@JonT's Mediocre Wedding Registry

@marklog That address sure confuses the shit out of Amazon's address parser.

@SSteve take out the @ & the ' - it's the special characters that piss off the parser.

Shipping address Amazon will accept:
A Mediocre Corporation
Attn JonTs Mediocre Wedding Registry
3200 Belmeade Drive # 100
Carrollton, TX 75006

@Thumperchick I still can't seem to get amazon to let me include the ATTN.

@Bogie Remove the : ?
ATTN JONT MEDIOCRE WEDDING REGISTRY
3200 BELMEADE DR STE 100
CARROLLTON, TX 75006-3302
United States

That's what mine eventually took.

@Thumperchick I ended up doing the following for First and last name:
A Mediocre Corporation Attn JonTs Mediocre Wedding Registry

It didn't have an option for attn or CO. And didn't like that being put into Address 1/2 slots

@Thumperchick I just sent it with the mangled address that Amazon came up with. The street address was in there somewhere even if the suite number wasn't. I'm confident that the UPS guy knows where Mediocre is even if the address consisted solely of "Carrolton, TX."

I read in one of Isaac Asimov's autobiographies that back in the 70s someone from the USSR mailed a letter addressed to "Isaac Asimov, Science Fiction Writer, United States of America" and it made its way to him.

@marklog I can't bring myself... to send these... colon cleansing gummies Just can't. I mean... It would make my earlier prank pay off... in more ways than one... but I just can't. I'm not that mean.

@SSteve i recently read one of Leonard Nimoy's books. In the 60's, mail addressed to Mr Spock, USA made it to him. I dont know how the PO could tell, but i don't think he got mail meant for Dr Spock.

@Groovymarlin

oh wow. Just... wow.

1550+ Live Ladybugs
http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B0057AZ5U8

@Knukkles I'll probably cry if that happens.

@hollboll You should run a contest to see who can correctly guess just how many ladybugs will now show up.

@hollboll so we should do it??? Or they aren't tears of joy? :(

@hollboll Would this be better? Red wigglers, the Cadillac of worms.
http://www.amazon.com/BloomsnBuds-200-Red-Wiggler-Worms/dp/B003ADOXGQ/ref=sr_1_7?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1440543244&sr=1-7&keywords=praying+mantis

@sammydog01 @sohmageek

@hollboll that was a sadness and joy cry...

@sohmageek

Better?

@hollboll best

@Knukkles gift wrapping isn't available for the ladybugs :(

@kadagan Blame it on @mfladd!

@hollboll Here's the red wiggler reference for you young whipper snappers-

@Groovymarlin We've got a couple of those laying around the office, they get plenty of use

@Foxborn of course not. time is of the essence, though. the goal is to have a mountain of shit when Mr. T shows back up.

Oh My God. Mr. T.

Done!

@Lotsofgoats @JonT wears either a small or an extra small depending on whether it's preshrunk.

@Lotsofgoats yes!

@connorbush We had a two and a half month engagement. Been together thirty years on New Year's eve.

@lisaviolet People are often taken aback by our long engagement. School, finances, and life are generally impeding our progress. Contemplating eloping now then having a huge ceremony down the road.

@connorbush Your engagement is longer than we'd been dating. First date was Memorial Day. Got engaged on my birthday in October. Married end of December. He was back at work (construction, self-employed) on New Year's day.

I had a week to plan the wedding. Memorable.

You'll probably have a fancier shindig than we did. laughing

@lisaviolet ditto.

@lisaviolet between our looming student debt, credit cards, and the need to have shelter and food and meh goods.... we will probably get married in the In and Out drive through. We've been dating for 8 years, so, whats another two? sigh laugh That, would actually be incredible. I am also a huge fan of weddings in nature (or in and out): free and beautiful (the nature is free, not the in and out... both beautiful though).

@smilingjack "Evil is like a box of chocolates"

@connorbush Darn. I forgot it was supposed to be useless. I went with moderately useful.

@connorbush Dear Meh. I expect $5 reimbursement OR to receive this back in a fuku OR to be invited to the wedding.

@connorbush I forgot about the useless part too. Oops.

@connorbush I think you need to mehnage your expectations...

@connorbush It probably is useless.. if it's after the wedding ;)

@kadagan well played. Very true.

@Teripie @conformist ? who is this conformist. I click then name to no avail.

@lisaviolet

@hollboll That candy is not only fun, it's SUPER fun!

@lisaviolet

@lisaviolet That actually looks familiar!

@galmaegi lol

@marklog :D

@sammydog01 Mmmmm, bacon! He'll constantly be hungry.

@stardate820926 ah the classic banana slicer

@Lotsofgoats It's actually surprising useful. @christinewas got one for me as a joke and I use it to slice the bananas for banana pudding.

