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Thread: Paschal Penguin 2016
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Smudgie
Ship's Barnacle
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Once more the Paschal Penguin waddles into action, bringing joy and friendship to the fore in the run up to Easter.
Like the more widely known Secret Santa, the Paschal Penguin links shipmates around the world in an exchange of Easter gifts ---- gifts with a maximum commercial cost of £5 (or its local equivalent - I'll leave you to do the maths) but the value of which can only be measured in the fun of picking out something for your chosen recipient and the delight of receiving a surprise parcel in the post.
If you would like to participate this year, please register your interest here on this thread, then send me a PM detailing your postal address, any preferences for gift (e.g. likes/dislikes/allergies as far as chocolate is concerned or whether you'd rather a non-edible gift), and whether you would prefer to send within your own country or abroad.
The exchange is a secret one - you are encouraged not to disclose who you are partnered with.
Timescale: Sign up here by February 26th. I will allocate you the person to send to that weekend. Then please aim to get your parcel in the post to arrive some time around Easter..... but we are a very patient lot here and if circumstances prevent an early posting, then as long as the parcel arrives well before Pentecost, then the Paschal Penguin will be content.
Let the fun begin ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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ElaineC
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I'm in - PM sent.
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Rowen
Shipmate
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Definitely in.
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Dormouse
Glis glis – Ship's rodent
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Yes please. Thank you Smudgie. Just about to send details...
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St. Gwladys
Shipmate
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Yes please.
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"Careful what you say sir, we're on board ship here"
From "New York Girls", Steeleye Span, Commoners Crown (Voiced by Peter Sellers)
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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Woo hoo! Sign me up, bird!
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Jesus loves me, this I know” of they don’t believe “Kelly loves me, this I know.”
Kelly Alves, somewhere around 2003.
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jacobsen
seeker
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Count me in, please.
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Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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JB
Independent Thinker
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Motherboard and JB want in. PM to follow.
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Sarasa
Shipmate
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Joining up too - PM on its way.
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Mamacita
Lakefront liberal
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I'm in! PM sent.
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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Sounds like fun. PM sent.
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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Celtic Knotweed
Shipmate
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I'm in, believe Sandemaniac said yes when I mentioned this the other night. Will send PM tonight once I've found out if he's in as well!
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marzipan
Shipmate
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pm sent!
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formerly cheesymarzipan.
Now containing 50% less cheese
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Helen-Eva
Shipmate
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Yes please!
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Smudgie
Ship's Barnacle
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ElaineC
Rowen
Boogie
Dormouse
St Gwladys
Kelly Alves
St Everild
Surfing Madness
Jacobsen
JB
Motherboard
Doone
Sasara
Mamacita
Lyda Rose
Marzipan
Celtic Knotweed
Sandemaniac
North East Quine
Helen-Eva
Adrienne
Smudgie
With one week to go for signing up, we have 22 participants so far. If you've signed up and your name is not here, let me know and check that you remembered to send me a message with your details. If you haven't signed up yet, come on, what are you waiting for?
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Miss you, Erin.
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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Knocks on door
Yoo hoo!
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Even more so than I was before
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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It's okay Smudgie, I didn't hear anything either.
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Cottontail
Shipmate
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Sneaking in under the wire ... I would like to join in too, please. PM sent directly.
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Smudgie
Ship's Barnacle
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Just a reminder (and a bump for the thread) that you have six days left to sign up if you want to take part in this years Paschal Penguin.
The list so far is....
ElaineC
Rowen
Boogie
Dormouse
St Gwladys
Kelly Alves
St Everild
Surfing Madness
Jacobsen
JB
Motherboard
Doone
Sasara
Mamacita
Lyda Rose
Marzipan
Celtic Knotweed
Sandemaniac
North East Quine
Helen-Eva
Adrienne
Smudgie
Adding Cottontail to the list.....
Oh, and did I hear a whimper from the west somewhere?
That makes 24 so far.
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Miss you, Erin.
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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Et moi, et moi!!! Did you not get my PM??
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Even more so than I was before
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ArachnidinElmet
Shipmate
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I'd like to join in please. PM to follow.
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Qoheleth.
Semi-Sagacious One
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Yes please. PM in the post.
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Smudgie
Ship's Barnacle
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I do believe I've done it!
Please check your inbox and you should now have the name, address and preferences of the shipmate who has been randomly selected to be the recipient of your generosity.
