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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | OK... I have this friend that will remain nameless. She already sent Britt and I multiple Christmas presents Which of course I can't open till Christmas morning. Then I find she will be sending Britt and I some more stuff here soon. Some of which I know about so get right away... some which will be Christmas Surprises. All cool so far... she is a very generous person! Now we get to today. When I find out that there is another package coming. One that will be here right around the 16th. Now here is the kicker... here is what is driving me nuts. She said this is a Christmas gift. But... but I must open it as soon as I get it! This particular friend never wants me to open things early! This of course has my curiosity going in turbo charge! There must be a reason that this person wants me to open it right away! And that is when my mind went to the scary spot! What if it is a gag gift... what if she sent me a pet tarantula!?! With my extreme case of arachnophobia!!!... I just may have a heart attack!  What do you all think? Why would someone that always wants me to wait to open gifts tell me I must open this one as soon as it arrives? | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: May 8, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 1,945 |
| | Posted: | | | | Well, either it is a very, very special gift and she wants to know your reaction right away, or it is a gift that neeeds to be un packed, like a cute animal, food that gets bad soon, or something like that. Or you are right, that this is a bogus gift and she wants to see your shocked reaction to it  Well, I would open itif the insists on it! Donnie | | | | www.tvmaze.com |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | yeah... I will have to open it as soon as it arrives. I guess it will be here before to long. She said about the 16th. Maybe I will get lucky and it arrive early... maybe today so I can stop obsessing about it!  | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 8, 2009 | | Posts: 864 |
| | Posted: | | | | I would guess food. Something that needs to be refrigerated, or will spoil quickly if not consumed. Though usually if I'm sending food to someone, I just don't gift wrap it in the first place. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | Well...
Whatever it is... it must be coming from a store. She just PM'd me showing me the results she got when she tracked the package. And it showed me an order number, that it is coming UPS, and that the scheduled deliver date is the 16th.
So may not be wrapped. Unless the store she ordered from offers wrapping. | | | | Pete |
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 | Blair | | Resistance is Futile! |
| Registered: October 30, 2008 | | Posts: 1,249 |
| | Posted: | | | | You're too used to getting DVD gifts practically every week all year 'round. Even when being sent something that wasn't a purchase, you know what it is before it gets there, so even though there may be anticipation of arrival, there is no mystery. What is Christmas without at least a little mystery? You've just gotten spoiled is all You can wait a few days. Give it to someone else and tell that person to keep it safe FROM you until then. | | | If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you.
He who MUST get the last word in on a pointless, endless argument doesn't win. It makes him the bigger jerk. | | | | Last edited: by Blair |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | It isn't here... it arrives in a few days. She says I must open it as soon as it arrives. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | She loves to tease and torture me!... she PM'ed me with... Quote:
It is from me...but not my house.
I torture Pete, he thinks I'm a louse.
Amazon? No it's not from there.
Oh Pete's pain...it is not fair! And for the record... I of course don't think she is a louse. I think only that she is a very kind and generous person! | | | | Pete |
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| Blair | | Resistance is Futile! |
| Registered: October 30, 2008 | | Posts: 1,249 |
| | Posted: | | | | Maybe it's a list of the things that she wants for Christmas, and she wants to be sure that you open it soon so that you will have enough time to buy it all. | | | If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you.
He who MUST get the last word in on a pointless, endless argument doesn't win. It makes him the bigger jerk. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | Could Be!... uh-oh! I think I may be in trouble! | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 950 |
| | Posted: | | | | My father once gave two of my cousins (sisters) Christmas packages that were wrapped, then he put air holes in them. Both girls were young and wanted pets. All month, they were dying to know what it was. When they unwrapped them, it was the game of Cootie.  Anticipation makes everything better! | | | | Lori |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Mixmaster_Mal: Quote:
I would guess food. Something that needs to be refrigerated, or will spoil quickly if not consumed.
Though usually if I'm sending food to someone, I just don't gift wrap it in the first place. When we send my Mom San Francisco sourdough bread we get little choice to the day is gets delivered, so we always inform her to open it before Christmas. Why let great food get stale? | | | If it wasn't for bad taste, I wouldn't have no taste at all.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 2,293 |
| | Posted: | | | | The torture I get is knowing that for the whole of December I'm not allowed to buy DVDs since friends may have bought them for me for Christmas... and then I get an email from FindDVD wishlist tracking service that one of my most wanted items is in one store at about half the price I can get it elsewhere, probably just for one day... | | | | It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | I would probably take a gamble and get it anyway for such a low price. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | My friend gave me the tracking number for this surprise package. It is being shipped today and gave me the additional info of...
Shipped/Billed On:
12/14/2011
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Package
Weight:
18.70 lbs
Almost 19 pounds... pretty hefty package! | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | Well... the torture will be ending at some time during the day tomorrow.  | | | | Pete |
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