What young couple wouldn't need one?? lol

@stardate820926 Hope he doesn't make her mad

@marklog which you will now do

@Lotsofgoats sorry, it might get me banned OWAIT.

@marklog tl;dr you fingered your dog and you didn't get banned

@christinerenee the suite number likely will have to be in the 2nd address line. add '@jont's mediocre wedding registry' to the company name.

@jont @jont @jont.

@christinerenee no. I had problems to for some reason. It accepted this: 1st line - @JonT c/o Mediocre Labs, then address in the first address box, second box put Wedding Registry. I do not know why it wouldn't accept it just the way @marklog posted it - tried 3 times. What do you want - he is an ex-goat.

@mfladd I had trouble too- was able to put "A Mediocre Corporation" as the name, the address with suite on the first address line, and "Attn JONT" on the second address line because is has some kind of autocorrect. Anything else wouldn't work. i didn't even get offered a gift note. But I figure it will be sitting on his desk and someone will give him a heads up.

@mfladd It didn't work for me the first 6 times either but I finally got something in there it would accept.

@Lotsofgoats i guess that means you're going to have to try again!

@marklog I guess you can never really have too many ladybugs, huh?

edit: ok but for real I just got something entirely ridiculous that's on-par with the banana slicer regarding Freudian symbolism

@JerseyFrank I learned that those are really handy when a piece of PVC breaks and you need to stop the geyser really quick.

Delivered!

@maggie haha!

@maggie That's what I sent! Now he'll have 2 dozen :)

@looseneck Great minds think alike! Now they'll have enough for the wedding party and immediate family for the wedding pictures.

"Normal body temperature is 36.5 degree body said. However, the lower body of a man is known to become voracious about 3 am, Mr. Low also up 33.5 dossie sperm activity than normal body temperature. Kerala health of men with lower body you will feel Why not also, of course, cool and refreshing?"

@marklog I'm sure you already read their write up and watched the video?

@galmaegi as best I could... I was hoping you'd swing by :)

@marklog I'm too embarrassed to talk about Mr. Low.

@marklog "Functional shorts I'm a role that prevents perspiration than normal panties become wet because the cold or worn in a way that separates the scrotum and penis in men."

This is the best

@marklog Seems according to this JonT will end up with a Magic deck.

@marklog my favorite part is the apparently detachable crotch

@chellemonkey let's make sure that we don't just get the @Ts a gross of pipe fittings... :)

@chellemonkey this. this I needed.

@marklog there are lots of Magic the Gathering cards on that list, a couple of high quality CDs, and Brave Frontier phone cases is a variety of sizes!

@chellemonkey Seems according to this JonT will end up with a Magic deck.

@mfladd I'm sure he has total self control.

@mfladd Because LOOKATHOWAWESOMEMYPRESENTISANDMEBYEXTENSION!!! By the way, @MEHcus please make sure that you purchase some large breed dog chow and have it ready when my gift arrives.

Just kidding. I sent a monkey. They don't like dog food.

@mfladd How about because we know we won't get to be there for the unboxening and are hoping to receive a preview now in exchange for our share?

@bluedyn trust me - he will start a thread (with pics) of this mischief.

@mfladd Yeah, but if I don't catch it at the beginning I will be intimidated by it's length and not read it. It's all I can do to keep up with the chat thread in COC.

@mfladd Cause I'm an idiot and everyone else was doing it.

@jimmyd103 Dr. Bronner stuff is actually a really nice score

@Lotsofgoats The shower soap labels are a bit odd... (right click, choose open image in new tab to view up close)
It tingles.

@thismyusername Wow. I couldn't come close to reading all that. But, long winded moral labels aside, the guy made enough money selling soap that his family could donate 1000 acres of land in California. That's impressive!

@thismyusername Remember when smart phones weren't around and you forgot the newspaper when you were on the toilet, so you grabbed the shampoo bottle and started reading that? They are just giving you something other than "Lather, rinse, repeat."

@djslack I think you win!

@f00l this is a win.

@CaffeineGuy I actually assume we will see some of these things in a fuku in the near future

@mfladd ha, not bloody likely. I have immunity.

@marklog your immunity expired when the anniversary date rolled around...something about fiscal year and annual rounding rules etc etc...it's a complex timey wimey thing

@tightwad with @christinewas and her lobbying talents, i have nothing to worry about.

@mfladd I'm not sure if this is the kind of thing you want to "just say". It's like you're trying to give me a stronger case against you.

@marklog These guys are amazing! Is someone gonna video JT's return?

@Teripie Yeah we'll film the unboxing for sure

@MEHcus tomorrow's count will crush it.

@MEHcus Whoop whoop! Just got the text.

@MEHcus I had to opt for no-rush shipping so I could get $1 of streaming video. Selfish, I know. The weird thing was Free 2-Day Shipping had a "guaranteed delivery date" of sometime in Sept which was later than the no-rush option. Weird. Should be there early next week, I reckon.

