I, like Fay, am not being an ungrateful hussy - it just hasn't arrived yet! But then I do live in a galaxy far, far away.
I've tried to march in the Slayer Pride Parade ...
Joyce ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2007: Heaven's Just a Funky Moose
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. Oh, and 2007? Don't think we've forgotten about you.
Jars - Jan 21, 2008 11:38:54 pm PST #398 of 513
Fay - Jan 22, 2008 12:16:51 am PST #399 of 513
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Awesome!
As to the post - as far as I can gather, it's actually pretty reliable. And unlike Egypt, I'm not unduly worried about the mail-handlers ransacking things and nicking stuff they like.
...'course, if Santa decides to send me a vibrator I could be in trouble, because they're illegal here* (!!!) - but honestly, I doubt that they check the post, and worst case scenario they'd confiscate it. Joyless buggers. Well, or if it were hard drugs (then I could get right down to living that 'Bridget Jones' lifestyle in the Bangkok Hilton!) or something that belittled the King, then I might be in bother. Otherwise, should be good to go, insh'allah.
- which, at the risk of being TMI, should not put Santa off sending such a care package, should the thought have crossed his saintly old head. No indeed.
Theodosia - Jan 22, 2008 2:39:23 am PST #400 of 513
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Talking about foreign customs and attitudes this weekend at the SF con, I was told that while the Japanese are perfectly fine with vibrators shaped like characters and animals, the ones shaped like human body parts are illegal. Thus the plausible deniability.
Emily - Jan 22, 2008 4:28:17 am PST #401 of 513
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
or something that belittled the King
Guess that's a no on the "Rama IX wears funny glasses" postcard, then.
Just kidding, I'm not your Santa. And if I were, I'd have sent jam. Also, his glasses are sleek and flattering.
Want some jam?
Kate P. - Jan 22, 2008 5:31:47 am PST #402 of 513
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I just got home from vacation yesterday to find a package from (I believe) a CA zipcode, containing the book Wanderlust ( [link] ), a collection of photos from trains, airports, hotels, restaurants, etc. all over the world. Very cool! And since our trip home was the very definition of "hellish" (I was sick, bags went missing, planes were cancelled, then rebooked, then delayed, ad infinitum), I have to say it made me laugh to open up the book and see pictures of people sleeping in airports and feel nostalgic ALREADY for travelling. Anyway, Java cat, I'm assuming the book is from you? If so, thank you! It's perfect!
Miracleman - Jan 22, 2008 5:32:56 am PST #403 of 513
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Talking about foreign customs and attitudes this weekend at the SF con,
Huh. Aims and I were at a con this weekend too...
...though I didn't talk about Japanese vibrators.
At least, not that I remember.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 22, 2008 5:34:00 am PST #404 of 513
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Talking about foreign customs and attitudes this weekend at the SF con, I was told that while the Japanese are perfectly fine with vibrators shaped like characters and animals, the ones shaped like human body parts are illegal. Thus the plausible deniability.
Hellooo... Kitty!
Daisy Jane - Jan 22, 2008 7:26:39 am PST #405 of 513
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I just got home from vacation yesterday to find a package from (I believe) a CA zipcode, containing the book Wanderlust
I got that for my step-dad!
Jon B. - Jan 22, 2008 10:30:25 am PST #406 of 513
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Dear Seekret Santee,
My deepest apologies for my slackness. I shipped your goodies today via priority mail, so they should get to you by the end of the week. They are contained inside the currently popular "tube" packaging.
meara - Jan 22, 2008 3:48:54 pm PST #407 of 513
I just got home from vacation yesterday to find a package from (I believe) a CA zipcode, containing the book Wanderlust
I got a journal from that book/guy/whatever when I went around the world--it had pictures and train tickets and so on, printed throughout, it was gorgeous.