Three years ago I was gifted a tree ornament from a casual acquaintance in the shape of the Oklahoma State Capital building. Thinking that it would make a puzzling mystery re-gift for some one, I brought it to my girlfriend’s family holiday celebration. After a lengthy discussion we decided to give it to her brother in-law unsigned. He has no history or relationship with the state. Things went wonderfully well as he went on and on trying to figure out who and why some one would give him the capital building of Oklahoma to hang on his tree.
Fast forward to last year. I mystery gifted him a CD of the musical Oklahoma. Turns out he is a fan of the musical and played it at the Christmas party and sang along. He did not connect the dots.
Keeping the tradition alive, this year I needed to find something a little less appealing. I gave him the Guardian [URL=“http://store.usaspe.com/-strse-544/cp379--dsh--Guardian-11"/Detail.bok”]. It sits atop of the capital building of Oklahoma. He was puzzled and a bit disturbed. I over heard him speaking to his niece about there is some sort of conspiracy. I am not sure that he has put the three gifts together yet.
I cannot wait till next year. I am thinking some sort of Oklahoma buffalo yard ornament.
You really want to mess with him? Every few months have some odd Oklahoma trinket sent to him from ebay or something, make sure your billing info isn’t on there and that the only name on it is his. Got five bucks to blow and you’re bored? Oh yeah… Hrmm… Let’s find something Oklahoma related and get it that way.
Postcards mailed first to an Oklahoma post office to be postmarked then sent to him from made up people would be great.
Huh! I didn’t know they’d re-mail stuff for you from a post-office. I always thought you had to pay a re-mailing service to do that, if you wanted to be a little shady about where something originated…
The Driller has a more recent, diminutive sidekick – the Roustabird, a filthy oil-drilling penguin in overalls and a hard hat (the penguin was reported gone in 2008, though Tulsa has been overtaken by a community art project involving fiberglass penguins all over town).
I find this thread inexplicably extremely funny. I can’t stop giggling and wondering what sort of Oklahoma-related item this guy will receive from you next year. The possibilities are endless!
Something football related - OU (Oklahoma U) or OSU (Oklahoma State U)
Oil wells. This would fit well with the capital theme you have going - I have heard OKC is the only state capital with a working oil well. And there is just a ton of wells in Oklahoma.
