Awww, i suck. The wierdest thing i ever got was a Swiss army knife. It was a sample one from a company that prints your company name on a knife, sort of like those pens but more useful.
anyway: weirdest thing i ever got in the mil would probably have to be my nintendo wii
it doesnt sound weird, but the thing was i was expecting to go down to the game shop to pick it up, but instead i got free drop-off
or maybe:
when i was a kid i used to get comics sent through the post, but when i turned 8 i got bored of ‘em so i got mum to cancel the subscription. HOWEVER! a few years down the line (i was about 14) i recieved a rather heavy box. when i opened it i was shocked to see every issue of the comic book from five years (one a week) it took the family a whie but we made a tidy profit from selling on our FREE comics
I saw on the news today something about a young woman who got a 300 page (double sided) iPhone bill, and posted it on Youtube…
Besides, the package isn’t that important, it’s the packing material (usually styrofoam) that’s important. My dad once sent a package packed with superfinely shredded paper (smaller than confetti). It was to a relative who kept sending lots of excess styrofoam for packages. (small item, big box). I understand it was weeks before he got the paper out of the carpet
Hey, Kanki, just be glad you don’t share your name with four coworkers – all of whom are of the opposite sex (for some reason, there are four high-school girls in my store who are all named Ryan). It gets… strange sometimes on the radio.
I have to change my strangest item recieved story – I ordered an airsoft rifle from California, and when it finally arrived far later than promised (two days ago it finally showed up), it was in a styrofoam box with no lid, no instructions, and was missing its orange safety tip. Not very strange, but highly annoying.
Two days later (this morning), my cousin was filling in on the mail route that delivers to my street… and he brought by a large box addressed to me. Absolutely a massive box. I brought it inside, opened it up… and inside was the small orange ring that goes on the airsoft rifle to make it legal to ship, all the missing tools and paperwork, and a gift certificate for a free bag of BB’s. How odd.
the weirdest thing i ever got in the mail was five precooked hotdogs.
they weren’t really packaged. just shoved in a box together. still have no clue who sent them to me.
I miss chris commenting, and wish he’d tell us the strangest thing he’s gotten in the post.
I got 10 postcards, all from the same two people once.
Another time I was talking to someone on msn messenger, and mentioned I was having toast. They said (joking) “can I have some?”.
So I put a piece of toast with vegemite in an envelope and posted it to her.
I like taking jokes too seriously.
Hmm….. I don’t know about too many “strange” things, but as of today, I’ll be receiving the Book Of Biff in the mail! So I suppose it could be called strange. But also very, very cool.
And just so you know, you’ve got a fan from down in Kansas in the US.
my mom told me that her brother put a cat in the mailbox when they were little. Must have been an interesting day for the mailman when he got there. I remember putting a frog in the mailbox when I was little. Maybe thats why they go postal sometimes.
I finally got to order the book, so now I’m gonna post my first comment ever, too! : D Yayness!
The weirdest thing I’ve gotten in mail was clearly the free mini-gift I got when ordering a couple of CD:s from an asian netfirm. The gift was a small, light pink fish-keychain-thing. It’s hollow and made of rubber, so you can stuck it to people’s foreheads. It was a load of fun until the keychain-part broke, and I couldn’t carry it along with me anymore. :/
The most amazing thing I’ve gotten would have to be a 4 1/2 foot long thin Styrofoam block wrapped entirely in yellow packing tape from Korea. It was a katana that I had asked for a few days prior.
I received a phone call from my local UPS office about a “dangerous looking package” that was addressed to me. The person (who I later found out was a new employee) said that the item description listed it as a “kay-tay-na” and that I should come check it out. Upon arrival, they dragged it up to the front and showed it to me, and I had to convince them to let me take it. It was actually a bit difficult to keep the person from opening it to verify the contents for themselves.
I later told my Korean friend that it was a great sword with good balance and strength, but to place things in a cardboard box or something next time.
Well mines all boring mainly just a tiny piece of plastic that said ‘greed’ on it.
Here’s a story that happened today. Well my Nan is on holiday but apparently some…’not all there’ person sent a letter and my grandad picked it up,on the Envelop contained the person who sent its adress, a ripped in half first class stamp, even though she posted it herself, also the envelope came in one of thos plastic folder sheets. Inside the Envelope was a entire different story, it was a 33 page sort of wierd, bloody frickning writing about her talking about her dogs, animals and saying 40% of all 10-18 year olds should be protected and the rest (60% to you and me) should be murdered,giving lethal injections or get the electric chair which churned my stomach also she wished fishers, the Prime minister, A load of banks names e.t.c to get the same treatment.
