|
Source: (consider it)
|
Thread: Paschal Penguin 2014
|
Smudgie
Ship's Barnacle
# 2716
|
Posted
Yes, it's that time of year again.
In a week's time the start of Lent will be upon us, the time when all good folks' thoughts turn to pancakes and the Paschal Penguin.
If you'd like to be involved this year, then this is the place to do it. Well, not for pancakes I'm afraid, but for the Paschal Penguin's promised gifts. Post on the thread, send me a PM with your name and postal address, whether you would like to post a present overseas or within your own country, and whether you have any strong preferences about what you might receive as a gift from a random stranger.
You will be sent the details of another shipmate for whom you should purchase an Easter gift, often but not always involving chocolate, at a cost of no more than £5 sterling or your local equivalent. The gift should be posted to your recipient anonymously, to arrive as close to Easter as possible.
Your details in turn will be passed to a shipmate who will send an equally exciting (hopefully) surprise parcel to you.
Let the fun begin.
![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
--------------------
Miss you, Erin.
Posts: 14382 | From: Under the duvet | Registered: Apr 2002
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
ElaineC
Shipmate
# 12244
|
Posted
Yes please - about to PM.
--------------------
Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing. John Erskine
Posts: 464 | From: Orpington, Kent, UK | Registered: Jan 2007
| IP: Logged
|
|
Rowen
Shipmate
# 1194
|
Posted
likewise
--------------------
"May I live this day… compassionate of heart" (John O’Donoghue)...
Posts: 4897 | From: Somewhere cold in Victoria, Australia | Registered: Aug 2001
| IP: Logged
|
|
Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
# 10422
|
Posted
I will join this year.
As I will be near Smudgie Towers II this Eastertide, perhaps I could use my poste restante?
--------------------
Even more so than I was before
Posts: 20466 | From: No longer where I was | Registered: Sep 2005
| IP: Logged
|
|
Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
# 2522
|
Posted
Me! Prefer to mail within US/ Canada.
--------------------
I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
Posts: 35076 | From: Pura Californiana | Registered: Mar 2002
| IP: Logged
|
|
Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
# 10422
|
Posted
Just a warning that postal rates from Canada outward are taking a quantum leap on April 1.
I have no information (yet) on parcels, but I do know that postal rates for domestic stamps is going to 85c (from 63c) for stamps in multiples of 10, and for less than 10 stamps, they will cost $1.00.
International stamps and US destinations will take a similar leap.
--------------------
Even more so than I was before
Posts: 20466 | From: No longer where I was | Registered: Sep 2005
| IP: Logged
|
|
Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
# 2522
|
Posted
It's cool, I have some uranium I can pawn.
--------------------
I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
Posts: 35076 | From: Pura Californiana | Registered: Mar 2002
| IP: Logged
|
|
Japes
Shipmate
# 5358
|
Posted
I'm in and can post anywhere.
UK postage rates are going up at the end of March, but not by the eye-watering amounts of a couple of years ago.
--------------------
Blog may or may not be of any interest.
Posts: 2013 | From: Somewhere in the middle | Registered: Dec 2003
| IP: Logged
|
|
Sarasa
Shipmate
# 12271
|
Posted
COunt me in too.
--------------------
'I guess things didn't go so well tonight, but I'm trying. Lord, I'm trying.' Charlie (Harvey Keitel) in Mean Streets.
Posts: 2035 | From: London | Registered: Jan 2007
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cottontail
Shipmate
# 12234
|
Posted
I'm in again! Can send anywhere.
PM-ing right now.
--------------------
"I don't think you ought to read so much theology," said Lord Peter. "It has a brutalizing influence."
Posts: 2377 | From: Scotland | Registered: Jan 2007
| IP: Logged
|
|
JB
Independent Thinker
# 1776
|
Posted
Motherboard and JB want to participate.
Will ship anywhere.
--------------------
You live, you learn
You learn, you live
Posts: 2588 | From: Land of Enchantment | Registered: Jun 2001
| IP: Logged
|
|
Smudgie
Ship's Barnacle
# 2716
|
Posted
Heavenly Anarchist
Surfing Madness
ElaineC
Rowen
PeteC
Kelly Alves
Japes
Gussie
St Everild
Adrienne
Cottontail
JB
Motherboard
Smudgie
14 participants so far... and it's only been a day and a bit! We'll give it a couple of weeks for people to sign up and then I'll get the matching done hopefully early enough for people to get nicely organised.
