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Ever since the first Free Sticker Week ended back in February '07, I've been sending out WTF Stickers to anyone that mailed me a SASE or a small Souvenir. Nothing specific, per the instructions page, "anything will do." Well, here goes anything, yet again! (first one here, second one here)
Tuuli Mustasydan (Edmonton, CA) finally figured out something to do with his random assortment of souvenirs from around the world.
Jon Silvers (San Fransisco) over at Atlassian Software caught the Manual JIRA article from a little while back and sent over this JIRA tee. They also offered up Manual DailyWTF, which... I could actually see implementing the next time we change names.
Pete McVicar (New Zealand) offered up some coinage and a dove overlay for a few WTF stickers. And good job on your coins, New Zealand. The One Dollar coin actually feels like a dollar, and seven ridges on the 20-cent coin are rather fun. One tip, though: vary the people on the "heads" side a bit. I mean, I know you're into the whole queen thing, but does she really need to be on every single coin?
Lieven Praet (Belgium) sent a very delectable Kinder Bueno and a not-so-tastey LBI branded lanyard.
Jenny Giannete (Asheville, NC) sent this amazingly small plastic pig (postage stamp shown for comparison)..
The folks over at wAMMA (Finland) sent over a patch and a disk containing some pretty cool demos. And wAMMA, in case you're wondering where your WTF stickers are: they've come back from Finland with a big pink PALAUTETAAN: Ei noudettu sticker. Since your wAMMA website is all in Findlandese, I had no idea how to let you know. Aside from, well, this. So, there.
Jesse Smith (Atlanta, GA) sent this receipt from a fine menswear store in Florence, Italy. He was there, apparently, to buy a tie.
"These DigiDots are perfect for all the kids who can't afford an iPod," writes John Heisel (Rochester, NY), "use them to stick your CDs to your locker, desk, or anywhere you want your music in a hurry."
"My teacher once called me a piece of firewood ('brandhout')," Sander Harrewynen (Holland) wrote, "and so my stickers were born."
Chris Craft and the Pee Dee Area .NET User Group (PDANUG) sent this fun pop-up Christmas card. Yeah, I'm a bit behind in posting these...
I need to order some more of these stickers that Bill Crossley (Ypsilanti, MI) sent. Imagine the fun. "But I can't tell you our address, because it might be ITAR controlled! Can't you just look for the big building with smoke pouring out the windows?"
Buddhika (Aukland, NZ) sent in this awesome New Zealandian paperclip. I mean, look at the thing! It does not mess around. Very nice, New Zealand, very nice. Oh, and attached to the paperclip was some stickers for the Warriors ruby league.
"Here's a couple postcards from the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre," Ian Georgeson (Scotland) writes, "The Real WTF is that the P5-575 photo is not actually a P5-575. We don't have any of those here."
Jerry (Not Sure, USA) sent over this IT access form...
Someone (Wrocław, Poland) sent this map. I suppose it'll come in handy if I ever find myself in Wrocław... though, the only thing I could recognize on the map was "Zoo". That's okay, though, I suppose it would be fun to see some Polish animals...
Mikołaj R (Wrocław, Poland) sent this 10 złoty bill, "enough for three beers in a shop... or maybe 2 liters of gasoline." Or, hopefully enough for admission to the zoo. By the way New Zealand, pay attention here to the bad-ass looking dude on the currency. He's much more awesome than the queen. I'm just saying.
Marcin Zdun (Wrocław... don't you have any other cities, Poland?) sent a few stickers, a post card, a 1 złoty coin, and a grosz coin. I'm astonished with how small the teeny-tiny grosz is, and I bet the streets of Wrocław are littered with them. Think about it. No one would ever pick up a grosz on the ground because (a) they're only worth 1/3 of a penny, and (b) you need really small fingers to handle the coin. Little kids would be the obvious choice, but no parent wants their vacuum cleaner clogged up with microscopic grosz coins. Unless, of course, Polish vaccum cleaners take this into account... .
Drax felton (Lenoir, NC) sent everything I'd ever need, should I visit Indiana, PA: a flyer for The Jimmy Stewart Museum and a parking pass for the garage across the street from it.
I lost track of who sent in these MTU punch cards...
Timothy Schaaf (Portland, OR) sent his sticker request via FedEx, and included this TDWTF magnet and a prepaid FedEx return envelope.
Frederic (London, UK) sent some incredibly tasty candy from his last trip to Poland. The Michałki - despite having that obnoxious ł letter that I have to copy/paste every time - was incredible. Poland, I think you're the clear winner today.
And finally, here's a bunch of miscelaneous items, including Indian Rupees, a Denver buss pass, a Digital River temporary tattoo, and lots of interesting post cards.
I still have a big pile to photograph, so stay tuned for the next Souvenir Potpourri. Feel free to snail-mail in your own in exchange for some WTF Stickers.
Re: Souvenir Potpourri: Random Assortment Transfer
2008-04-25 12:04
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I spent five minutes trying to rub the dust off my screen before I realised that Michałki is supposed to look like that :(
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If anyone's curious about what the "Avalanche of Pancakes" clipping reads, here it is, after ~20 minutes of squinting at the photo.
It's a clipping from my university's student newspaper, and it was a little filler for the extra space at the end of the classifieds, so it's normally really random and contains inside jokes about the editors, but this one was lengthier and interesting. From the hole in the top of the clipping you may guess that I've had it tacked up behind my desk for a little while before I mailed it in. === The pint glass struck the table with a crack, in the process, dragging the recruit's attention from his introspective musings back to the man sitting across the table from him. This was stuff of the legends. One of the select few that had seen action, and had returned with the proof of the horrors he had seen. "What's it like?" asked the first man, his eyes widening as they focused on the grizzled visage of the vet. "It's four years of hell, young blood. Classes. Exams. The grueling depression that comes from knowing that the best years of your youth will be spent in a molded plastic seat while staring at the dull matte of lined notepaper," growled the veteran, his voice changed by years of coffee abuse. "Do you think you're ready for that, newbie?" The recruit aimed to still his shaking hands by wrapping them around his unfinished libation. The glass was warm to the touch, but did nothing to calm his nerves. "It can't be that bad, right? It's just school." The rookie's words were cut short when the vet took a firm hold of his collar. The old man's voice was low, but his eyes pierced the boy with a wild, crazed glare. "The human body can go eleven days without sleep, boy. But it does things to you. It changes you. A man sees things that shouldn't be. Are you willing to let go of your sanity for a term paper, young blood? Are you ready for that?" "I've always done well in high scho-" The vet's grip tightened. "I know a man who thought he could do it. The best grades. The best training. This was a man who ate up commies and sh*t out freedom. He lasted a week." "What happened to him?" "You're looking at him, billy boy. You're looking at him." |
Re: Souvenir Potpourri: Random Assortment Transfer
2008-04-28 02:59
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It's first ruler of poland - duke Mieszko I of Poland. more about it at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mieszko_I_of_Poland |
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If the Queen of New Zealand is anything like the Queen of Canada (I have noticed a certain resemblance), she is the personal manifestation of the sovereign nation. Legally, she *is* New Zealand.
However, if she is anything like the Queen of Canada, she spends 99% of the time not existing. She is off embodying other things. There are lots of things in need of bodies that don't have their own, it seems. As a result, should she suddenly start existing again, it is absolutely essential that we have her likeness readily available for verification. The Queen of Canada can be identified in the field by folding her face along a certain line. If the Queen's face becomes the Queen's bum, it's the genuine article. I am sure they have a similar method in NZ. |
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