Also she said, which I find quite hilarious, that could my nan recommend any ‘super private finding detectives’ as someone has gone through her bag and stolen her dog ashes, and she needs someone to tidy her house and does my nan know anyone with ‘robot hoovers’.
Also her style of writing was very childish,mispelt hundreds of words and everytime she wrote a dogs name she put a heart round it and put a load of xs in the heart which quite honestly nearly made me crap myself. Also (Also I use also too often) she said that next time a social worker knocked on her door she would murder them and asked if my nan would meet her at a pub or come to her house, but if she came to her house she’d have to wear a disguise so the neighbours wouldn’t plot against her.Also she has lived since May 2002 without gas,electric and heat because she fears for her dogs safety and uses a torch at night
To tell the truth I am scared for my grandparents safety even though my grandad takes it light hearted.
I dont get any fun stuff. all I got in mail is army orders.
When americans turn 18 they get shaving razors for free. In Israel you get an order to come to the recruitment bureau =(
Adam M:
Vegemite? I hope they liked it. That stuff’s expensive here in the US.
Zalian:
Have had the same problem with airsoft rifles
Khasa:
I’m sorry, bud. But, technically in America you have thirty days after your birthday to register for selective service or you face fines and possible jail time. So… it’s not as bad, but we do get a gov’ment mandate to come file papers.
I get these chip magazines from MAXIM, MAXIM IC dallas, not that other magazine. i got my first one, and the IC and dallas part was small, so my parents thought i had ordered something i shouldnt have. it did contain porn of sorts, i guess, nerd porn, MOSFETs, VCOs, and a bunch of other ICs. i ordered a sample of the MAX2606EUT, thing was micro sized. i dont get mail too oftin, so i guess all i get are broken dreams :’(
wow, heh, dude, Aidan McNamara, you get some interesting mail. i wish i got more mail, its like little presents, you could alredy know whats inside, like something you ordered, or not.
what’s all this nonsense about a razor? I turned 18 almost two months ago, and no free gifts have arrived. ah well. strangest thing: when I was 10 my 5th grade class went on a “whale watch” field trip to cape cod for 3 days, sleeping over night. i brought my stuffed seal (he was my fluffy confindante, rather than a teddy bear) named Pete, who meant the world to me. sure enough, what was the only thing I left behind? well fortunately, i wrote a sobby letter to the hotel with my mom, and they shipped Pete across 4 states, and I got him a nearly-sleepless week later. the other coolest thing was a CD by Devin Townsend, “Ziltoid the Omniscient” which said “Thanks Michael” written in his wife’s handwriting on a newsletter that came with it. may have been because my “special instructions” were to “tell Devin that he is a musical genius and my hero.”
I don’t receive weird stuff by mail much, but I’m responsible for others receiving it.
I sent a mouse trap to a friend who had teased me (mail bomb = colis piégé = trap package)
I sent candles to another friend and her boyfriend for the sake of romance.
And I helped my brother sending a letter to his art teacher. He sent a 1¢ cash order and added 51 1¢ stamps.
I printed weird flyers and put them in mailboxes, I might do it again. Like this week, that would be cool.
I don’t know if this counts, but we won a prize at graduation for having the most packages sent to us through the university. I had bought a computer (each individual piece from somewhere different, plus other stuff) and my mate bought a lot of stuff from eBay (including a set of golf clubs).
August 17th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
Three joints taped inside a Get Well card. With my real address and the sender’s real address on the envelope. Mailed across seven states! I could still be in prison right now.”
Man, I fell out of my seat when I read that. Awesome.
Chris, I just now finished the archives, and I have to say;; Biff is amazing.
And I say that because when I read these comics, I came to realize that Biff and my brother Jeff are the same people. If you’ve ever met him, you’d understand.
And as for my mail, well… I’ve recieved multiple ‘strange’ things, but the most recent would have to be my rapier, and what the UPS dude said when he handed it to me.