Apologies if the fickle flipper of fate has resulted in you getting a recipient or sender that you've been matched with before. It really is names out of a hat!
If I have somehow mysteriously missed you off my mailing list, let me know a.s.a.p and I will rectify it immediately.. or when I have a bit of spare time on my hands, at least (which, looking at my "to do" list, may be some time!)
So now, let the festive frolics begin. Get out there and lovingly select your gift - remember the price limit is the equivalent of five pounds only - and get it flying (or waddling) through the post as soon as you can.
And when the Paschal Penguin knocks at your door bearing gifts, do post on this thread to say that it has arrived safely.... and again when you open it to share with the rest of us (metaphorically speaking) the goodies encased therein.
Literal sharing is not obligatory.
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Miss you, Erin.
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ElaineC
Shipmate
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Parcel posted this morning.
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Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing. John Erskine
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St. Gwladys
Shipmate
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A heavily laden penguin is currently swimming across the Pond.
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"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)
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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And another will be doing the same in the opposite direction after 0930 EST this morning (That's when the postal agency, located in a Mall store, opens.
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Even more so than I was before
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Sarasa
Shipmate
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A penguin is paddling westward as I type (well I hope it is).
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Qoheleth.
Semi-Sagacious One
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A parcel has arrived from far-off lands, but I'll have to hide it until Easter Day. ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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Mamacita
Lakefront liberal
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My Paschal package has been posted and is pursuing its path across the Pond.
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Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.
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Cottontail
Shipmate
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A penguin has waddled up to my door with an exciting parcel from Canada. I shall keep it for Easter Day, but thank you, dear penguin, for the delightful anticipation.
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Rowen
Shipmate
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Penguinish parcel posted playfully!
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"May I live this day… compassionate of heart" (John O’Donoghue)...
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Celtic Knotweed
Shipmate
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I got home to find a penguin waiting by the door with a parcel for me. The parcel is now on the table trying to stay wrapped up till the 27th. (This may be tricky, it feels a bit like a book...)
The penguin is twiddling its flippers, waiting for me to be able to get my parcel together, wrapped, and stamped.
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Doone
Shipmate
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A very exciting parcel parcel has just arrived from the U.S.A.! Thank you very much.
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Dormouse
Glis glis – Ship's rodent
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I entrusted my parcel to the French penguins yesterday. Let's hope they don't decide to go on strike in the near future.
![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
I'm not going to be here for several days, then I will be for one day and then I won't be for another few days. So I may not have time to post in the short window in which I am here IF the penguin has visited our home. So don't worry, Sendee, if I don't acknowledge receipt of your parcel until after Easter Monday.
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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
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Helen-Eva
Shipmate
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Parcel entrusted to the post penguins!
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Doone
Shipmate
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Penguin post winging its way north.
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jacobsen
seeker
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Penguin waddling off in good time. And thanks for the parcel received. Yummy!
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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.
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Kelly Alves
Bunny with an axe
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I keep meaning to post this, but keep getting caught up in other drama..,
A big squishy package arrived for me a few days ago. I was having a really crap day, so I decided, screw waiting for Easter and I tore it open. And may I just say OH MY GOD, they just do not do toffee here the way you all do in England. Mmmmmmmm. Thank you so much, London Penguin Pal! (And thank you for the cute card, too.)
I have all the elements of my own parcel, but they require some assembly. Give me a couple days, and I should be sending it along soon.
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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.
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Boogie
Boogie on down!
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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
I have all the elements of my own parcel, but they require some assembly. Give me a couple days, and I should be sending it along soon.
Same here ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Smudgie
Ship's Barnacle
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With a week to go before Easter Day, I thought I'd do a quick update. By all accounts, eleven parcels are now in the tender flippers of the penguin who is waddling crazily back and forth across the continents to deliver.
That leaves another sixteen in the preparatory stages
Remember to keep us updated of progress and also to let me know by PM if there are any problems which might cause a delay in the sending. Let's keep that penguin busy!
Well done for those whose parcels have arrived and who have had the amazing willpower not to open them yet. I am well impressed.
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Miss you, Erin.
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Rowen
Shipmate
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Hospitalised, far from home.... I can ask my neighbours if things come.... But realistically may not know for sure until the week after Easter, as to what has arrived.
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"May I live this day… compassionate of heart" (John O’Donoghue)...
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jacobsen
seeker
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Rowen ![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif)
Hope you are feeling better soon. Is this a long job? Hospitals in the UK tend to kick us out as soon as possible.
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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.
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