I have something from the courier that I had to redirect to work because they can't get to my apartment letterbox... perhaps it is my Secret Santa gift?! :rotate:
I'm sorry if I can't make a simple post where I just show the stuff that I got from my Santee (Wunderbar), but I just can't help tell people why I found his gift so much fun.
I don't really know how to say this without sounding impetuous or materialistic, but the thing is that I've always had amazingly crappy luck with annonymous gift exchanges. When I say amazingly I mean it to the full extent. I've become the but of every joke to my friends whenever the subject comes up. I can't tell you why it ALWAYS happens, though certain impossible to handle situations have come up (ie me being the only guy in a company of 10 women who are 60+ year old). Things can get that funny. The absolute worst things that I have received have boggled the minds of many math scientist who are studying advanced Chaos theories. I would need to write several pages of text to make people understand how epic my history has been concerning gift exchanges but I'll spare you the details. Let's just say that I have accepted my fate long ago and always concentrated my efforts on the gift giving part of exchanges. PA seemed like something interesting to participate in since I do not have many geeks surrounding my life that would fully appreciate the kind of stuff people have been sending each other over here.
This streak of bad luck is no secret to my girlfriend who read this thread and hoped that something might change for me, seing how everyone seemed to put in some decent effort for anyone they picked. It was her that picked up this surprinsingly large box that had my name on it at the postal office (I was sick today), and both her and I where extatic at the idea of what could actually be in there. I think she was more curious than me to know what someone could have gotten me.
This is the first thing that I saw. The immediate reaction I had was to say "YES"
So Wunderbar, not only have you given me the best exchange gift that I have ever had, you've actually broken this adamantium strong fibre of bad history which has followed me all my life. Also, be confident that your missile launcher will find very good use. Everyone at my office annoys me to death + they are complete tech illiterates. To think that having a Snowbot on my desk would have been enough source material for them to gossip about how fucked up technology has become today, the missiles should provide for a few interesting days to come until we close for the Holidays.
Me and my Girlfriend thankyou Wunderbar. From the bottom of our hearts. Thanks.
Me and my Girlfriend thankyou Wunderbar. From the bottom of our hearts. Thanks.
Frugus, I'm very happy that you liked the gift. Knowing the joy that it has brought you has really gotten me into the christmas spirit. Have fun missiling your co-workers when the piss you off 8)
Me and my Girlfriend thankyou Wunderbar. From the bottom of our hearts. Thanks.
Frugus, I'm very happy that you liked the gift. Knowing the joy that it has brought you has really gotten me into the christmas spirit. Have fun missiling your co-workers when the piss you off 8)
Me and my Girlfriend thankyou Wunderbar. From the bottom of our hearts. Thanks.
Frugus, I'm very happy that you liked the gift. Knowing the joy that it has brought you has really gotten me into the christmas spirit. Have fun missiling your co-workers when the piss you off 8)
Missile launched at 09:38. Hit. buckets and mops dispatched.
I don't know what that snowbot does, but it looks like amazingness.
I need to know what it does ASAP.
It makes evil noises and its eyes can glow either red or blue (basially an bar of light moves back and forth), its speed can be adjusted, as can its arms.
I don't know what that snowbot does, but it looks like amazingness.
I need to know what it does ASAP.
It makes evil noises and its eyes can glow either red or blue (basially an bar of light moves back and forth), its speed can be adjusted, as can its arms.
Dear Santa. As my gift has not yet gotten to me, I conclude you haven't sent it yet. While I am perfectly fine with this, I wanted to point out to you that when you send it, make sure you send it to the TN address, as I will be heading back there on Saturday for Christmas Break.
Christ. Usually when I ship something, I have to fill out a little form that I then stick onto the box. All nice and clean.
But when I shipped my Santees gift, the postal bitch just wrote the address on the box. Black marker, on the box and partly on glossy tape. Usually, when I write on tape, I can wipe it off by staring at it the wrong way. :?
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HardtargetThere Are Four LightsVancouverRegistered Userregular
in related news i know the second part of my gift came in the mail this week but again, i'm in DC so i can't check in on it until i get back in town on Sunday. Thanks in advance!
in related news i know the second part of my gift came in the mail this week but again, i'm in DC so i can't check in on it until i get back in town on Sunday. Thanks in advance!
You need to go home! My presents are lonesome... unless someone took them to behold their greatness.
Last week, I got a book by one of my idols, Thurston Moore.
After grinning like an idiot for a while, I logged on to express my undying gratitude to my Santa, only to learn -- shock!! -- there was more on the way.