Now, it was fully packaged… Wrapped in cloth, inside of a sleek cherry-wood box, put in bubble wrapping, held in place by styrofoam, and all inside of a nice cardboard box. None of it was tampered with, either. But when he said, ‘with a sword as nice as that, you need to constantly pour oil it, and it’s a good idea to leave it in hot places like the back of your car, and bend it when you can,’ I was a bit weirded out. The name of the item wasn’t on the cardboard box, nor was it on the tag. So, my main concern was how in the world did he know? Not to mention I was insulted that he saw me as such a moron– as a fencer of many years, I had the mind to stab him right there. And that is obviously a horrible way of taking care of equipment such as that.
So, yeah. It wasn’t the package itself, just the delivery guy.
hm… I dont know about amazing, but slightly weird was when I forgot a cd at my parents while visiting, they shipped it back and when I got it, the envelope had tire marks on it and the contence… we’ll you can imagine what it would be after being run over by a truck filled with paper and other asorted thigns.
My grandparents recently got me a fully-functional battle shield as an early birthday present, and I use it to practice sword fighting. I think that qualifies as amazing.
When I was like 8 or 9 I had a dog that I kept at my grandparents house.
Well one day the ups truck came to my house. And so you know my mom is all talking to the guy and then she signs for the package. She brings it inside. and she gives it to me. So I open it and inside the big box is smaller box with a card on top. So I read the card first, and it said something like this. “Sorry for your loss,” then the inside. was a note ” Hi Phill, in the small box is Mickey. He died last week when he was asleep. Your grandfather left him in the car when he went inside and forgot about him. But don’t feel bad because we had him stuffed for you. So open the box and make sure you keep him brushed. Love, grams.”
So I open the box and there is my dog curled up in a ball kinda. All stuffed and not alive. I think I cried for like a day. I still have him. he stays on a shelf. But I have to get rid of him this month, cuz my girlfriend says it wierds her out. So I’m gonna bury him in my yard.
Btw Chris biff is great its always a source for a smile when I’m down. Keep up the good work.
hmmm the weirdest thing… that’s a tough one with my track record. I’d have to say the weirdest thing I got in the mail to this day, is my now dinged up, one handed, paul chen knightly. The only reason why this is the weirdest thing I got, was because customs didn’t hold it, instead though, they decided to hold the vambraces, greaves, chainmail gloves, double wrap belt and my back baldric. That’s the good old border guard for you eh? Let’s send ‘em the sharp pointy bit and keep the stuff that is meant to protect rather than hack and slash. I have it all now, which is good, I would’ve taken far too many injuries without the gloves at the very least, being a swordsman in this day and age is way too much fun!
Most amazing thing? Chicks..as in small, cute, peeping things. You can mail order chicks that with any luck will turn into chickens despite their total lack of intelligence and survival instinct. They’re very cute and quite the package to recieve in the mail, but since this is from a farm/ranch supply catalog, I wouldn’t suggest this as some sort of present to a loved one or the like!
Best things I’ve had in the mail, humm, my re-enactment sword (yippee!!), my black leather corset (before you get weirded out I’m a Lady!), my guns!! (cap firers mind!!) and the fibre re-enforced plastic core for the LARP weapons I make.
I don’t think I can beat The Phil but lets try anyways.
The wierdest thing I have gotten in the amail was while I was deployed to Iraq. Someone got the bright idea to send me a care package with some snickers (which melted instanlty), some socks, a single pencil, 20 pens,
3 bags of gum, something identified as a peach, a jug of milk(didn’t make it and smelled horrible), and a hat.
My aunt mary died, and I went to her funeral on my 18th birthday. When I got back to my house in Iowa, from Michagan, I found the birthday present that she had mailed the day before she died
i got shipped this weird statue in the mail on accident once.
Think it might have been curse, cause things kept breaking that day until I drove the statue back to the post office.
nearly crashed, too.
The most interesting thing I got via mail was my Xbox360. It was the premium version in the Pro Evolution Soccer 6 bundle. All for the same price as a core version (non-bundle). They took it off the website the day after I ordered, so I guess it was clearance. It came the day before my final exam, which left me with something to look forward to when I went back home (home-home. Proper home, not student digs home). Great stuff.
I’d have to saaaay… the chickens my mom ordered in the mail. Those things are sooo annoying now… I remember one time, before I put the chickens in their coop for the night, one of the chickens had gotten out of the pen and came up to the back door… lawlzorz
A postcard reminding me to get my eyes checked, but here’s the kicker….
The optometrist in question is my father, and I was working at the office during the period it was sent Apparantly someone wasn’t looking when they pulled the cards for that month.
Perhaps Biff has ordered a cat to help with those breadbox-eating mice?
