Has a year really flown past since the 2006 Kris Kindle post produced 90 comments and a huge amount of hilarity amongst the extended clan.
Well, this years letter has arrived and due to the fact that the the kris kinlde syndicate will be spread far and wide across Europe on Christmas day and not congregated in the hallowed halls of Beeston, this year it's organised for couples not individuals.
The rules are very simple, the price limit is 100Eur, this can be as one joint present or 2 presents, one for each partner. In the case of Kid Sis and London Son two 50Eur presents are expected, understandably and fairly enough..
The shopping is to be done as a couple and to involve plenty of coffee stops and thought is to be given to the delivery service (Our Parents, who will be touring europe bearing gifts),
As ever, it's all hush hush so nobody is to divulge or find out who they are buying for or who is buying for them. For this reason I once again open this yearly forum for subtle hints, suggestions, general abuse and hilarity.
Non-Syndicate members are also invited to come with suggestions, but easy on the abuse, as imaginations often need a little kick start..
The garden before the snow falls,,,
15 years ago
27 comments:
I would like to start by pointing out that Mrs VL believes that Christmas is all about giving and not taking so she has selflessly and generously donated her half of our present to me...........
Guess that you all know Mr.VL sneaky ways, so make your own conclusions....... But I do like giving presents *****
Here we go again......
Suggestions:
Hints have to be in the style of:
a) a (clean...ish) Limerick
b. Anglican chant, complete with pointing
c) Able to be sung to a well known tune eg: 'Is this kris kindle? No, it's insanity, As always crazy, it's the usual cacophony. We are all nuts, there's no real hope for us, because it's Christmas time, spend some dough, a little more, little less, anyway we can do, we'll have to suggest ....'
(Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody)
d) In rhyming couplets
e) in the form of a riddle
f) Some other long convoluted and many sided way, leaving the purchaser none the wiser as to the real present!
Here's my first..
Dig back to 0h Six I suggest.
It's been a year I can not jest.
See the Fourtenth out of Ninety
Is still a possibility
Searching for it you will find
it'll probably be in a bind
Two u's 3 times h t t p
You'll Need to use technology
I would like to say that I believe that fullfills the requirements of d,e and f above!!!
Well, it'dd be boring if I started with something easy!
What the fudge??? Im havin trouble makin up my poetry so give us a wee wiggle cuz ive very little internet access these days. Sniff Sniff
Fudge good man, jamming you froggie. Rhyme no need cuz oldies no nonce u young'uns speak, cryptic nuff stuff like. wiggle you back dudette.
Well, well... Just to make sure that whoever happens to be my Chris Kindle (or whatever way it ought to be spelled...) will not be left with experiencing last minute precie searching panics, I shall give my hints below... in very plain English. I did get commented on my somewhat clearly spelled out "hints" last year... But in my defence: I was extremely pleased with my precies and therefore I shall continue in the same style. Perhaps it could be considered modern poetry when very little is left to be guessed...
So to the point:
Dear Santa,
I have been a good girl this year. I have eaten my morning porridge, brushed my teeth everyday and even shared my sweets with my husband, at least once. Now I have a few optional Christmas wishes, which you could maybe choose from:
1. A rain coat: Size M (12), preferably quite lightweight but one that holds water properly (So NOT a wind jacket with a bit of water resistance and which leaves you soaking wet in heavy rain). Not TOO wacky in style or colour as I would be wearing it also cycling to work.
2. 4 matching egg cups (we have 2 Mosse onces.. so something to match that sort of style would be nice...)very portable, by the way!
3. LONG, THICK oven gloves and by long I mean ones that reach up to your elbows. I have plenty of normal length ones and I do not need any more of those, but I am constantly burning my arms trying to reach to the back of our baking oven. Actually I don't even know if such oven gloves exist... but one never know what Chris Kindle might find!
I don't remember getting any of her sweeties, what's she on about?
I don't know who you are,
if you live near or far,
but I would like to say,
All I want on the day,
Is just something neat,
or maybe is sweet,
to suit some one old,
who will be in the cold.
Or perhaps you can arrange to get Our FARTER and Mother of Nearly all on to the the internet.
Its just typical. We are out of range of everything to do with broadband.
Tonight I am writing this on a laptop(never used one before) in Southern England. Our Farter and I are staying the weekend with the ex-conductor of Wimbledon Choral Society. Have come over for our Farter to give an organ recital.
Have weekends off, will travel!
If you wish to look
for an interesting book
to amuse Unser Vater
You might have to barter
But it can be got
for, I hope, not a lot,
The English Organ School
keeps stock of them all
The book is by Wilson,
Mr Michael in person,
the Title, you know,
will upset the flow
of the lines of this song,
'cos the title's too long
so my rhyming is ended,
the details appended,
so please take a look,
for this interesting book,
to amuse unser Vater,
you might have to barter,
but..............
Details to follow, when we have exact one
OR
REF: Blog Entry Dec 2006
Thou shalt find written the wishes of our Father, when he did order a pair of fine sheepskin slippers from his sons or his daughters or..............(but not his spouse).
But they did not listen, (but lo - they did give him a fine JCB battery powered screw driver, for which he doth bless them)
But lo, he hath not his sheepskin slippers and so doth walk barefoot upon the sacred floors of Beeston.
And the Angela appeared unto him, and saith "Fear not! Thou must try again, for behold from the north, south, east or west may still appear thy sheepskin slippers. Be of good spirits, put thy faith in the blog and all shall be well.