My Santa totally fucking outdid himself and sent me a goddamn robot dinosaur. It's over two feet long, and it terrifies my cat. Moreover, he included batteries in the box! What a class act.
A++++ GREAT SANTA, WOULD LEAVE COOKIES AGAIN, ASSET TO PENNY-ARCADE!!
Meanwhile, my Santee's present should be going out Friday. After getting the order ready, it crossed my mind that he seems to be quite the connoisseur and might have this title already. If that's the case, I certainly won't be offended if he pawns it off on a friend to get something else, but hopefully this game slipped under his radar the first time.
I really do apologize for the epic size of the RoboRaptor -- I bought it off of Woot and I had no idea it was going to be Teh Hueg! And I meant for it to kind of show up at the same time -- I'm glad it all got to you safely. And I knew you were a music fan (I play guitar, too, and you seem to know a boatload more about effects pedals than I do), and thus the book sounded hella interesting.
You have no idea how tempted I was to keep the RoboRaptor, though. Happy holidays!
just though I would post saying that I am back at my home address (the one I gave to my santa) so incase they were waiting for me to get home to send my gifts, I am now
On the subject of death and daemons disappearing: arrows sure are effective in Lyra's universe. Seems like if you get shot once, you're dead - no lingering deaths with your daemon huddling pitifully in your arms, just *thunk* *argh* *whoosh*. A battlefield full of the dying would just be so much more depressing when you add in wailing gerbils and dogs.
Got mine. Disco11 sent me an LED faucet light and an omnibus edition of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series.
An LED faucet light? Like, the kind that colors the water from blue to red depending on how cold or hot the water is, thus illiminating the need to actually feel the water to test its warmth? If so, :^::^:
Also, HGTTG -- nice work, disco11!
[spoiler:dc58aa3fdb]You could maybe act more excited, and/or thank your Santa. Those both sound like cool gifts, to me.[/spoiler:dc58aa3fdb]
An LED faucet light? Like, the kind that colors the water from blue to red depending on how cold or hot the water is, thus illiminating the need to actually feel the water to test its warmth? If so, :^::^:
How innovative!
Man, this thread is opening my eyes to all kinds of cool stuff I never knew existed!
Got mine. Disco11 sent me an LED faucet light and an omnibus edition of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series.
Glad you like it!!! When I saw that my santee was a girl my idea of sending my entire collection of girl on girl on household objects porn sort of whent down the drain....
I ran down to the mailbox with such delight
I opened it and oh! what a fright!
Inside it was bare, nothing but air
But I thought, don't fret, over there!
Over there was the mail clerk, sitting and snoozing
And I hollered hey lady, mind stopping the schmoozing?
She checked over lists and I waited with drawn breath
Hoping maybe my slip had been lost to the death
But alas she looked up and sighed
No package in sight, oh my I cried!
So yeah. I hear my santa sent my gift two weeks ago, but it hasn't arrived, and I leave tommorow to go back to Memphis for a month. So..thank you for the whateveritis santa! I'm sure it'll be great when I see it in January!
Yaaaaaay just got my stuff from MarvellousM. Trying to find my Web cam, pic coming soon.
Included: Trauma Center (Strangely enough I was just talking to my brother about getting this and Electroplankton sometime this weekend when my mother said I got a package from someone in Philadelphia), some CD for a band local to my Santa which so far I'm liking a ton, A Bumpy Trot keychain mini-harmonica thingy, a monkey ball plush, and a Rogue Galaxy... necklace thing? I think it's for employees of game stores to wear.. it would look kind of odd elsewhere. Whatever, I'll look into it now. Thanks Marvellous!
Edit: Pic!
Sorry about the poor quality. That's my monitor, not a really bright window. Best of luck to your crazy Philo-British ass, Marv!
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Judge-ZTeacher, for Great JusticeUpstate NYRegistered Userregular
edited December 2006
So, tonight I was cooking some tacos for my ladies and my dog when the doorbell rang. Immediately I realized, "It's UPS guy time!" Sure enough, it was our friendly neighborhood portly man in brown, and I heard my wife ask, "Did you order something from ThinkGeek?"
I dropped my cooking utensil and began bounding around the room, shouting, "Secret Santa Secret Santa!" Over and over. Yeah. The UPS guy was witness to the spectacle. Anyway, I present the case that my Santa is officially awesome...
Exhibit A
Smart Mass. This shit is fun! It pops like bubble wrap and bounces like a super ball, and the can says it will even shatter. I look forward to putting that to the test. It has frightened my dog and made my daughter giggle.
Exhibit B
A Japanese style Cheshire Cat shirt, in the style of Domo-Kun. A shirt suitable for wearing whilst killing kittens if there ever was one. I love any apparel that subtly identifies my allegience to the nerd herd, as I am told I camoflage into the norm/pink populace well.
