Artemis wrote:
Thank you for the great gifts, chaos!
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Merci beaucoup!!
Re: Secret Santa?
Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2017 10:45 am
by chaos
Matz wrote:"Lobsta" and "tuner"
They talk like that in Boston? Didn't know that, and I've even watched Good will hunting a couple of times. Surprisingly that doesn't make me an authority on the subject it seems
Each neighborhood seems to have its own distinct sound and dialect. I have noticed that some of the older city officials speak as though they have marbles in their mouths.
I have lived here since 1999 and I still run into people I can't understand.
Re: Secret Santa?
Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2017 7:54 pm
by farrellgirl99
"the khakis ah in my khakis" is one of the funniest things ive ever read great gifts
my best friend from high school, who has a very thick queens accent, just married a guy from outside boston with a very thick boston accent and i cant wait to hear what their kids will sound like.
Re: Secret Santa?
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 2:03 pm
by perkana
Thank you, Secret Santa! Your package arrived today, Art
As soon as Rocco lets me, I will open it and share!
Re: Secret Santa?
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 4:38 pm
by Artemis
perkana wrote:Thank you, Secret Santa! Your package arrived today, Art
As soon as Rocco lets me, I will open it and share!
Glad you got it! I was wondering about it because the expected delivery date was the 6th and the Canada Post tracker still says "In Transit".
Re: Secret Santa?
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 10:33 am
by perkana
I loved everything!!!
I received these lovely parcels...
Thank you for the onesie...I recognized Jim Carrey but you'll have to tell me the rest (I assume all are Canadian)
Loved the pins! Is that the famous pee pitcher?
I know it's Drake, but to me, he will always be Jimmy
"Sorry"
And last, but not least, this year's favorite ornament
It wouldn't be you without your puns
Thank you again, hope you all have a Merry Xmas!
Re: Secret Santa?
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 11:35 am
by Larry B.
That's pretty sweet
Re: Secret Santa?
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 9:51 pm
by farrellgirl99
Sent!
Love the onesie and Drake gifts
Re: Secret Santa?
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 7:33 am
by Warped
Excellent gifts so far.
Re: Secret Santa?
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 8:41 am
by chaos
Cool gifts.
With regard to the onesie, I think I recognize a few faces: Margaret Atwood, Alanis Morrissette (or maybe Celine Dion ?), and Geddy Lee.
Re: Secret Santa?
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 1:03 pm
by chaos
My Secret Santa package arrived today from Mexico!
Some yummy candy:
A beautifully stitched bag, and lovely beaded bracelet:
And a We Can Be Heroes Golden Retriever tee shirt :
You are very welcome!
The candy is from my parents' hometown. Hope you enjoy it
Re: Secret Santa?
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2017 9:38 pm
by Larry B.
That's fantastic. Really, really cool. I wish I had the skill of gift-thinking some of you have, seriously.
Re: Secret Santa?
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 1:49 am
by Bandit72
That T-shirt is superb. All amazing gifts so far. ANR, the forum that keeps on giving!
Re: Secret Santa?
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 2:47 am
by nausearockpig
Larry B. wrote:That's fantastic. Really, really cool. I wish I had the skill of gift-thinking some of you have, seriously.
I was pretty impressed with you gifts last year, Lazzaroo!
Re: Secret Santa?
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 5:27 am
by Larry B.
nausearockpig wrote:
Larry B. wrote:That's fantastic. Really, really cool. I wish I had the skill of gift-thinking some of you have, seriously.
I was pretty impressed with you gifts last year, Lazzaroo!
Re: Secret Santa?
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 3:57 pm
by Artemis
perkana wrote:I loved everything!!!
I received these lovely parcels...
Thank you for the onesie...I recognized Jim Carrey but you'll have to tell me the rest (I assume all are Canadian)
Loved the pins! Is that the famous pee pitcher?
I know it's Drake, but to me, he will always be Jimmy
"Sorry"
And last, but not least, this year's favorite ornament
It wouldn't be you without your puns
Thank you again, hope you all have a Merry Xmas!
Hi, so glad you enjoyed your gifts. Sorry, I'm a little late to respond.
The onesie is Canadian pop icons such as Geddy Lee, Joni Mitchell,Drake, Justin Trudeau, Margaret Atwood, Jim Carey, Sarah Mclachlan, Celine Dion, I think Ryan Reynolds. A few others that I'm not sure who it's supposed to be. I know it doesn't get really cold where you live, but it'll be comfy for lounging in on the cooler days.
I thought the pins were funny...especially the Drake/Jimmy one. The one with milk bag in a jug is a very Ontario thing. I think in Quebec milk is sold in bags too. Anyway, the milk bags started in the 70s when Canada was converting to the metric system and glass bottles were being replaced with plastic jugs and cartons. So, the milk bottlers had to adapt and create a way to contain milk that their existing bottling machines could still use or just be modified a little bit. Dupont Canada came up with the plastic bladders which saved the bottlers a lot of money. If you visit Ontatio, you will see milk sold in bags- So, in each big bag, there are 3 bladders for a total of 4 L. Here's a pic of how it looks like:
Sorry, but I', not going to explain the "sorry" pin. I think you already know it's a Canadian thing..
The Bowie ornament was nice, I thought. They also had Bjork and a few others, but the Bowie looked the best.
Great gifts so far...Perk, your gift to chaos are really nice!
Re: Secret Santa?
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 7:45 pm
by perkana
Thanks for explaining the milkbag pitcher. For some reason I thought that it was used when it was so cold to pee outside
Re: Secret Santa?
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:56 pm
by Artemis
perkana wrote:Thanks for explaining the milkbag pitcher. For some reason I thought that it was used when it was so cold to pee outside
I have no doubt that people have used the milk pitchers as pee pitchers.
Re: Secret Santa?
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 12:42 am
by Warped
So as some of you have read on fb i got my parcel yesterday from Birmingham.
I am really really impressed, this is awesome, a lot nicely wrapped little packages, i love it, thanks so much Bandit
So let's start with this:
Next one, two football books, i absolutely love them, you must know how much i am a sucker for football (and football players )
English breakfast tea and a chocolote spoon...delicious, i love tea, i drink 1-2 liters per day, so yeah a good one
Drumstick pens and a Birmingham calendar with beautiful pics
A lovely card and a cute owl hand warmer
Again a huge thanks to Bandit, that was well-thought and perfect man!!!!
I won't tell you how long it took me to upload and post all the pics
I think i need the chocolate spoon now
Re: Secret Santa?
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 4:49 am
by Larry B.
Terrific gifts. Well done, man!
Re: Secret Santa?
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 7:45 am
by SR
Larry B. wrote:Terrific gifts. Well done, man!
Did love the rescue GR Frida a lot, but as always all are great
Re: Secret Santa?
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2017 11:29 am
by farrellgirl99
i got my gift yesterday! didnt open it yet bc ive been running around, but wanted to let wally know it got delivered safely. will open and post pics soon
Re: Secret Santa?
Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2017 7:29 am
by perkana
SR wrote:
Larry B. wrote:Terrific gifts. Well done, man!
Did love the rescue GR Frida a lot, but as always all are great
What's your shirt size, again?
Re: Secret Santa?
Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2017 8:44 pm
by farrellgirl99
treated myself to my secret santa presents on christmas morning this year these lovely gifts came from san diego this year!
awesome ornament and crocheted cactus
the full haul - feminist manifesto and yankees slippers included!
thank you so much for such thoughtful gifts! its like you know me better than my family i just ended my grad school semester, so happy to do some leisure reading while wearing my comfy slippers. merry christmas!