As for strange things in the mail…my mom ordered a Nintendo DS for my brother as an early Christmas present. The day it arrived, he was really excited, slit the tape, opened the box…
And nothing. The box was empty. The tape was still there, so it hadn’t been opened, but there was nothing inside it. Presumably someone at the factory had pocketed the DS before the box was sealed.
Then my mom had to jump through hoops of fire to get another DS sent to us without being charged again.
Afterwards we joked about how it was lucky it wasn’t an actual Christmas present. It would’ve been a real bummer to take off the bow, unwrap the box, open it, and find absolutely nothing. Though I’m sure it would have been hilarious in retrospect.
First the letter my flatmate got… I just moved in so she (flatmate’s female, i’m male) was “officially” the only person living there.. She got a mini-catalogue for extreme sado-maso gay accessoires… the pictures were definitely XXX… Some of these Things I would’ve never imagined possible… some of them took a while to understand how they’re supposed to work… kinda scary stuff… *shudder*…She never ordered at an “adult products” company…
And I got a living Scorpion in a nice little package… cardboard outside, in there clear plastic box with air-holes… Terrarium came the next day… I wanted it but i wanted to get to the store and collect it… its in the same city… Ordered it online together with the terrarium and I think they didnt read the Note… wanted only the terrarium to be delivered…. luckily my flatmate wasn’t home that day… she hates my spider and my scorpion and never enters my room because of them… she would have fereaked out extremely…
Just got to wonder whats in that box.
Awww, i suck. The wierdest thing i ever got was a Swiss army knife. It was a sample one from a company that prints your company name on a knife, sort of like those pens but more useful.
my first ever post to biff! woot!
anyway: weirdest thing i ever got in the mil would probably have to be my nintendo wii
it doesnt sound weird, but the thing was i was expecting to go down to the game shop to pick it up, but instead i got free drop-off
or maybe:
when i was a kid i used to get comics sent through the post, but when i turned 8 i got bored of ‘em so i got mum to cancel the subscription. HOWEVER! a few years down the line (i was about 14) i recieved a rather heavy box. when i opened it i was shocked to see every issue of the comic book from five years (one a week) it took the family a whie but we made a tidy profit from selling on our FREE comics
I saw on the news today something about a young woman who got a 300 page (double sided) iPhone bill, and posted it on Youtube…
Besides, the package isn’t that important, it’s the packing material (usually styrofoam) that’s important. My dad once sent a package packed with superfinely shredded paper (smaller than confetti). It was to a relative who kept sending lots of excess styrofoam for packages. (small item, big box). I understand it was weeks before he got the paper out of the carpet
Hey, Kanki, just be glad you don’t share your name with four coworkers – all of whom are of the opposite sex (for some reason, there are four high-school girls in my store who are all named Ryan). It gets… strange sometimes on the radio.
I have to change my strangest item recieved story – I ordered an airsoft rifle from California, and when it finally arrived far later than promised (two days ago it finally showed up), it was in a styrofoam box with no lid, no instructions, and was missing its orange safety tip. Not very strange, but highly annoying.
Two days later (this morning), my cousin was filling in on the mail route that delivers to my street… and he brought by a large box addressed to me. Absolutely a massive box. I brought it inside, opened it up… and inside was the small orange ring that goes on the airsoft rifle to make it legal to ship, all the missing tools and paperwork, and a gift certificate for a free bag of BB’s. How odd.
the weirdest thing i ever got in the mail was five precooked hotdogs.
they weren’t really packaged. just shoved in a box together. still have no clue who sent them to me.
I miss chris commenting, and wish he’d tell us the strangest thing he’s gotten in the post.
I got 10 postcards, all from the same two people once.
Another time I was talking to someone on msn messenger, and mentioned I was having toast. They said (joking) “can I have some?”.
So I put a piece of toast with vegemite in an envelope and posted it to her.
I like taking jokes too seriously.
Hmm….. I don’t know about too many “strange” things, but as of today, I’ll be receiving the Book Of Biff in the mail! So I suppose it could be called strange. But also very, very cool.
And just so you know, you’ve got a fan from down in Kansas in the US.
…..er…… Me.
my mom told me that her brother put a cat in the mailbox when they were little. Must have been an interesting day for the mailman when he got there. I remember putting a frog in the mailbox when I was little. Maybe thats why they go postal sometimes.