Exhibit C
The Demotivators calendar. I have seen the posters (hell, I have been known to quote them), but not the calendar. My hat is off to you, my good man, for these capture my flair for the cynical and sarcastic quite nicely!
Exhibit D
The winner, ladies and Gentlemen. Sweet Fancy Moses, it is my very own Fruit Fucker Prime limited edition print. Well played, good sir, as our friend the violator of citrus is a favorite of mine. I frequently wear the Fruit Fucker shirt on staff days at work, because nobody gets how outright naughty I am being. The print is already mounted in a place of honor in my den of nerdom.
The verdict? guilty of awesomeness! I thank you with all sincerity, and judging from the address on the packing slip, I owe you thanks for more than just the gifts! Now, pleae reveal yourself, PA-style!
Your gifts are being mailed tomorrow. Hope it reaches you in time for Christmas!
Rohan on
...and I thought of how all those people died, and what a good death that is. That nobody can blame you for it, because everyone else died along with you, and it is the fault of none, save those who did the killing.
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Got mine. Disco11 sent me an LED faucet light and an omnibus edition of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series.
Glad you like it!!! When I saw that my santee was a girl my idea of sending my entire collection of girl on girl on household objects porn sort of whent down the drain....
Damn, I wish you were my Secret Santa, I could've used some more porn.
Dear Santee. I am a terrible Santa. I have been putting off sending your gift because I felt it was lacking something. But tonight, I found the perfect finisher, if you will. The icing on the cake. Rest assured, you will get your gift in time for Christmas.
Well if it said "books" on the side, it might be a joke about last year.
Lacking an explanatory note or an actual gift, I'm going to lean towards probably not. I suppose something could have been held up in the mail, but it would have to be the opener to the best joke with bleach as a punchline ever to overcome the bad mojo.
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Thank you Finster! this will fill my VC needs for a while yet
EDIT: I broke h-scroll with a huge image, smaller one coming :P
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I don't really know how to say this without sounding impetuous or materialistic, but the thing is that I've always had amazingly crappy luck with annonymous gift exchanges. When I say amazingly I mean it to the full extent. I've become the but of every joke to my friends whenever the subject comes up. I can't tell you why it ALWAYS happens, though certain impossible to handle situations have come up (ie me being the only guy in a company of 10 women who are 60+ year old). Things can get that funny. The absolute worst things that I have received have boggled the minds of many math scientist who are studying advanced Chaos theories. I would need to write several pages of text to make people understand how epic my history has been concerning gift exchanges but I'll spare you the details. Let's just say that I have accepted my fate long ago and always concentrated my efforts on the gift giving part of exchanges. PA seemed like something interesting to participate in since I do not have many geeks surrounding my life that would fully appreciate the kind of stuff people have been sending each other over here.
This streak of bad luck is no secret to my girlfriend who read this thread and hoped that something might change for me, seing how everyone seemed to put in some decent effort for anyone they picked. It was her that picked up this surprinsingly large box that had my name on it at the postal office (I was sick today), and both her and I where extatic at the idea of what could actually be in there. I think she was more curious than me to know what someone could have gotten me.
This is the first thing that I saw. The immediate reaction I had was to say "YES"
So Wunderbar, not only have you given me the best exchange gift that I have ever had, you've actually broken this adamantium strong fibre of bad history which has followed me all my life. Also, be confident that your missile launcher will find very good use. Everyone at my office annoys me to death + they are complete tech illiterates. To think that having a Snowbot on my desk would have been enough source material for them to gossip about how fucked up technology has become today, the missiles should provide for a few interesting days to come until we close for the Holidays.
Me and my Girlfriend thankyou Wunderbar. From the bottom of our hearts. Thanks.
I don't know what that snowbot does, but it looks like amazingness.
Frugus, I'm very happy that you liked the gift. Knowing the joy that it has brought you has really gotten me into the christmas spirit. Have fun missiling your co-workers when the piss you off 8)
Missile launched at 09:38. Hit.
I really need to visit this ThinkGeek site.
It makes evil noises and its eyes can glow either red or blue (basially an bar of light moves back and forth), its speed can be adjusted, as can its arms.
Blue mode is pretty to display though. I keep it on blue at work.
The noise gets annoying after about 12 seconds, so I usually turn it off unless I'm showing it off to someone.
BAH.
MY PRIORTIES LIE IN CHRISTMAS GIFTS, NOT BEING A LEGAL ALIEN!
That is THE coolest! I've never seen such a thing.
Me likey.