@MEHcus the one I sent is arriving today. exercise cation, it is sharp.

@connorbush Got it. So that means you didn't send your wit. #burn #blessed #YOLO #TBT

@connorbush heard you might need this.

@Thumperchick 100% chance of him seeing this thread.

@marklog Especially since he's been summoned to it so many times.

@Thumperchick @pitamuffin @marklog Yep, people have tagged him far too many times for him not to know about it. Something about arranging something on a public forum that just doesn't lend well to surprises some how.

@Thumperchick I chose to embrace it rather than pull the @sohmageek path and try to do it outside of the forum. I am far too lazy to do all that research.

@MEHcus That's what I figured. It's definitely too much to think that he hasn't poked his head into the forums or his email all week. I was thinking a quick delete, but the emails are already there.
Damn you @mfladd!

@Thumperchick There's always an exchange(or other email) server admin... I'm sure for a good tip (Don't take wooden nickels) they'd be more than happy to remap @JonT's access... and then there is always just locking his user/email account out until he gets back :)

@marklog It was hard... Very hard... But I think 99% of the people were down with it once they realized what I was doing... and I sent out prizes too, that were 100% unrelated to the other experiment!

@Thumperchick I will take the blame as goat. BUT, I was the one who posted earlier asking why the HELL everyone is posting what they are buying. Of course he is looking at this. It's one thing if he knows what is happening, but that he knows what he will be getting really takes the fun out of it.

@mfladd I'm hoping that he'll open the packages before he reads the messages. I would.

@Marion14505 you don't want to and that's OK. This is where you shut the fuck up and move on.

@marklog +1

@marklog Spoken like a true Goat...

@Marion14505 Because it's fun.

@DrunkCat So will this haopen for everyone? My anniversary is coming up. 20 years with a wonferful woman. Do I get presents from strangers?

@Marion14505 sure! Post your address and I can guarantee the community will come together and give you an anniversary you won't forget.

@marklog I think this would be a good prezzie.

@Marion14505 Only 20?

@Marion14505 Just because we do randomly nice shit for people once in a while doesn't mean it should or would happen for everyone. We can and will just let people randomly be awesome. If it's not something you're into, that's fine, no one is forcing participation.
@JonT is the community lead for mediocre and is responsible for helping to cultivate this little playground of ours, which is why people are willing to go out of their way to do something silly for him that we know he'll enjoy.

@Marion14505 No cause you're being a dick.

@Thumperchick thank you for explaining that instead of just calling me an idiot. You ask a simple question and.... Jeez. The internet these days... I understand now. Sorry for being late to the game and not knowing everything.

@Marion14505 so lets hope you've learned something today. Context is important. Understand your environment before you write stupid shit. You've grown up today.

@Marion14505 You're welcome, though the reason you got the negative reaction is because you didn't ask a simple question, you were rude.
The people around here are blunt and will call you out on it. They'll also send you silly shit for no reason other than to put a smile on your face. I hope you stick around and get to know us, we're a raucous bunch, but pretty fun to talk to.

@Marion14505 Give us a heads up on your anniversary- you might not get stuff but you'll probably get a lot of well wishes.

@lisaviolet Yes. My first wife of 16 years died because of a drunk driver. Took me six more years to find someone worthy to take her place in my heart.

@sammydog01 It is obvious even to this "grumy old man doggeh" that I should keep that information to myself.

@Marion14505 So sorry to hear this, but glad you found someone worthy of her memory.

@mfladd thanks.

@Marion14505 I think whoever did that meme meant "grumpy", but "grumy" is kinda funny, too.

As for keeping the info to yourself, I'm sure you now have an idea of the kind of folks here. We're like a family (even have the occasional fights) and lots of snark and sarcasm. So, now that you're on the way to redeeming yourself, you'd probably get some fun, useless stuff (the emphasis on "useless").

Welcome to Meh.

I'm sorry to hear about your first wife. When I was 16 a drunk ran a stop sign and broadsided our car. He left behind a wife and three young children. No insurance.

I'm glad you found a new life partner.

@kadagan Lego ice? Is that what this is?

@Pamtha Lego ice cube trays.. Can also be used for candy, jello, etc..

@kadagan cool - now you need to enter one of those ice building contests they have up in one of those frozen fly over states.

@Pamtha these are awesome for neckerchief slides!

@kadagan - Have you seen Ice Speed Chess molds? Makes the game go much faster.

@KDemo I never saw those but that's pretty awesome! Do it outside in the summer for a blazing fast game ;)

@Willijs3 late is better than never! no worries. it's not like there's going to be a real time periscoping of the unboxenating....

@Lotsofgoats Same here- one reason to post what you sent in this thread.