Thanks Brendan, that’s actually the first order I got from Kansas.
harry potter. lol, I’m lame
I finally got to order the book, so now I’m gonna post my first comment ever, too! : D Yayness!
The weirdest thing I’ve gotten in mail was clearly the free mini-gift I got when ordering a couple of CD:s from an asian netfirm. The gift was a small, light pink fish-keychain-thing. It’s hollow and made of rubber, so you can stuck it to people’s foreheads. It was a load of fun until the keychain-part broke, and I couldn’t carry it along with me anymore. :/
Maija, awesome! My first order from Finland
My MCAT scores. 33, BOOYAH!
The most amazing thing I’ve gotten would have to be a 4 1/2 foot long thin Styrofoam block wrapped entirely in yellow packing tape from Korea. It was a katana that I had asked for a few days prior.
I received a phone call from my local UPS office about a “dangerous looking package” that was addressed to me. The person (who I later found out was a new employee) said that the item description listed it as a “kay-tay-na” and that I should come check it out. Upon arrival, they dragged it up to the front and showed it to me, and I had to convince them to let me take it. It was actually a bit difficult to keep the person from opening it to verify the contents for themselves.
I later told my Korean friend that it was a great sword with good balance and strength, but to place things in a cardboard box or something next time.
Well mines all boring mainly just a tiny piece of plastic that said ‘greed’ on it.
Here’s a story that happened today. Well my Nan is on holiday but apparently some…’not all there’ person sent a letter and my grandad picked it up,on the Envelop contained the person who sent its adress, a ripped in half first class stamp, even though she posted it herself, also the envelope came in one of thos plastic folder sheets. Inside the Envelope was a entire different story, it was a 33 page sort of wierd, bloody frickning writing about her talking about her dogs, animals and saying 40% of all 10-18 year olds should be protected and the rest (60% to you and me) should be murdered,giving lethal injections or get the electric chair which churned my stomach also she wished fishers, the Prime minister, A load of banks names e.t.c to get the same treatment.
Also she said, which I find quite hilarious, that could my nan recommend any ‘super private finding detectives’ as someone has gone through her bag and stolen her dog ashes, and she needs someone to tidy her house and does my nan know anyone with ‘robot hoovers’.
Also her style of writing was very childish,mispelt hundreds of words and everytime she wrote a dogs name she put a heart round it and put a load of xs in the heart which quite honestly nearly made me crap myself. Also (Also I use also too often) she said that next time a social worker knocked on her door she would murder them and asked if my nan would meet her at a pub or come to her house, but if she came to her house she’d have to wear a disguise so the neighbours wouldn’t plot against her.Also she has lived since May 2002 without gas,electric and heat because she fears for her dogs safety and uses a torch at night
To tell the truth I am scared for my grandparents safety even though my grandad takes it light hearted.
I dunno about amazing, but the strangest thing I got in the mail would have to be live mice.
I dont get any fun stuff. all I got in mail is army orders.
When americans turn 18 they get shaving razors for free. In Israel you get an order to come to the recruitment bureau =(
Adam M:
Vegemite? I hope they liked it. That stuff’s expensive here in the US.
Zalian:
Have had the same problem with airsoft rifles
Khasa:
I’m sorry, bud. But, technically in America you have thirty days after your birthday to register for selective service or you face fines and possible jail time. So… it’s not as bad, but we do get a gov’ment mandate to come file papers.
I get pretty boring mail. I was pretty excited to get my first piece of college junk mail though…It was from the University of Chicago, I think.
I get these chip magazines from MAXIM, MAXIM IC dallas, not that other magazine. i got my first one, and the IC and dallas part was small, so my parents thought i had ordered something i shouldnt have. it did contain porn of sorts, i guess, nerd porn, MOSFETs, VCOs, and a bunch of other ICs. i ordered a sample of the MAX2606EUT, thing was micro sized. i dont get mail too oftin, so i guess all i get are broken dreams :’(
wow, heh, dude, Aidan McNamara, you get some interesting mail. i wish i got more mail, its like little presents, you could alredy know whats inside, like something you ordered, or not.
what’s all this nonsense about a razor? I turned 18 almost two months ago, and no free gifts have arrived. ah well. strangest thing: when I was 10 my 5th grade class went on a “whale watch” field trip to cape cod for 3 days, sleeping over night. i brought my stuffed seal (he was my fluffy confindante, rather than a teddy bear) named Pete, who meant the world to me. sure enough, what was the only thing I left behind? well fortunately, i wrote a sobby letter to the hotel with my mom, and they shipped Pete across 4 states, and I got him a nearly-sleepless week later. the other coolest thing was a CD by Devin Townsend, “Ziltoid the Omniscient” which said “Thanks Michael” written in his wife’s handwriting on a newsletter that came with it. may have been because my “special instructions” were to “tell Devin that he is a musical genius and my hero.”