--------------------
Miss you, Erin.
Posts: 14382 | From: Under the duvet | Registered: Apr 2002
| IP: Logged
|
|
Dormouse
Glis glis – Ship's rodent
# 5954
|
Posted
Yes please! Email sent (or just about to be!)
--------------------
What are you doing for Lent?
40 days, 40 reflections, 40 acts of generosity. Join the #40acts challenge for #Lent and let's start a movement. www.40acts.org.uk
Posts: 3042 | From: 'twixt les Bois Noirs & Les Monts de la Madeleine | Registered: May 2004
| IP: Logged
|
|
St. Gwladys
Shipmate
# 14504
|
Posted
Yes please!
--------------------
"I say - are you a matelot?"
"Careful what you say sir, we're on board ship here"
From "New York Girls", Steeleye Span, Commoners Crown (Voiced by Peter Sellers)
Posts: 3333 | From: Rhymney Valley, South Wales | Registered: Jan 2009
| IP: Logged
|
|
ecumaniac
Ship's whipping girl
# 376
|
Posted
Count me in ! Post to uk or eu
--------------------
it's a secret club for people with a knitting addiction, hiding under the cloak of BDSM - Catrine
Posts: 2901 | From: Cambridge | Registered: Jun 2001
| IP: Logged
|
|
Emendator Liturgia
Shipmate
# 17245
|
Posted
Ditto - another colonial ready, willing and eagerly anticipating!
Posts: 401 | From: Sydney, Australia | Registered: Jul 2012
| IP: Logged
|
|
marzipan
Shipmate
# 9442
|
Posted
I'm in! PM sent.
Just a warning in case people aren't aware - liquids aren't allowed to be posted by airmail any more, at least within the EU as far as I know. The customs recently confiscated some liquids from a parcel my sister was sending me and sent the rest back to her. So solid gifts are better!
--------------------
formerly cheesymarzipan.
Now containing 50% less cheese
Posts: 917 | From: nowhere in particular | Registered: May 2005
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sandemaniac
Shipmate
# 12829
|
Posted
I'm Brian and so is my wife. Oh, sorry, wrong thread! Anyway, Celtic Knotweed and I are both in.
AG
--------------------
"It becomes soon pleasantly apparent that change-ringing is by no means merely an excuse for beer" Charles Dickens gets it wrong, 1869
Posts: 3574 | From: The wardrobe of my soul | Registered: Jul 2007
| IP: Logged
|
|
Ariston
Insane Unicorn
# 10894
|
Posted
Sure, why not? I'll stay stateside this year, though.
--------------------
“Therefore, let it be explained that nowhere are the proprieties quite so strictly enforced as in men’s colleges that invite young women guests, especially over-night visitors in the fraternity houses.” Emily Post, 1937.
Posts: 6849 | From: The People's Republic of Balcones | Registered: Jan 2006
| IP: Logged
|
|
Smudgie
Ship's Barnacle
# 2716
|
Posted
Please shout if you notice I've missed you off the list..... So far we have:
Heavenly Anarchist
Surfing Madness
ElaineC
Rowen
PeteC
Kelly Alves
Japes
Gussie
St Everild
Adrienne
Cottontail
JB
Motherboard
Smudgie
Dormouse
St Gwladys
ecumaniac
Emendator Liturgia
cheesymarzipan
North East Quine
Curiosity killed...
Sandemaniac
Celtic Knotweed
Ariston (24 so far)
Can I remind people to make sure that they not only register their interest on the thread but also send me a PM or email with their posting details (even if you've done it before or know fairly confidently that I know where you live - it just makes it all so much easier!)
--------------------
Miss you, Erin.
Posts: 14382 | From: Under the duvet | Registered: Apr 2002
| IP: Logged
|
|
sophs
Sardonic Angel
# 2296
|
Posted
Me! Me!
But baby hormones mean I currently don't like chocolate.
