LPWB2006: THANKS! and Chatter!

Originally Posted By disneyfreaksk

BEEP BEEP!
Oh, I forgot about the Jackrabbits!

 

Originally Posted By JazzCat

Thank you Wyoming Woody for the Carpenter's Christmas CD and the Russell Stover SF candy!

 

Originally Posted By tiggerdis_

re post 959. I read it too fast, and saw "open my refrigerator" followed by on a daily basis I encounter vultures, lizards, coyotes, cactus, tumbleweeds, livestock and occasionally a roadrunner!


ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, I was thinking I was glad I wasn't having Christmas dinner at disneyfreaksk house.

 

Originally Posted By disneyfreaksk

LOL

 

Originally Posted By Inspector 57

And my first thought after reading that she thinks of me every time she opens her refrigerator was, "It's the eggs, isn't it?!"

 

Originally Posted By Inspector 57

I mean... C'mon! I'm not THAT bald!

 

Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter

Oh, I thought maybe you were referencing the smell.



;-)

 

Originally Posted By threeundertwo

Hold it! I have just opened today's mail and I got Cruella's purse!

THANK YOU! Mr. Potato Head thanks you too!

*sigh* I'm waiting to see how Inspector 57 explains this one . . .

 

Originally Posted By WyomingWoody

AARRRGGHHHHHH

Wanted to make sure everyone heard me ...

The doorbell rang and I just got my reveal package from my Secret Pal – IT WAS GREAT

I got a REAL wooden pirate chest - I really like it!!!!

I got a really great pirate guy –
His arms & legs bend in all sorts of directions - he’s got a wooden peg leg (real wood) a silver hook hand, an eye patch and a detachable parrot - very clever

I also got a pirate ship in a bottle which is very cool.

At the bottom of the package was a box of Prudy’s “Sans Addition De Sucre†candy or as they say in Wyoming “No sugar added†which was very very thoughtful

So THANK YOU Secret Pal aka: MickeyMeg

I hope this is the right place to post this.

 

Originally Posted By disneyfreaksk

^Lucky Duck!!

 

Originally Posted By Liberty Belle

Glad the purse arrived safely Threeundertwo! I didn't even think to ask if it had arrived yet.

And I feel so honoured to be triplets with the Inspector and Disneyfreak. We should think of a joint name, something like ... 57 Liberty Freaks?

 

Originally Posted By Inspector 57

Well, we'll see if you still feel the same after I confide this, Liberty Belle...

 

Originally Posted By Inspector 57

<<I'm waiting to see how Inspector 57 explains this one . . .>>

Uhh... There's actually a story behind this one, and it's pretty funny. Well, it is when you think about it, anyhow. Really. Pretty darned amusing.

Let's start at the beginning.

So on November 1st we conduct The Drawing. I immediately start emailing LP'ers with the identities of their Pals. It takes me FOREVER to get the emails sent out, because I keep being interrupted by delivery men ringing my buzzer. Within HOURS of sending out the first email, I swear I had received several boxes -- each filled with multiple items -- from Liberty Belle to be sent to threeundertwo.

[BTW, 2/3, did I ever tell you that in 2002 I worked up a "threeundertwo" logo that I was going to have emblazened on shirts? Some of my best work, really. Very cool. But then that whole SARS thing and the economy went all to heck and my embroiderer went out of business and... Well, it was just so unfortunate.]

Anyhow, these packages from Liberty Belle are filling up my dining room and I email her. She and I immediately come to total agreement on a mailing order for the individual items. Well, okay, okay, we NEGOTIATE a mailing order. threeundertwo, she wanted you to get the Cruella purse straight off. I said, "I don't THINK so, Liberty Belle. The Cruella wig doesn't fit me at all and the Cruella shoes hurt my feet. But the purse is PERFECT for carrying around the apartment when I want to play 'Mr. PotatoHead in Cruella drag.'" (I'm sure I don't have to tell you how fun that game can be!) Anyhow, she and I argued about the whole mailing order for WAY too long. I ultimately had to threaten to send all her stuff to Kennesaw Tom and then she finally saw it my way. Pure Bash Magic!

So THEN I get out a calculator, a calendar, a chart of the lunar cycles, my protractor, The Book of Nostrodamus, a topographical map of the US, and some junk mail from the United States Postal Service. I use those resources to devise a detailed, dated plan for sending you each of your gifts. I pass that plan by Bootstap Bill, who has taken up residence at my computer. He approves.

[BTW, 2/3, did I tell you about the party game I played at a recent holiday gathering? We had to list the Top 10 Most Joyous Events of Our Life. I immediately wrote -- and later shared aloud, with tears of happiness welling in my eyes and slightly choking my voice -- of the utter thrill of being priviledged to perform a live version of The Cake Joke with your son. I almost lost it while sharing. But I kept it together and was able to recount the other nine Most Joyous Experiences of My Life, which included, of course, sitting next to you in the Tiki room, receiving a Pirates poster from you, being treated to dinner at Club 33 with you and Ursula and your charming, handsome husband, and about six other memories that revolved around you. I swear, it was ALL about you!]

ANYHOW, to get back to the story...

So it's RELATIVELY late in the mailing season -- BUT WELL WITHIN MAILING DEADLINE LIMITS! -- when I take The Purse to my Main Post Office.