@Bogie share the link! I am intrigued

@Pamtha I would, but I'm afraid to ruin it. I'm sure if you google search the name, it will come up with a product picture but where's the fun in all of that!? I just like the idea of buying an unknown item and sending it to an unknown person (Well, sorta unknown, maybe unmet?)

@Bogie so maybe u r unknown , unmet but JonT's getting gifts non the less so do not fret:) ( not that you are fretting )

@Pamtha, @AttyVette

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IKFWMOE?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00#customerReviews

A quick google of the name does show what it actually is. I figured I'd google it now that it was delivered.

(Box was attempted to be delivered on Saturday, even though I checked the "No weekend delivery" box. But, it's marked as delivered as of yesterday! )

@maggie probably meh comments

@maggie I believe it's appropriate for Mr. T to compose and mail handwritten thank you notes for all.

@marklog I'm sure Mr T is a southern gentleman raised in a household that adheres to proper etiquette and will personally write his heartfelt thanks to each and everyone of us..

@smigit2002 wasn't going to post what I got but what the heck..here goes the "hot deal" I sent him...

Freddy the Fireman: With 22 Stickers (Dover Little Activity Books Paper Dolls)
Beylon, Cathy
Sold by: Amazon.com LLC

@AttyVette I really hope our stickers end up on the outside of fukus!

@smigit2002 I'm sure he'll "stick "it to us.. And everyone else at meh :)

@sohmageek ,he he I can't wait for the upcoming meh "fire sales"

@MEHcus Can we get a picture of the pile?

@Bogie Eventually.

@Bogie I'm confident that the meh staffers will exploit this whole fiasco on social media (as intended).

@MEHcus Please mark it as a broadcast on here, I would like to catch it live!

@MEHcus Mine arrives today. I hope it somehow makes it into the pile!

@marklog inb4 resignation letter

@DrunkCat

@marklog A certain someone decided to extend his vacation one more day to nurse himself back in to working form.

@MEHcus Ah yes, the old "I need a vacation from my vacation vacation."

@mehcus when your vacation needs a vacation, you had a good time.

maybe if someone could flip the goat badge to @jont until he gets back, I think that'll teach him...

@MEHcus What?????? Get this GOAT off my back immediately!

The popular vote has already been counted.

@mfladd agree(d before the goat edit). the user community can't burden the entire task of fucking with the guy who is on vacation. the staff has to pick up at least a portion.

@mfladd shut up, goats can't even count

empirical evidence: I don't even know how many "lots" are AND NEITHER DO YOU

@marklog even with the edit I concur that @jonT should shoulder the weight of goat for the extended vacation day. If not him, @MEHcus it falls to you to GOAT either yourself or Moose for the day (or secretly give it to hollboll).

@mfladd I see you've mistaken your August Goathood with September power to dictate what goes on. Nope. Keep on goating for another day, Goat.

@mfladd you'll just have to keep bleating off for one more day.

@mfladd Welp, Mehcus has spoken. Guess you only have yourself to blame.

@mfladd's goat didnt show up on the first day of August, anyway. This is perfect.

@MEHcus I will destroy you in fantasy for this transgression!

@Bogie you just lost your second round draft pick! ;)

@mfladd So this is how you were planning on winning. Cheating...

@MEHcus

@hollboll

@mfladd

@MEHcus

@MEHcus you would do it during the 1 meeting I have scheduled today...

@MEHcus

@MEHcus

@Bogie Yes, I hacked your calendar and specifically planned it during your meeting to spite you and you alone. Deal with it.

@MEHcus Is there anyway to save a periscope for longer in case there are folks who cannot watch it live or soon after?

@MEHcus Yeah, what @medz said

@MEHcus can we get a mediocre labstream about it? haha.. or at least a "before" picture of all the boxes now?

@medz Yes there will be a full video posted as well outside of the Periscope.

@MEHcus i'll try to stream it under the conference table in the meeting that i'm facilitating. Let's not get fired today...

@march5th00 Great wedding present, but the price is a little high..

But @kadagan it has FREE SHIPPING!

@march5th00 Some of the reviews/comments for that are gold.

@march5th00 From the Q&A:

Q: Is it Kosher?

A: No. This is used for porking.

@march5th00 This was a Prime Day deal. I'll chip in.

Water and silicone hybrid saves us $500.
http://www.amazon.com/Passion-Lubes-Silicone-Hybrid-Lubricant/dp/B00SZ3O6OU/ref=pd_sim_sbs_121_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=18421HH4VKR5KTGRGFN3&dpSrc=sims&dpST=_AC_UL320_SR242%2C320_

@DaveInSoCal Almost Too Effective. As UPS discretely unloaded my 55 gallon drum, the driver accidentally spilled it into my driveway. Any amount of cars can now fit into the garage.

@Bogie hahahaha