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Christ. Usually when I ship something, I have to fill out a little form that I then stick onto the box. All nice and clean.
But when I shipped my Santees gift, the postal bitch just wrote the address on the box. Black marker, on the box and partly on glossy tape. Usually, when I write on tape, I can wipe it off by staring at it the wrong way. :?
that's where your gift came from.. lol.
in related news i know the second part of my gift came in the mail this week but again, i'm in DC so i can't check in on it until i get back in town on Sunday. Thanks in advance!
You need to go home! My presents are lonesome... unless someone took them to behold their greatness.
You have no idea how tempted I was to keep the RoboRaptor, though.
I'm not going to stop checking, though!
*hop*
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Also, HGTTG -- nice work, disco11!
[spoiler:dc58aa3fdb]You could maybe act more excited, and/or thank your Santa. Those both sound like cool gifts, to me.[/spoiler:dc58aa3fdb]
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How innovative!
Man, this thread is opening my eyes to all kinds of cool stuff I never knew existed!
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I ran down to the mailbox with such delight
I opened it and oh! what a fright!
Inside it was bare, nothing but air
But I thought, don't fret, over there!
Over there was the mail clerk, sitting and snoozing
And I hollered hey lady, mind stopping the schmoozing?
She checked over lists and I waited with drawn breath
Hoping maybe my slip had been lost to the death
But alas she looked up and sighed
No package in sight, oh my I cried!
So yeah. I hear my santa sent my gift two weeks ago, but it hasn't arrived, and I leave tommorow to go back to Memphis for a month. So..thank you for the whateveritis santa! I'm sure it'll be great when I see it in January!
SniperGuyGaming on PSN / SniperGuy710 on Xbone Live
Included: Trauma Center (Strangely enough I was just talking to my brother about getting this and Electroplankton sometime this weekend when my mother said I got a package from someone in Philadelphia), some CD for a band local to my Santa which so far I'm liking a ton, A Bumpy Trot keychain mini-harmonica thingy, a monkey ball plush, and a Rogue Galaxy... necklace thing? I think it's for employees of game stores to wear.. it would look kind of odd elsewhere. Whatever, I'll look into it now. Thanks Marvellous!
Edit: Pic!
Sorry about the poor quality. That's my monitor, not a really bright window. Best of luck to your crazy Philo-British ass, Marv!
I dropped my cooking utensil and began bounding around the room, shouting, "Secret Santa Secret Santa!" Over and over. Yeah. The UPS guy was witness to the spectacle. Anyway, I present the case that my Santa is officially awesome...
Exhibit A
Smart Mass. This shit is fun! It pops like bubble wrap and bounces like a super ball, and the can says it will even shatter. I look forward to putting that to the test. It has frightened my dog and made my daughter giggle.
Exhibit B
A Japanese style Cheshire Cat shirt, in the style of Domo-Kun. A shirt suitable for wearing whilst killing kittens if there ever was one. I love any apparel that subtly identifies my allegience to the nerd herd, as I am told I camoflage into the norm/pink populace well.
Exhibit C
The Demotivators calendar. I have seen the posters (hell, I have been known to quote them), but not the calendar. My hat is off to you, my good man, for these capture my flair for the cynical and sarcastic quite nicely!
Exhibit D
The winner, ladies and Gentlemen. Sweet Fancy Moses, it is my very own Fruit Fucker Prime limited edition print. Well played, good sir, as our friend the violator of citrus is a favorite of mine. I frequently wear the Fruit Fucker shirt on staff days at work, because nobody gets how outright naughty I am being. The print is already mounted in a place of honor in my den of nerdom.
The verdict? guilty of awesomeness! I thank you with all sincerity, and judging from the address on the packing slip, I owe you thanks for more than just the gifts! Now, pleae reveal yourself, PA-style!
Those are some Way Rad gifts.
Your gifts are being mailed tomorrow. Hope it reaches you in time for Christmas!
Nothing's forgotten, nothing is ever forgotten
Thanks for the info - looks like I have a new movie to add to my Netflix queue.
Also, the putty is even more awesome - it is heat sensitive and changes color!
It is on its way.
It had two bottles of Chlorox in it.
Random Candian offering or shafted by a Santa who went an extra mile to be a dick? I hope the former.
Well shit, I saw you posting on the bleach forums...
(Just kidding, I wasn't your santa. I hope we get some feedback on this, though. That would be a pretty mean gift to send)
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Lacking an explanatory note or an actual gift, I'm going to lean towards probably not. I suppose something could have been held up in the mail, but it would have to be the opener to the best joke with bleach as a punchline ever to overcome the bad mojo.