I don’t receive weird stuff by mail much, but I’m responsible for others receiving it.
I sent a mouse trap to a friend who had teased me (mail bomb = colis piégé = trap package)
I sent candles to another friend and her boyfriend for the sake of romance.
And I helped my brother sending a letter to his art teacher. He sent a 1¢ cash order and added 51 1¢ stamps.
I printed weird flyers and put them in mailboxes, I might do it again. Like this week, that would be cool.
I don’t know if this counts, but we won a prize at graduation for having the most packages sent to us through the university. I had bought a computer (each individual piece from somewhere different, plus other stuff) and my mate bought a lot of stuff from eBay (including a set of golf clubs).
And all we won was a bottle of wine…
My favorite package is coffee from Maui.
The first thing I do is smell the coffee,
before I even make it. Yummm…
“Archemedes Rex Says:
August 17th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
Three joints taped inside a Get Well card. With my real address and the sender’s real address on the envelope. Mailed across seven states! I could still be in prison right now.”
Man, I fell out of my seat when I read that. Awesome.
Chris, I just now finished the archives, and I have to say;; Biff is amazing.
And I say that because when I read these comics, I came to realize that Biff and my brother Jeff are the same people. If you’ve ever met him, you’d understand.
And as for my mail, well… I’ve recieved multiple ‘strange’ things, but the most recent would have to be my rapier, and what the UPS dude said when he handed it to me.
Now, it was fully packaged… Wrapped in cloth, inside of a sleek cherry-wood box, put in bubble wrapping, held in place by styrofoam, and all inside of a nice cardboard box. None of it was tampered with, either. But when he said, ‘with a sword as nice as that, you need to constantly pour oil it, and it’s a good idea to leave it in hot places like the back of your car, and bend it when you can,’ I was a bit weirded out. The name of the item wasn’t on the cardboard box, nor was it on the tag. So, my main concern was how in the world did he know? Not to mention I was insulted that he saw me as such a moron– as a fencer of many years, I had the mind to stab him right there. And that is obviously a horrible way of taking care of equipment such as that.
So, yeah. It wasn’t the package itself, just the delivery guy.
-Neca
Neca – Thanks, I’m glad you like the comics… I’m sorry about your brother.
hm… I dont know about amazing, but slightly weird was when I forgot a cd at my parents while visiting, they shipped it back and when I got it, the envelope had tire marks on it and the contence… we’ll you can imagine what it would be after being run over by a truck filled with paper and other asorted thigns.
As am I, sir, as am I.
;p
-Neca
My grandparents recently got me a fully-functional battle shield as an early birthday present, and I use it to practice sword fighting. I think that qualifies as amazing.
I have everyone beat.
When I was like 8 or 9 I had a dog that I kept at my grandparents house.
Well one day the ups truck came to my house. And so you know my mom is all talking to the guy and then she signs for the package. She brings it inside. and she gives it to me. So I open it and inside the big box is smaller box with a card on top. So I read the card first, and it said something like this. “Sorry for your loss,” then the inside. was a note ” Hi Phill, in the small box is Mickey. He died last week when he was asleep. Your grandfather left him in the car when he went inside and forgot about him. But don’t feel bad because we had him stuffed for you. So open the box and make sure you keep him brushed. Love, grams.”
So I open the box and there is my dog curled up in a ball kinda. All stuffed and not alive. I think I cried for like a day. I still have him. he stays on a shelf. But I have to get rid of him this month, cuz my girlfriend says it wierds her out. So I’m gonna bury him in my yard.
Btw Chris biff is great its always a source for a smile when I’m down. Keep up the good work.
Holy nuts Phill that is crazy!
Phill, I think your grandparents might qualify as crazy.
hmmm the weirdest thing… that’s a tough one with my track record. I’d have to say the weirdest thing I got in the mail to this day, is my now dinged up, one handed, paul chen knightly. The only reason why this is the weirdest thing I got, was because customs didn’t hold it, instead though, they decided to hold the vambraces, greaves, chainmail gloves, double wrap belt and my back baldric. That’s the good old border guard for you eh? Let’s send ‘em the sharp pointy bit and keep the stuff that is meant to protect rather than hack and slash. I have it all now, which is good, I would’ve taken far too many injuries without the gloves at the very least, being a swordsman in this day and age is way too much fun!
