HAHA! I just went on after having a few beverages. I just spent about $50 on crap. I don’t even know what I bought. It’s gonna be Christmas when a box of random crap arrives at my house in a week or two.
That Wicked Lake DVD for $2.50 is calling me. They vinyl prices are great, too bad the music on them isn’t.
Shame they don’t have a vinyl version of Houses of the Mole for sale. I always loved that album cover. It’d look great on my wall.
HAHA! I just went on after having a few beverages. I just spent about $50 on crap. I don’t even know what I bought. It’s gonna be Christmas when a box of random crap arrives at my house in a week or two.
Adult beverages, internet access, and the ability to remember your Paypal password can be a lethal mix, to be sure.
Reminds me of this one: [url http://www.theonion.com/article/man-with-complete-mamas-family-video-library-never-1592]“Man with complete Mama’s Family video library never going on Ebay drunk again”
quote:
[i]“During my visit to the eBay site,” Wollersheim continued, his voice beginning to break, “for some reason known only to God, I entered a maximum bid of $300 in an auction for the entire episode run of the popular '80s situation comedy Mama’s Family, starring Vicki Lawrence and Ken Berry.”
“I won that auction,” he added gravely.[/i]
Shame they don’t have a vinyl version of Houses of the Mole for sale.
I don’t think that even exists.
[reply]HAHA! I just went on after having a few beverages. I just spent about $50 on crap. I don’t even know what I bought. It’s gonna be Christmas when a box of random crap arrives at my house in a week or two.
Adult beverages, internet access, and the ability to remember your Paypal password can be a lethal mix, to be sure.
Reminds me of this one: [url http://www.theonion.com/article/man-with-complete-mamas-family-video-library-never-1592]“Man with complete Mama’s Family video library never going on Ebay drunk again”
quote:
[i]“During my visit to the eBay site,” Wollersheim continued, his voice beginning to break, “for some reason known only to God, I entered a maximum bid of $300 in an auction for the entire episode run of the popular '80s situation comedy Mama’s Family, starring Vicki Lawrence and Ken Berry.”
“I won that auction,” he added gravely.[/i][/reply]
Jesus that article is funny! Nothing beats vintage Onion
I also bought this for a friend.
I got a big box of stuff. The vinyl LP’s are really cool. Very heavy. I know they’re thick records, but I’m thinking maybe there are some cool booklets or inserts in there too. I’ve not yet opened them. They also send a bunch of freebie junk that they know no one will ever buy (post cards, buttons, etc.).
Anyway, it’s cheap and fun to get stuff, so, if anyone else wants to buy himself/herself some gifts when drunk, I recommend it.
And you can have the peace of mind that none of the money is going to Al since this has all been sold off to a third party.
Got my stuff today. No extras, but I didn’t spend as much as you did.
Ministry scarf - Very strange product, not at all what I expected. It’s made of an extremely thin, soft material that flags could be made of, and is completely impractical for use as a winter scarf. My beard will keep me warmer than this. Is this a typical scarf style for Texas? Never seen anything like this in Canada before, and I don’t think the product description on the website really made it clear what it was. The print is nice, and I’m inclined to just treat it as a Ministry flag or banner. I’d definitely feel ripped off if I paid $16 for this, but I guess for $5 it’s more strange and amusing.
Ministry button - Yes, I bought one of these. It’s a bit bigger than I expected, though I’m sure the dimensions were listed.
Buck Santa CD - Is autographed by Al as promised, though this isn’t the first autographed item I own by him. Also numbered, #295/365. The disc is not readable at all by my computer’s CD drive, annoyingly, but works fine in a CD player. I’m enjoying the Buck Satan song “Dignity,” which I’d never heard before. Probably left off the album because it’s kinda similar to “What’s Wrong With Me,” but it’s mellower and even more countryish.
Buck Santa CD - Is autographed by Al as promised, though this isn’t the first autographed item I own by him. Also numbered, #295/365. The disc is not readable at all by my computer’s CD drive, annoyingly, but works fine in a CD player. I’m enjoying the Buck Satan song “Dignity,” which I’d never heard before. Probably left off the album because it’s kinda similar to “What’s Wrong With Me,” but it’s mellower and even more countryish.
My copy of the album has Dignity… I got the download, not a physical CD, so maybe that’s it.
It is a difference between the download and CD editions. I have a CD.
Another dumb thing about this scarf is that when I’m wearing it, nobody will be able to tell it’s a Ministry scarf! (Yes, I am wearing it, inside, while getting a little drunk.) The Ministry logos definitely should have been printed a bit closer to the ends to be more visible.
