Meh's 4th Birthday: The Final Fukobukuro
- First, it was the “Fukubukuro” or “the lucky bag.” But those who received them rarely felt lucky in the end.
- So we changed it to “Fukobukuro,” which means “unlucky bag.”
- Soon, we will call it something else!
- It’s basically a bunch of worthless stuff that we are more than happy to get rid of.
- Over the course of the next few days, we will be giving away more Fukos (again, see write-up) which means you could buy one and also win one in the forums. We may, however, send literal trash if we notice more than one going to the same place. You’ve been warned.
- Model: FUK0BUKURN0M0R3
Happy Birthday (Fuko Is Over)
We did it! We aged another year! Light the candles! Blow the noisemakers! Hotlink the Perry Bible Fellowship “reaper’s abacus” panel! Our little internet store is four years old.
Four years is an eon online, or, as the young people call it, an eonline dot com. How much has the netscape changed in that time? Four years ago, “tweets” were limited to 140 characters. Pizza Rat had (almost certainly) not yet been born. “Hot mugshot guy” was just being arrested. And Elon Musk was only in 7th grade.
It’s a different world, and we’re a grown-up business concern now. So it’s time for us to put away childish things. Like the Fuko.
THE LAST FUKO
Before you stands the 20th and final Fuko bag. Ah, we had some good times with this stupid gimmick, didn’t we?
We’ve got a big pile of Fukos to get rid of before they’re fully purged. They’re heaped in our warehouse like so much leftover Thanksgiving ham in the fridge, fulsome and nauseating. Our regular sale won’t be enough to get them all out the door. So we’ll be giving them away to those who…
HELP US NAME THE NEW GRAB BAG that will immediately replace the Fuko!
You didn’t think we’d abandon our most popular attention-getting stunt, did you? Nah, we just want to call it something else from now on. Something more befitting our dignity. Maybe “attaché o’ excreta”. Or “drab bag”. Whatever, why are we even trying to think of a name? We’re the birthday celebrant. Y’all can do it for us.
So hop over to our Rename The Fuko post on the forums, pitch some ideas, and vote on the ones you like! Then, at the end of the night, we’ll tally the votes and… choose to call it whatever we like. We’re also getting suggestions from around the office and a few other online friends. That’s right. We have other friends. What? What’s so funny? Why are you all laughing?
[Translation: we’ll be giving away Fukos to names we like. So, while we encourage you to vote, being a top vote getter won’t guarantee you get a Fuko.]
BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE (FUKO)
If you didn’t get one of the final Fukos, and you really want one, you’re in luck. Bad luck!
Aside from the “rename the Fuko” thing, we’ll also have some sort of forum games going on each day this week. Check out the forum around 10am and 3pm (central) for various games and activities posted by your favorite customer support folks (as well as your least favorite, I guess).
More importantly: once we get a good name, we’ll have another contest to come up with a bad design, err, I mean, bag design. Don’t worry, you don’t have to be a professional, nor do you need to concern yourself with number of colors or size of print or any of that. We’re looking for ideas–even just little sketches or written out ideas–that we can send to our illustrator. Also: you’ll probably want to wait until we announce the new name on Tuesday before putting too much time into this one.
But UGH! Enough of this BORING stuff. C’mon people, IT’S PARTY TIME!