Most amazing thing? I’d say it was a Dollfie body. Except the right hand was broken off by my father while I was shopping.
Most amazing thing? Chicks..as in small, cute, peeping things. You can mail order chicks that with any luck will turn into chickens despite their total lack of intelligence and survival instinct. They’re very cute and quite the package to recieve in the mail, but since this is from a farm/ranch supply catalog, I wouldn’t suggest this as some sort of present to a loved one or the like!
An almost living turtle, that my uncle sent me.
Hmmm…. I’m not sure, either the porn around my 13th (no i did not order it) or the army letter on my 16th.
Oh and at the guy with the joints, I think thats legal in Holland, was no problem when i was walking around with them anyway.
Phill dude!! That’s soo sad.
Best things I’ve had in the mail, humm, my re-enactment sword (yippee!!), my black leather corset (before you get weirded out I’m a Lady!), my guns!! (cap firers mind!!) and the fibre re-enforced plastic core for the LARP weapons I make.
I don’t think I can beat The Phil but lets try anyways.
The wierdest thing I have gotten in the amail was while I was deployed to Iraq. Someone got the bright idea to send me a care package with some snickers (which melted instanlty), some socks, a single pencil, 20 pens,
3 bags of gum, something identified as a peach, a jug of milk(didn’t make it and smelled horrible), and a hat.
My aunt mary died, and I went to her funeral on my 18th birthday. When I got back to my house in Iowa, from Michagan, I found the birthday present that she had mailed the day before she died
i got shipped this weird statue in the mail on accident once.
Think it might have been curse, cause things kept breaking that day until I drove the statue back to the post office.
nearly crashed, too.
The most interesting thing I got via mail was my Xbox360. It was the premium version in the Pro Evolution Soccer 6 bundle. All for the same price as a core version (non-bundle). They took it off the website the day after I ordered, so I guess it was clearance. It came the day before my final exam, which left me with something to look forward to when I went back home (home-home. Proper home, not student digs home). Great stuff.
I’d have to saaaay… the chickens my mom ordered in the mail. Those things are sooo annoying now… I remember one time, before I put the chickens in their coop for the night, one of the chickens had gotten out of the pen and came up to the back door… lawlzorz
A postcard reminding me to get my eyes checked, but here’s the kicker….
The optometrist in question is my father, and I was working at the office during the period it was sent
Apparantly someone wasn’t looking when they pulled the cards for that month.
Perhaps Biff has ordered a cat to help with those breadbox-eating mice?
As for strange things in the mail…my mom ordered a Nintendo DS for my brother as an early Christmas present. The day it arrived, he was really excited, slit the tape, opened the box…
And nothing. The box was empty. The tape was still there, so it hadn’t been opened, but there was nothing inside it. Presumably someone at the factory had pocketed the DS before the box was sealed.
Then my mom had to jump through hoops of fire to get another DS sent to us without being charged again.
Afterwards we joked about how it was lucky it wasn’t an actual Christmas present. It would’ve been a real bummer to take off the bow, unwrap the box, open it, and find absolutely nothing.
Though I’m sure it would have been hilarious in retrospect.
probably a can of squid. but it was shipped inside another can, which was of armadillo egg.
First the letter my flatmate got… I just moved in so she (flatmate’s female, i’m male) was “officially” the only person living there.. She got a mini-catalogue for extreme sado-maso gay accessoires… the pictures were definitely XXX… Some of these Things I would’ve never imagined possible… some of them took a while to understand how they’re supposed to work… kinda scary stuff… *shudder*…She never ordered at an “adult products” company…
And I got a living Scorpion in a nice little package… cardboard outside, in there clear plastic box with air-holes… Terrarium came the next day… I wanted it but i wanted to get to the store and collect it… its in the same city… Ordered it online together with the terrarium and I think they didnt read the Note… wanted only the terrarium to be delivered…. luckily my flatmate wasn’t home that day… she hates my spider and my scorpion and never enters my room because of them… she would have fereaked out extremely…
according to me: my pillow and suspenders that werent mine.
according to my brother: my vintage bowling shoes.