Posts: 5407 | From: searching saharas of sorrow | Registered: Feb 2002
| IP: Logged
|
|
Smudgie
Ship's Barnacle
# 2716
|
Posted
Roll up, roll up (or even waddle up, if that's your preference). The Paschal Penguin is waiting in eager anticipation to go waddling off on his Easter Errands, all he needs is for you to sign up here and send a PM with your name and address and sending preferences. It's almost your last chance. By the end of the week I'll be closing the list. So come on, what are you waiting for? Add your name to this illustrious list:
Heavenly Anarchist
Surfing Madness
ElaineC
Rowen
PeteC
Kelly Alves
Japes
Gussie
St Everild
Adrienne
Cottontail
JB
Motherboard
Smudgie
Dormouse
St Gwladys
ecumaniac
Emendator Liturgia
cheesymarzipan
North East Quine
Curiosity killed...
Sandemaniac
Celtic Knotweed
Ariston
Sophs
(25 so far)
--------------------
Miss you, Erin.
Posts: 14382 | From: Under the duvet | Registered: Apr 2002
| IP: Logged
|
|
ArachnidinElmet
Shipmate
# 17346
|
Posted
Yes please, I'd like to join in (I'll scuttle rather than waddle if I may). PM to follow.
--------------------
'If a pleasant, straight-forward life is not possible then one must try to wriggle through by subtle manoeuvres' - Kafka
Posts: 1887 | From: the rhubarb triangle | Registered: Sep 2012
| IP: Logged
|
|
Cathscats
Shipmate
# 17827
|
Posted
I'm in, just have to discover how to PM! ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
--------------------
"...damp hands and theological doubts - the two always seem to go together..." (O. Douglas, "The Setons")
Posts: 176 | From: Central Highlands | Registered: Sep 2013
| IP: Logged
|
|
Curiosity killed ...
Ship's Mug
# 11770
|
Posted
Above any post there's a picture with an envelope and two people - find a post from Smudgie, click on that envelope and it should work
--------------------
Mugs - Keep the Ship afloat
Posts: 13794 | From: outiside the outer ring road | Registered: Aug 2006
| IP: Logged
|
|
Ye Olde Motherboarde
Ship's Mother and Singing Quilter
# 54
|
Posted
Can't wait !!!!
Got Paschal presents downtown for me and JB on Friday, now to have someone to send the spicy little darlings to........ ![[Snigger]](graemlins/snigger.gif)
--------------------
In Memory of Miss Molly, TimC, Gambit, KenWritez, koheleth, Leetle Masha, JLG, Genevieve, Erin, RuthW2, deuce2, Sidi and TonyCoxon, unbeliever, Morlader, Ken :tear: 20 years but who’s counting?..................
Posts: 4292 | From: Looking for more trouble to get into | Registered: May 2001
| IP: Logged
|
|
Smudgie
Ship's Barnacle
# 2716
|
Posted
An unexpected weekend treat distracted me from the task in hand, but rest assured, by the end of tomorrow (all being well), there should be a message appearing in your PM box. Just make sure there's space for incoming messages
Meanwhile, if you haven't signed up, there's just a miniscule window of opportunity left....
--------------------
Miss you, Erin.
Posts: 14382 | From: Under the duvet | Registered: Apr 2002
| IP: Logged
|
|
St. Gwladys
Shipmate
# 14504
|
Posted
I've just got a message giving me the name and address of someone who will be getting a visit from a penguin, hopefully before Easter! Thank you Smudgie - I had already bought something and think that my recipient will like it.
--------------------
"I say - are you a matelot?"
"Careful what you say sir, we're on board ship here"
From "New York Girls", Steeleye Span, Commoners Crown (Voiced by Peter Sellers)
Posts: 3333 | From: Rhymney Valley, South Wales | Registered: Jan 2009
| IP: Logged
|
|
Smudgie
Ship's Barnacle
# 2716
|
Posted
Phew... my calculations make it that everyone should now have the contact details of their penguinee. If you haven't, check your emails (two people had very full PM boxes.. tsk tsk). If you still haven't, then let me know.
If your message contains no details about preferences/allergies/fussinesses/etc then that is because your recipient did not specify any.
Apologies if you have got someone you've had before - it's a random allocation and it sometimes works out that way (once the same pairing arose three years running!) and it's been going far too long now for me to keep checking back.... It's all the luck of the draw!
Now, get busy and keep one eye on the letterbox ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
--------------------
Miss you, Erin.
