What's the most surprising thing that you ever got in the mail?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Plus, my mail's bo-ring so I have to live vicariously through others.

It was surprising because I'd never seen it before nor ordered it.

It was sent to me as a complete surprise by an online friend who knew about my apron collection and thought it would be perfect for me. She was right.

I've gotten a few surprise cookbooks that way too, but the apron surprised me the most. I actually cried happy tears.

I would have, too.

:hug::hug::hug:

yeah, a friend sent it to me to be funny. Talk about a surprise!

Did it at least come in a plain, brown wrapper?

Heeeee...they'd have to scrape me off the driveway if anyone ever sent me something like that.

but the package was very plain, shipped from some company that was very discreet.

who else was around when you opened it?

:phew!:

but can you imagine the look on, say, your mother's face? Once you picked her up off the floor, that is?

my own.....

:rofl: :evilgrin: :crazy:

It came in a plain brown wrapper....
BUT the mailman probably knew what it was..... you could "feel" it through the envelope!!!!!


lost

true story:

My father was raised by his aunt and uncle. His aunt, my Nanny, was a grandmother to me.
She and her husband, my Poppy, came to see us every Christmas. I'd never had a christmas without them, until I was 9, and we were all waiting for them to show up on December 23rd.

Then we got a phone call from Poppy - He got home from work and found Nanny dead.

So we drove the 200 miles to their place for her funeral. We didn't have a Christmas that year.

We got home, and in the mailbox was a package for me. It was a camera from Nanny. She "bought" it with Bazooka bubblegum wrappers and probably $2.

To this day, I don't know why she had it sent to me instead of bringing it with her. But, being a kid at the time, I thought it was a miracle.

Just.....wow.

:hug::hug:

My older sister started calling her that for reasons unknown to me, though the aunt's real name was Marian. We called her husband Haysie, because his name was John Hayes Lastname. They were childless and very good to us.

just wow.....
I believe in there is a reason for everything and everything has a reason



((((((hugs)))))))

lost

What happened to the camera?

The quality is shit. I took the pic with my iSight.. And I am drunk. Do the math.

:hi:

:eyes:

That's a new one...is that anything like a 7-UP or....????

:eyes: :eyes:



Edit: It's "eyes," not "eyeroll." :eyes:

They weren't used or anything but it was a practical joke from a friend. I would have just laughed it off but I was 14 at the time and my dad was standing right next to me when I opened the package. I had some 'splaining to do

Were they Day-Glo? Flavored? What did you do -- besides explain, that is?

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

I saved them for a rainy day (unfortunately they expired and weren't used :P). I did give my friend an earful because I really didn't want to get fitted for a chastity belt if any more stunts were pulled :)

Your poor dad.

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

looking back almost 10 years later, I can see the humor in the situation. :)

Ordered by my mother. :eyes:

Oh, and a Christmas card with a picture of dubya on it. On the inside it says "happy birthday." Three guesses who the wiseass who sent that was. :D

box my mother sent me when I was ten or eleven. Did you get a pink book and a blue book and then a yellow how-to book?

Heh...and you've gotta love a wiseass. It usually comes down to either that, or strangle 'em.

:P

I'd have to take two planes and the better part of the day to go strangle him, and even if I was still mad my short ass would have to stand on a box. :D

I think there was just one purple book.

You get yourself good and ready to strangle and then Things interfere.

:P

You got lucky. You're younger than I am, though -- you prolly got the new and improved version.

Mine had a belt. Hence the instruction book.

:scared:

That was 2001. I'm pretty sure nobody'd actually sold the belts for 20 years. :eyes:

was when I had my first baby (he's 23 now). I hadn't USED one since...well...since I don't know when.

I knew it was coming...

It was a t-shirt, a campaign button, and a note...

From a friend.....whose campaign I'd supported.....

I knew they were coming, but I was surprised at how touched I felt...

:hi:

A check for 300.00. I went down and bought me some Doc Martens that I have always wanted, but could never afford.

The circumstances weren't, but...you know what I mean, I hope.

:hi:

:-)

on my initial request...didn't have to go through hearings, appeals or anything! I just wrote it up myself, and was approved!

that truly IS a surprise.

:wow:

We'll have to see where it goes for the review in under 3 years! However, I feel SO incredibly lucky, as I know there are so many more out there as deserving as I was...they just couldn't write it up...or had the medical backup. It's not a fair system!

that Oneighty left me in his will.

It wasn't a surprise , but it did make me cry .

:hug::hug:

:hug: :hug:

My ex-girlfriend and I had them used up in a month.

Good times! :evilgrin:

Why doesn't it surprise me?

:shrug:

:P

One of my friends used to go to a site where you could build up points towards big packets for sex products. He did it so much that it eventually became the main source he and his girlfriend used for rubbers. One summer when I was still in college he and his girlfriend broke up. Knowing that I still had a girlfriend, he finished up the points towards the 80 pack and had them sent to me.

Like I said before, good times.

I had passed one exam earlier in the year...but fell in love, and wanted to stay where I was, the whole gushy thing! So I studied! And as it happens, I'm in one of the top five states with most difficult bar exam to pass. The earlier exam was only 2 days, but this one was three days. During the exam, they tell us the results will be mailed on 09-26, and do not call the bar headquarters before then. On 09-24, I get an envelope from bar headquarters, but it's opened and empty. I chase down my mailman, crying and pleading with him to go through every mailbox he has delivered to that day...he says "no can do." I call the bar headquarters, they chastise me about calling, and then admit the mis-mailed some envelopes out early...but nobody should surmise anything from it (none of my friends got one).

On 09-26, my friends are calling me, exultant, b/c they've passed. Because my mail was usually delivered late, I spent the day out at the state park with my dog. I got home past mail delivery time, no results! I call my boyfriend and his best friend who happens to be an attorney, and they collude about how to get me through the rest of the weekend. Boyfriend (who is now my husband) says he's on his way over with major liquor supplies.

In the meantime, while I'm crying about having to wait 2 more days...my next door neighbor knocks on my door...says the mailman left an envelope with her...he knew it was VERY important to me...could she make sure I got it? Well, she fell asleep, took a long nap, forgot all about it...blah, blah...

I grabbed the envelope out of her hands, ripped it open...and yes, I passed!

I was waiting out on the door stoop for my BF...I can't continue on, or this thread will get locked!

:D

My RN State Board results, scores and license.

I was at work and everyone knew that the most recent batch of results had been mailed. Some of the new grads had already gotten theirs and everyone was talking about it at the hospital.

I got off work at 3:00pm and had chest pains the entire 30 mile drive home. I drove straight to the post office and there was a note in my mailbox telling me that I had an envelope that wouldn't fit in my box. I went to the counter and Jenny, the Postmistress, (very small town) had seen me pull up and had the envelope waiting. My heart was pounding and I was relieved when the envelope wouldn't bend: If the envelop didn't bend, it meant that they had enclosed your license enclosed in heavy cardboard to prevent damage. I ripped open the envelope and started screaming! I had passed and was a full-fledged RN!The chest pains stopped that very second! LOL!

to Phi Beta Kappa. That surprised me because I didn't think my grades were nearly high enough. :shrug:

...but really ruined my (St. Crispin's) day:

And considering that I'd just moved to a new country, the mail staff with whom our family had just opened up an account were impressed to receive an envelope addressed to us from the office of Ronald Reagan

An unexpected surprise from a friend. Many years ago.

However, I a different LP would have been less scary.


(Under the circumstances.)

with a nice note from the DEA apologizing for intercepting it and taking the small chunk of hashish out. :wow: