Very tricky formula required

[Von Pookie]

Oh--on the more "cutesy" side of the spectrum, one year he got me a stuffed animal. It's a cute/pitiful looking dog giving the puppy eyes and holding a little heart that says "I Wuff You."

And I absolutely love it. It's on a shelf in my bedroom, actually

 

[Richard Schollar]

Kristy

"cricket-licket" (a ****** with a real (dead) cricket in the middle)

Forgive my ignorance - what's a 'cricket-licket'?

 

[Von Pookie]

Kristy

"cricket-licket" (a ****** with a real (dead) cricket in the middle)

Forgive my ignorance - what's a 'cricket-licket'?

Just what I said: a ****** with a real (dead) cricket in the middle. I'm not joking.

I haven't seen them in what seems like eons, but just found this on a quick search. Seems they still make them!
http://www.hotlix.com/

 

[Richard Schollar]

I love them. I've got to get me some of those

 

[Greg Truby]

Richard,

See, there's this thing called a "search engine". You can type stuff like "cricket-licket" into a control called a "textbox" click a button and voilá.

^edit Fastest friggin' cat fer typin' that I ever did come across... _/edit

 

[Von Pookie]

Slooooooooowpoooooooooke.

 

[Von Pookie]

Oh--on the more "cutesy" side of the spectrum, one year he got me a stuffed animal. It's a cute/pitiful looking dog giving the puppy eyes and holding a little heart that says "I Wuff You."

And I absolutely love it. It's on a shelf in my bedroom, actually

I thought there was something else to this, but just now remembered what it was. So...I got the aforementioned cutesy stuffed animal--but attached to it was a balloon. That balloon had Opus and Bill (link mainly for Erik's sake ). Opus (the penguin) had his hands around Bill's neck and was shaking it--the text on the balloon read "You WILL be mine!"

I still have that balloon, come to think of it. It's folded up and stuck in a photo album.

 

[brian.wethington]

Now to me, personally, that "gift of time" thing just screams "sappy." The type of sappy that somewhat annoys me and makes me roll my eyes. I'm quite sure that's not coming off very nicely, but I'm not trying to put the idea down, really. It's a cutesy idea and and if it works out for you, fantastic.

It is really sappy. However, if you knew what we were going through before the Holidays then I guess you would have understood better.

Honestly, I think we could give all the ideas in the world and it's not really going to matter much since we don't know the person in question.

This is the same point I was trying to point out in a much different way. It sometimes is not about the person as much as the situation.

disclaimer: I was in no way trying to say that he should give her time.. I was merely saying that sometimes the best gifts don't involve money.

 

[Von Pookie]

Now to me, personally, that "gift of time" thing just screams "sappy." The type of sappy that somewhat annoys me and makes me roll my eyes. I'm quite sure that's not coming off very nicely, but I'm not trying to put the idea down, really. It's a cutesy idea and and if it works out for you, fantastic.

It is really sappy. However, if you knew what we were going through before the Holidays then I guess you would have understood better.

Oh no, I understood it. Cute, thoughtful and loverly, it is. It's still sappy, though in certain cases that's the best route

 

[Richard Schollar]

Richard,

See, there's this thing called a "search engine". You can type stuff like "cricket-licket" into a control called a "textbox" click a button and voilá.

^edit Fastest friggin' cat fer typin' that I ever did come across... _/edit
~Greg T

and then:

Slooooooooowpoooooooooke.
~Von Pookie

Now, you see Kristy, Greg woulda got his reply above in before either you or I had completed our little exchange, if only the poor old guy hadn't dropped off for his afternoon nap over his desk. I don't think he deserves to be made fun of over it.