FOT Not So Secret Santa.

[Jason]

RULES.

1. You must spend a minimum of $10 plus postage.

2. Deadline for the drawing of names is December 2nd. I will draw the names and email the particpants with the name, address and FOT Forum nickname of the person they are buying a gift for.

3. You must mail your gift before Dec 18th, earlier if it's overseas. No excuses.

4. You must not open your gift until Christmas day.

5. Feel free to post about it but don't reveal who you are getting a gift for. I'm looking at you Bruce.

7. Please think about what you are buying, make the gift as funny and as unusual as possible. Don't leave it to the last minute or send unoriginal mass manufactured kitsch crap (eg. articulated Jesus dolls or Betty Page ashtrays from Urban Outfitters) or some last minute, laugh free tome form the "humour" section of your local bookshop.

7. After we have all posted about what we received I will start a poll to decide if we should reveal who gave who what.

Anyone wanting to take part, please private message me your details with Secret Santa as the subject.
Post here if you want to discuss this
 or just to let people know you're in.

So who's in?

[Andy]

definitely in.

[bruce]

3. You must mail your gift before Dec 18th, earlier if it's overseas. No excuses.

So does that mean your finally going to send that Dalek bottle opener to me by then.

[Laurie]

3. You must mail your gift before Dec 18th, earlier if it's overseas. No excuses.

So does that mean your finally going to send that Dalek bottle opener to me by then.

Not if you don't learn how to properly use contractions, you won't. He's English. His people invented the language. Respekt.

[kenkwan]

I'm in.

[Richard_From_CHI]

In. All in.

[Sarah]

What the hell--count me in.

[JP]

I'm in, especially because it will seem ever more absurd to my loving, lovely wife - especially in the context of me being completely overwhelmed at work!

so let's start think about the gift i'm going to give....

[Jason]

I'd just like to say if you want in then pm me your details.
A lot of people are saying they are in and not doing this, thats not to say this idea isn't a total success, because it is.

[Sarah]

To whomever it turns out to concern:  my gift will not be ready to ship till after Christmas even if I order now (what can I say?  Internet shopping can have its drawbacks).  That being so, I'd like to place the order after I know who you are, thus saving time and money.

I hope this will be acceptable.

[Purple-Shirt]

I'm in. And if my recipient doesn't drink or is too young to receive alcohol, it's their problem not mine.

[Richard_From_CHI]

Did any further steps get taken for the furtherance of this enterprise.

[Jason]

Relax baby.
The draw is on Saturday.
We have 12 entrants including the late great Laurie, but not including the people who said they'd be in but didn't message me their details.

[Jason]

The draw has been made, I will email all the individuals involved later.

[Andy]

have e-mails gone out?  I haven't gotten anything yet.

also, how much is a signed picture of Tom worth?  I had to pay $100 to get it.