Posts: 14382 | From: Under the duvet | Registered: Apr 2002
| IP: Logged
|
|
Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
# 2522
|
Posted
Your PM box is full, for obvious reasons, so I will report here "Message received!"
--------------------
I cannot expect people to believe “
Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
Posts: 35076 | From: Pura Californiana | Registered: Mar 2002
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
Smudgie
Ship's Barnacle
# 2716
|
Posted
All cleaned and polished. Wish I could tackle the kitchen as efficiently!
--------------------
Miss you, Erin.
Posts: 14382 | From: Under the duvet | Registered: Apr 2002
| IP: Logged
|
|
Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
# 10422
|
Posted
Off this morning, purely coincidentally, to one of the largest malls in South Asia (4 floors of conspicuous consumption - aka the other India) so will be looking for ideas, and then buying locally (much much cheaper)
--------------------
Even more so than I was before
Posts: 20466 | From: No longer where I was | Registered: Sep 2005
| IP: Logged
|
|
Japes
Shipmate
# 5358
|
Posted
Message received!
Shopping will happen soon.
--------------------
Blog may or may not be of any interest.
Posts: 2013 | From: Somewhere in the middle | Registered: Dec 2003
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
Sarasa
Shipmate
# 12271
|
Posted
Message received, off to have a think
--------------------
'I guess things didn't go so well tonight, but I'm trying. Lord, I'm trying.' Charlie (Harvey Keitel) in Mean Streets.
Posts: 2035 | From: London | Registered: Jan 2007
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
Ye Olde Motherboarde
Ship's Mother and Singing Quilter
# 54
|
Posted
JB and I have sent our Paschal Penguin's gifts to UK.
We hope you like the little surprises from our part of the world.
![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif)
--------------------
In Memory of Miss Molly, TimC, Gambit, KenWritez, koheleth, Leetle Masha, JLG, Genevieve, Erin, RuthW2, deuce2, Sidi and TonyCoxon, unbeliever, Morlader, Ken :tear: 20 years but who’s counting?..................
Posts: 4292 | From: Looking for more trouble to get into | Registered: May 2001
| IP: Logged
|
|
jacobsen
seeker
# 14998
|
Posted
Parcel packed and ready to go. It would have gone today if an afternoon nap hadn't waylaid me till the post office was shut for the day. ![[Snore]](graemlins/snore.gif)
--------------------
But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
Posts: 8040 | From: Æbleskiver country | Registered: Aug 2009
| IP: Logged
|
|
ElaineC
Shipmate
# 12244
|
Posted
Parcel in post.
--------------------
Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing. John Erskine
Posts: 464 | From: Orpington, Kent, UK | Registered: Jan 2007
| IP: Logged
|
|
marzipan
Shipmate
# 9442
|
Posted
I received a mysterious parcel on Friday which the customs label says is candy so I am assuming it is penguin related. Thank you, I haven't opened it yet!
--------------------
formerly cheesymarzipan.
Now containing 50% less cheese
Posts: 917 | From: nowhere in particular | Registered: May 2005
| IP: Logged
|
|
St. Gwladys
Shipmate
# 14504
|
Posted
Penguin due to start paddling tomorrow.
--------------------
"I say - are you a matelot?"
"Careful what you say sir, we're on board ship here"
From "New York Girls", Steeleye Span, Commoners Crown (Voiced by Peter Sellers)
Posts: 3333 | From: Rhymney Valley, South Wales | Registered: Jan 2009
| IP: Logged
|
|
Cottontail
Shipmate
# 12234
|
Posted
A mysterious little parcel has made its way here from Stateside. I am saving it for Easter Day.
Meanwhile, mine will be posted by midweek, and I hope it will get there on time.
--------------------
"I don't think you ought to read so much theology," said Lord Peter. "It has a brutalizing influence."
Posts: 2377 | From: Scotland | Registered: Jan 2007
| IP: Logged
|
|
Sarasa
Shipmate
# 12271
|
Posted
Penguin set off with a parcel today. Last seen heading westwards.
--------------------
'I guess things didn't go so well tonight, but I'm trying. Lord, I'm trying.' Charlie (Harvey Keitel) in Mean Streets.
Posts: 2035 | From: London | Registered: Jan 2007
| IP: Logged
|
|
Printer-friendly view
![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif){kind=icon}
some pm box cleaning has happened