Yeah, I thought the Buck Satan pin would be a regular jacket-friendly 1", but it’s more of a “Vote For Pedro” sized button. Jeez, I hope I didn’t actually purchase all that weird stuff. I never actually looked at the invoice, but I was drunk as Hell when I placed the order.
I’ve not opened the scarf. For $5 I figured it would make a cheapo gift/party favor to pass on to someone. Considering it weighs about 5 grams and folds flatter than my AMEX bill . . . yeah, I don’t expect it to keep you warm while chopping wood in Alaska or anything.
[reply]Buck Santa CD - Is autographed by Al as promised, though this isn’t the first autographed item I own by him.
Maybe. Or maybe not. I remember reading a post by his daughter where she said she worked at the camp for awhile and autographed a bunch of posters.[/reply]
“Don’t ferget the little anercheee and peece symbols, Adrienne!!!”
Yeah, I thought the Buck Satan pin would be a regular jacket-friendly 1", but it’s more of a “Vote For Pedro” sized button. Jeez, I hope I didn’t actually purchase all that weird stuff. I never actually looked at the invoice, but I was drunk as Hell when I placed the order.
I’ll try to post it when I find it again; but I was on a metal-related board where people were discussing hilarious, badly conceived merchandise - some guy posted a pic of a badge that’s like 3" in diameter, and instead of a band logo, the image is basically a photo of a PATCH with the band logo on it. Just thought that was the (unintentionally) greatest idea ever
[reply]Yeah, I thought the Buck Satan pin would be a regular jacket-friendly 1", but it’s more of a “Vote For Pedro” sized button. Jeez, I hope I didn’t actually purchase all that weird stuff. I never actually looked at the invoice, but I was drunk as Hell when I placed the order.
I’ll try to post it when I find it again; but I was on a metal-related board where people were discussing hilarious, badly conceived merchandise - some guy posted a pic of a badge that’s like 3" in diameter, and instead of a band logo, the image is basically a photo of a PATCH with the band logo on it. Just thought that was the (unintentionally) greatest idea ever[/reply]
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
That’s awesome.
I always liked VAGUE stuff when I was in college.
I was especially inspired, I think, by John Belushi’s shirt in “Animal House” that just says “College” on it.
Anyway, I liked watching football at the time, and my buddy scored me a hat with the official NFL logo on it. No team, just NFL. I loved it. People asked me about it all the time, “Yeah, man, no favorites. I just love the game.”
Then one day I was working my diner job and a dude came in and totally trumped me. He had an official “NBC SPORTS” hat. Not even a specific sport. Just . . . . sports.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
That’s awesome.
I always liked VAGUE stuff when I was in college.
I was especially inspired, I think, by John Belushi’s shirt in “Animal House” that just says “College” on it.
Anyway, I liked watching football at the time, and my buddy scored me a hat with the official NFL logo on it. No team, just NFL. I loved it. People asked me about it all the time, “Yeah, man, no favorites. I just love the game.”
Then one day I was working my diner job and a dude came in and totally trumped me. He had an official “NBC SPORTS” hat. Not even a specific sport. Just . . . . sports.
That is brilliant…closest I ever game to that was almost buying an NHL cap that was simply the league ‘shield’ on it; since I genuinely like the design of it.
I actually long for the pre-WalMart days of the “generic” food aisle in a grocery store; where you’d have a whole row of items packaged in safety yellow with “COOKIES” or “SOUP CRACKERS” written in an intimidating, black military stencil typeface. Just like the generic “BEER” in “Repo Man,” just more intense. Nowadays there’s some actual attempt to add a semblance of design to the in-house brands, but back then it was so cold and artless as to be funny.
I think you guys in Canada have the “No Frills” chain which comes close to this aesthetic.
The “Repo Man” food and beer packaging was the classic Ralph’s brand with the white packaging and blue stripe.
It’s funny that we were just talking about skating earlier. One of my oh-so-clever custom paint jobs I did on the bottom of one of my decks in Jr. High was SKATEBOARD. I painted it all white with the blue stripe down the center and the text stating “Skateboard”. I thought it was ironic humor at it’s finest . . . Friggin’ 13 year old hipster.
This is Tesco’s vodka. It doesn’t look too inviting, really. I think they had cans of beer that just said “Lager” too.
Ah, i thought i was imagining it for a second.
2%? Seriously?
Hahaha, i hadn’t even noticed that, i’m surprised the vodka isn’t 15% or something.