Straw La La La La La La La La 98,023 37
12/04/2011 09:35 PM

Schrodinger's thank you: I may be thankful for my Secret Santa gift. Or I may be the recipient of a woot shipping error. I am both thankful and confused at the same time.

Declan's Garlic McManus Potatoes 131,891 36
12/04/2011 09:56 PM

That is Frost-ing cool!!


I like the fact that no cats were (presumably) killed in the making of the shirt.

KChiki licked the roast beef 128,451 98
12/05/2011 11:29 AM

A cat was both brutally maimed and lovingly petted in the making of that shirt.

Declan's Garlic McManus Potatoes 131,891 36
12/05/2011 11:43 AM

Better that than brutally petted and lovingly maimed.

Straw La La La La La La La La 98,023 37 taps on the box and listens for a meow
12/06/2011 01:52 PM

.

Santa's Little Dianasaur 57,835 109
12/06/2011 02:08 PM

Your Secret Santa wishes me to inform you that you may or may not still be receiving more items.

Sparkly Bubbly Straw 98,023 37
12/31/2011 12:57 PM

I got another package! I opened the box, and it was a dead cat. Just kidding! But the identity of my Secret Santa was revealed: dinesh!

This was the contents of the box:



(the picture doesn't do the card justice, it is very pretty)

As you can see, this was box 3 of 3, so I guess I'm still waiting for 2 of 3. If 2 of 3 is anything like 7 of 9, I'm gonna have a very good new year.

Sparkly Bubbly Straw 98,023 37
12/31/2011 12:59 PM

I couldn't help but notice the coincidence that dinesh was my secret santa, and he was also Manhole's victim. What's even funnier is that Manhole's gift says "Play with my balls, play with my balls," and dinesh's gift is all about playing with balls.

Sparkly Bubbly Straw 98,023 37
12/31/2011 01:05 PM

Hmmmmm....the first gift is Poe, the second one is balls.

Hoppy Gnu Ear Jeeni 47,815 51
12/31/2011 01:18 PM

OMG, Buckyballs! HOURS OF FUN. dinesh is a rockin' secret santa. Congrats on both your excellent shirt and collection of magnets, Straw.

I wonder if box 2 got lost along the way? Or maybe numbering the boxes and omitting one number is dinesh's idea of a prank?

Manhole 21,658 29
12/31/2011 03:21 PM

Those aren't just any ordinary balls. They're neodymium (Nd2Fe14B) balls.

Dogs Akimbo 211,630 32
12/31/2011 03:49 PM

If I were a scientist, I would make a machine that merged Straw and manhole, and then I would have sex with it.

Declan's Garlic McManus Potatoes 131,891 36
01/01/2012 01:32 AM

Buckyballs are so damn Frost-ing awesome super Frost-ing cool Frost-ing Shakespeare.



And no, this is the real Declan, not a Replicant or a RepubliCarroll.

dinesh 24,862 16
01/01/2012 01:55 AM

no, there's another gift still. it must still be en route.

sadly, it is not jeri ryan.

Santa's Little Dianasaur 57,835 109
01/01/2012 02:17 AM

I passed on the info last week! Straw just doesn't listen to me :(

Sparkly Bubbly Straw 98,023 37
01/01/2012 12:13 PM

I didn't mean to convey that I wasn't sure there was another gift. I threw in the "I guess" as an attempt to make the statement of "I'm still waiting" more passive. Otherwise it just seemed aggressive and peevish (I'M STILL WAITING!)and that wasn't how I wanted it to appear.

I have failed at my wordsmithing, and so I am forced to declare my emotions another way.



:-(

dinesh 24,862 16
01/05/2012 05:55 PM

hmm, still nothing?

dinesh 24,862 16
01/09/2012 10:56 AM

Hello,
My apologies for the late shipment I have been away and recently returned. [Gift #3] went in the mail this morning and should reach you by Wednesday. PS. I went to elementary school in [city where straw lives]! Enjoy.

Ugh. Well, at least it'll be there soon.

Dianasaur 57,835 109
01/09/2012 11:28 AM

Christmas: The Revenge

Declan's Garlic McManus Potatoes 131,891 36
01/09/2012 08:36 PM

I am almost dying to know what could be in the missing package.


"Nancy Drew and the Secret of The Missing Package."

Straw frozen, but not in carbonite 98,023 37
01/09/2012 09:01 PM

Thanks for the update, dinesh!

dinesh 24,862 16
01/12/2012 03:09 PM

did it arrive?

Straw frozen, but not in carbonite 98,023 37
01/12/2012 03:24 PM

Yep! Will update tonight or tomorrow. Crazy week is crizazy.

dinesh 24,862 16
01/12/2012 06:33 PM

haha, no updates needed. i just wanted to know if i needed to go kill that guy.

Straw frozen, but not in carbonite 98,023 37
01/13/2012 11:00 AM

This trilogy dragged on longer than Lord of the Rings, though not as long as waiting for all three Star Wars movies to come out (which in kid years is like multiple decades).

The last package came in the mail on Wednesday. The first curious thing was the way it was put together:

Straw frozen, but not in carbonite 98,023 37
01/13/2012 11:03 AM

Then there was the name of the sender, which put this song in my head.

Straw frozen, but not in carbonite 98,023 37
01/13/2012 11:14 AM

When I opened it up and saw what it was, I knew that dinesh had done some sleuthing. Our bottle opener has been hanging by a thread for months, and I wanted to replace it with something that had nerd cred. I had planned to get the Enterprise one on thinkgeek, but the effers sold out (it was the holidays). So I looked on etsy and saw this rather cool bottle opener made to look like a wizard. I put it on my etsy favorites page, because I needed to figure out whether I wanted to pay that much for a bottle opener (albeit a one of a kind, hand forged work of art bottle opener). Then something else shiny caught my attention and forgot all about it. Until now:



Wizard Bottle Opener is judging you!

Thanks dinesh!!!

KChikita Banana Fairy Glitter Farts 128,451 98
01/13/2012 12:20 PM

Oh man, so cool!!

Celebrating Year of The Chickens 286,647 61
01/13/2012 12:31 PM

AN INDIAN BABY HOOK!

Those are hard to find! Especially in breeding season.

Dogs Akimbo 211,630 32
01/13/2012 06:17 PM

You could use that to scratch your balls at work and people wouldn't even know!

dinesh 24,862 16
01/14/2012 12:39 PM

buy people cool gifts that they just wouldn't get for themselves is one of the best parts about gift giving, and secret santa.

Dogs Akimbo 211,630 32
01/14/2012 04:12 PM

Man, I'm hoping my last post here does not apply to Straw.





Or AM I?

Declan's Garlic McManus Potatoes 131,891 36
01/14/2012 09:05 PM

You do that quite well, dinesh.