Best. White Elephant gift. Ever.
Posted By Mike Orren in Square Pegs on December 18, 2008
White Elephant day here at PNWHQ. Here's my winnings:
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Collin Gouldin says:
is it a candle?
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alexander troup says:
A chalk money on a surfboard, c.1960's early air brush paint marks and a good cast made to turn out a hundered, sold by the Coast maybe, cost around 4.00 in the early 1960s, need to feel the object, great for birthdays...A/T..Chalk Art collector once.
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Travis Bush says:
I have a chalk monkey, but he's not cool enough to ride a surfboard..hrrrmphh!!
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Travis Bush says:
BTW, what would it take for you to part with said chalk money , Mike?
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Mike Orren says:
A lot. I already traded a camel statuette for him.
I tend to follow <a href="http://www.pegasusnews.com/events/2008/dec/26/114815/">Todd Snider's</a> lead on such matters:
"...I can't be bought. Then again, on the other hand, how much have you got?"
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Pavel Lishin says:
Man, that thing would have gone great with my creepy monkey lamp.
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Travis Bush says:
Shut it, Pavel! Now Mike, let's see..I've got two small children..they don't talk back much and feeding them is optional.
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jtmbls says:
Now we know why the cops have been following him.
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Mike Orren says:
Since everybody loves me and my monkey, I'll share more backstory. Tasha, one of our ad reps, used to work in the music industry (has lots of great band stories). This particular monkey, which she chipped in to our White Elephant was record label swag for the band <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=12653117">Sprung Monkey</a>.
Here's a medley of their greatest hit:
<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yVg5_gCeBRQ&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yVg5_gCeBRQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425"></object>
The only thing cooler than a Sprung Monkey is a Spongmonkey:
http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song
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Travis Bush says:
"Since everybody loves me and my monkey"
Just the monkey, sir..and my offer still stands. If your 401k goes to hell in a handbasket let me know..I'll gladly take over the payments on said monkey.
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Pavel Lishin says:
THEY'VE GOT A PEPPER BAAAAAAAAAAR
Also, Sprung Monkey isn't bad.
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