A Shot in the Dark.
November 16, 2007
“We’re out of spirits”, announced Nanny Swedbourg,
buckling on a helmet and a short velvet cloak.
”Try and miss the trees this time, dear”
Mother replied, readying to
light the fuse.”
~*~
SURPRISED? YOU WILL BE.
Some of you may have heard of the ongoing Pay It Forward Exchange snaking across the hinterweb. Here’s how it works:
I, Benitez, swear on a freshly dug grave to send* a LOVELY handmade gift to the first 3 victi… volunteers to leave a comment requesting to participate in the PIF Exchange. That’s right: a gift made with love by yours truly. Free! As in Beer!
All the 3 recipients have to do is agree to Pay It Forward by making the same promise on their own blogs.
I’ll be making a trip to the postbox at least 3 times a day over the coming months - I’ve signed up to receive a little something from illustrator/comic artist Jesse ‘Crafty… like a Fox’ Breytenbach. I’m a long-time fan of her work and I know that anything dispatched from her studio will be nothing short of Fan.Tas.Tic**. Visit her online shop here.
So, c’mon - let’s see a show of hands.
* Sometime within the next 365 days - more than likely early in ‘08. You have my word.
** But hey, no pressure or anything, Jesse. ;)
November 19, 2007 at 7:52 am
I would love to own a T. Benitez (Mrs) original. Sadly, however, the only handmade thing I’m capable of producing is a scrunched-up tissue, so I’m afraid I’ll have to pass on this one (unless mucous-mâché) is your thing.
November 19, 2007 at 8:06 am
It’s all a ploy to get our mailing addresses, all the more to spam us with, my dear ;p
November 19, 2007 at 10:32 am
kyknoord: fine, Mr I-print-my-own-tshirts Noord - but don’t come snivelling to me because you didn’t get a shrunken head in the mail like the other cool kids.
Ninny.
infini: so true - just 3 more addresses and I can inflict Evil Master Plan v.2.4 on an unsuspecting worl… wait, did I type that out loud? Again?
November 19, 2007 at 10:53 am
I WANT FREE BEER!!!
That’s the deal, right?
right?
November 19, 2007 at 11:02 am
crayola dude: sure it is. Don’t forget to mail me the keys to your Ford Fiesta first.
And a bag of pretzels.
November 19, 2007 at 11:19 am
I drive a corsa. :(
November 19, 2007 at 11:28 am
Hey, if you wanted a t-shirt you should’ve said. Regarding the episode above: I take it the exorcism went well?
November 19, 2007 at 11:41 am
crayola dude: in that case, just send me the pretzels. :(
kyknoord: it did. But we’re all out of tequila now.
November 19, 2007 at 5:13 pm
Are there really still mail boxes? Can you still post stuff? Cool!
November 19, 2007 at 5:42 pm
I’m with dolceii on this one ;) what a quaint idea. I could contribute a cactus if you’d like. Does home grown count?
November 19, 2007 at 10:41 pm
dolceii: that depends. How well do you know the Unabomber?
Parenthesis: WHY, OFFICER! I WOULD NEVER ACCEPT HOME GROWN VEGETATION FROM A STRANGER. AM I GOING TO NEED A LAWYER AGAIN?
Spike: cover your ears, dear. I’m sure she didn’t mean it.
November 20, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Sid should put earmuffs on too…
November 20, 2007 at 1:48 pm
Ooer, I meant Sid. :(
That’s another year of therapy, right there. Poor dear.
November 20, 2007 at 8:34 pm
It’s ok Mrs B, Sid is tougher than he looks - a couple million years of evolution as a species will do that for you. He said to ask whether he could interest you in the Protea bush that shares his shelf space and that currently hogs all the sunlight instead?
November 21, 2007 at 2:52 pm
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November 21, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Sid: Don’t be so blooming anti-social. Proteas have feelings too, bud.
November 21, 2007 at 7:53 pm
Sid and the Bonsai trees have discussed it with the groupies and they all agree: the Protea bush has got to go. It’s all a matter of principle. The Protea bursts forth in flower far too often for their liking. Cacti build up to it over years,you know, and this willy nilly exhibitionism, at the drop of every watering can doesn’t sit well with them ;)
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