to think I should have done something more outrageous on my postcard.
Continuing my itty-bitty hijack:
I occasionally wander through the Cafe, when I have time, but I avoid the pit. Too many vipers in there. We’re doing good. We’d be doing real good if we didn’t have the gummit’s hand in one pocket and the insurance company’s hand in the other. This not having a regular job isn’t as much fun as one might think.
I sent the e-mail yesterday, got the reply today, immediately started working on this grandiose project, and just got back from mailing it. I hope she appreciates the effort; can you believe how hard it was to secure a copy of Finland–land of sauna, sisu and Spam (Jones & Möttönen, 2001) at the local library? 