,
What would just fit the bill,
and I just wouldn't stand still,
goes fast as my trill,
oh, such a thrill,
if those that can, will,
to fit door post to sill,
one set metal, one wood, to fulfil
my desire,
to be a complete DIYer.
those that I have are blunt as old wire,
to get them to work I must be a trier.
These are the sort that spin,
and must be as sharp as a pin.
The quality of Black and Decker, or Bosch, these would win,
praises from your next-of-kin.
Because my brain has faded into english language oblivion, and I've now fulfilled the requirements of this year's kris kindle hint list, now I'll spell it out in slightly plainer English.
A set of high speed drills sizes approx. 1mm - 6mm, suitable for hand and electric drill, with one set for metal, and the other for wood. A quality brand name as above would be appreciated. Then I promise to use them for their correct purpose, and not attempt to drill concrete tiles with a wood bit... as I did when up on the roof, and it was to much hassle to get down and find the masonry bit, of which I have all I could ever need... And now I have another useless metal 5mm drill bit!
I'd just like to point out to all that only a very select few have put any suggestions up. Of course we know of the difficulties experienced at Beeston, but that doesn't account for more than big little sis, or should that be little big sis. Everybody else has access to t'internet. So hurry up bloggers. Our parents who art in Cork will not be in Cork after December 20th
Mrs VL and I are seperated by about a 1/4 of the globe at the moment... Telephone contact is difficult so it's been hard to discuss what we want....
I will think about it though... I still like my first clue though, will give mroe details when I have a chance!
Re Our Father's first request, here are the exact details.
The Chamber organ in Britain by Michael Wilson.
Avaiable from Ashgate Publishing ltd.
Gower House
Croft Road
Aldershot
Hants.GU113HR
www.ashgate.com
Good luck with this!
Since time is running out and I can`t think of a poem to write or similar, here is a simple whish list from me:
-cooking timer (non battery driven)
-necklace
-CDs (something the buyer likes, hopefully I like it too:-))
-good book, any genre.
-Doormat for our frontdoor. We have a new red door.
-Christmas decoration for the house.
-compact canon photo printer (small transportable)Compatible with canon powershot 5.5.
-otherwise- a free standing livingroom lamp, but this is not very easy to transport or send by mail.
I am aware that the time is rapidly approaching for the buying of presents so will forgo the poetry, at least for the time being. Don't really mind what I get but some specific ideas are.....
1. A decent box set of
A: Shostakovitch Symphonies
B: Tchaikovsky Symphonies
C: Dvorak Symphonies
D: Wagners Ring Cycle
Or maybe some Strauss operas. If one is unsure of which recordings are good then ask your spouse (you have a one in four chance of getting a reasonably intelligent answer, i hope)
2: A reasonably priced (around 50 euros, funnily enough) climbing harness. If unsure one could ask a climbing store for a harness suitable for regular indoor climbing (must have fairly good padding though)
3: A backpack, suitable for carrying a change of clothes and shoes and sport equipment, medium sort of size, leaving the wearer with an effortless air of cool.....
4: A baby elephant (must be a baby cos a big one wont fit up the stairs....
I still want a car for christmas but that just isnt going to happen....Decidin on a present has been a difficult decision as i think i have all i need.....
keep it simple if you like,
dvds will suffice,
I love grease and The Shawshank Redemption,
In America is another to mention,
Otherwise id emjoy a surprise,
or if you live in this fair green isle,
Black boots would suit my style or shopping for clothes for a while.
Hope this makes sence i made it up on the spot n this is possibly anonymous but really its clare in a hurry to get to my next activity....
This may be a little late in the day but here's a thought.
One option to suggest for Mr VL would be a Haynes manual (in English) for the new fleet - to allow comparison with the Swedish workshop manual.
Also as a joint present with Mrs VL I believe a Haynes manual was published a few years ago for the spring 2008 model you are anticipating.
These should be well within budget (Most likely to found in a charity shop!) and are hopefully small enough for your delivery service.
Please ignore that last comment as a b-day is approaching and pressies already purchased!
Hi all, I'm making an appearance on snail-up and have to write fast in case it crashes!
Hope my suggestions aren't too late. long oven gloves for Tuulia can be got from Aga, they are known as gauntlet gloves. hope that helps.
Speaking of Aga, we need chefs pads in black and cream to protect the tops of our new electric aga thats coming in feb. Ref W1813BLK and we need two of them! Also double oven gloves in black and cream also would be great. They are available from the aga shop in Cork. other ideas are a babysitting voucher for overnight depending on who's giving, obviously! And who wishes to take up the challenge!!!
Also, I need a jewellery tree to stop my necklaces getting all tangled.
Hope thats of some use to someone, now to see if this works!
Oh WOW, it did, now I shall try a poem.
As we attempt to go carbon-neutral,
and get rid of our oil bill,
we will have a new range
and it wouldn't be strange
to want to keep the black and cream
all shiny and clean.
As far as marital relations go,
4 children cause a bit of a go-slow,
interruptions are rife
and lack of sleep causes a bit of strife!
So a night in a fancy hotel,
could really ring our bell!!!
There, the brain isn't totally dead!
Another first for Mother of all. I've just read the last 10 comments in an INTERNET SHOP! Imagine. This is what we've come to! However the internet connection worked fabulously quickly and I'm delighted with myself.
Must try this again!
Mother of All in an internet cafe, who very young of you...
don't you mean HOW.................
Right letters wrong order!
Good to see your paying attention.
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