By this time in the season, I am not only on a first-name basis with each of the clerks there, but we're deep into each other's business. I get called up to a station and inevitably it's all, "Hey, Jerry, how did that dinner turn out last Tuesday?" or "Hey, it's Mr. Secret SantaMan! Still thinking you're going to have to do the gift card thing for your godson?" and "Sherry, OMG, you still sound terrible! Those antibiotics haven't kicked in yet, huh?!"

So I get called up to Lynn. I empty my shopping bag of packages onto her counter. She doesn't bother to ask me if any of them contains anything fragile, liquid, hazardous, radioactive, French, or generally icky. Instead, she says, "So are all of these going to your Disney people?"

"Yeah," I say.
"That is SO cool! And this is all from a website, right?"
"Yeah. That's how we know each other."
"This one is $1.11. Unless you want confirmation or insurance."
"No, thanks."
"So have you all met each other in, like, real life?"
"Well, many of us have met. There's a big annual meeting in Disneyland in July, and lots of people come to that and there are other times when --"
"63 cents for this one."
"Okay."
"Now, is it the same people who do this Secret Santa thing every year?"
"Well, some are. I mean, some people have done it for a while, but there are new people each year and --"
"No insurance or tracking, I assume?"
"No, thanks."
"That must be so fun!"
"Yeah. It's really IS fun! People are so kind to each other, and they really get into surprising their Secret Pals. It's fun, and it's also very sweet, really."
"How nice. That sounds really great! First Class to California?"
"Yeah, First Class."
"Okay, $1.11 for this one. $18.24 total. Credit or debit?"
"Debit."
"Go ahead and enter your PIN number. It must be really hard to pull the whole thing off."
"Well, there's some work, but it's not too bad. It's gotten a lot easier since we started it. We've learned a lot. The first year, ohmygosh. People send each other e-cards. It was SUCH a hassle to forward those. But we've --"
"Sorry! This debit thing has been REALLY slow today!"
"No problem. Anyhow, we got the e-card thing to where it's really smooth. And I've learned a lot about mailing more efficiently, too -- the customs forms, using the machine out front, what's allowed and what's not allowed --"
"You mean your Disney people sent prohibited substances?!"
"No, no, no! Heavens, no! I mean "allowed" as in labels and packaging and --"
"Well, FINALLY! It looks like your receipt is about to print."
"Well, for example... That last package to California? The recipient is one of the people who participated four years ago. And that first year, she had a bunch of things for me to send to her Pal. She was so considerate that she took each of her cards and packages and pre-metered them in California, packed them all in a big box, and then sent them to me to--"
"She WHAT?! SHE PRE-METERED IN CALIFORNIA TO HAVE THEM SENT FROM MICHIGAN?! THAT IS *AGAINST* *FEDERAL* *REGULATIONS*!!!"

And then more quickly than I could really track... With her left hand, she flung my ATM card over the counter at me as if it were some martial arts disc of doom. It hit me in the chest and knocked the wind out of me. With her right hand, she took the package that contained The Purse and gave it an incredible sidearm toss that caused the packed to soar all the way over the processing area of the Post Office behind her. It finally landed with a hard thud on the corrugated tin doors of the loading bay and skittered to the concrete. And then she bellowed out, in a voice that caused both my ears to ring for the rest of the afternoon, "NEEEEEEXXXXTTTTTTTT!"

Thank GOD that was my last scheduled trip to the Post Office this season.

So, you see, threeundertwo, it wasn't my fault. I was there in plenty of time. I mean, maybe I shouldn't have mentioned The Incident, but...


WAAAAAAAA! IT'S ALL MY FAULT!!! I am SOOOOOO sorry, Liberty Belle and threeundertwo!!!

 

Originally Posted By ajnhollysmommy

You know part of that conversation is very similar to the talks my postal people and I had. But without injuries at the end. Hope you are ok Inspector, It sounds like she went postal on you!

 

Originally Posted By Inspector 57

LOL!

Wasn't it cool, ajnhollysmommy, to share the Bash with the Postal workers?! I LOVED being a "regular" there!

 

Originally Posted By mickeymeg

Hi Wyoming Woody ! I am so glad you got your gift, and so sorry it was late in getting to you. Sounds like you are enjoying your pirate booty =) You can hide the treasure chest and draw maps for bendy pirate man to find it =)
talk to you later
-Mickeymeg

 

Originally Posted By threeundertwo

<---eyes hurting from rolling so much.

Note to self: pre-meter all packages next year.

 

Originally Posted By Autopia Deb

I just wanted to drop a qick THANK YOU!!!!!!!! to I57, Mrs Nurmi and ajnhollysmommy!

It was a great BASH and I had a GREAT time!

 

Originally Posted By Lisann22

I received a little something in the mail today. A random act of BASH-ness.

So to whom ever you are - thank you SO very much!

Happy New Year to you too! That was extremely kind and I am very much delighted and thankful.

;>

 

Originally Posted By Liberty Belle

LOL!!

I can't believe I only just saw that little anecdote, Inspector. I laughed so hard at the Mr-Potato-Head-in-Cruella-Drag thing that my dog got up and slapped me across the face.