Mehrican Exchange v8.0 REVEAL Thread
18Wait? What?! Someone ALREADY got a box?
Yes, sir! That’s right! When I got home from work today, I saw this tower of cardboard awesomeness sitting on my kitchen counter. I asked my husband, “What the hell is that?” He replied, “I don’t know. Some car drove up this afternoon and dropped it off. It has your name on it.” I looked at it…the return address said, “Mehrican Exchange 8.0” written in black sharpie.
WOW! HAND DELIVERY!!
Then it sank in…Giant. Stack. Of. Boxes…Holy. Shit.
So here it is! The first reveal:
I dub thee “Tower of Meh”
Looks legit.
Top Box contents:
Woot.com crappy ice scraper
fridge magnet
grey cotton t-shirt
I-DO-3D GO vertical pen
Middle box:
NEW! in box 2 table lamps!
Giant Bottom Box:
Shirt Woot sticker
Hubman
6 phone cases of various sizes
pair of earrings
another woot.com crappy ice scraper
door bolt
HDMI adapter
2-in-1 knife and cutting board tool
blinged-out Baltimore Ravens hand bag
Carolina Panthers ball cap
Detroit Lyons magnet set
weird strap thing
Bengals mittens
NY Jets knitted cap
Colts knitted cap
Charlane Harris paperback set
Cast iron teapot
Bluetooth folio and keyboard for Samsung Galaxy
Outdoor light fixture (with lightbulb)
WOW!!! This is A LOT of fine crap! Well done to my sender!! The only problem is that I don’t know who to thank…there was no name! Please come forward amazing-box-giver and receive your praise for an awesome, hand-delivered box!
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Holy Crap! That is a box this way over the top. I think you won the unofficial mehrican exchange lottery or something (all you newbies to this - most boxes contain much less and are typically medium priority mail size). Well of course there will be a couple of other lottery exchange winners who will get bonus boxes…
UPDATE: My spider senses are telling me that @jalopatin is the sender of this Tower of Meh creation.
THANK YOU!!!
This box is freaking awesome!!! …and you dropped it off at my house!!!
@bramby2 nice haul!
@bramby2 guilty. New at this so forgot to put my name in there. Also didn’t know how sketchy it would be to drop something off, but you were so close to one of my favorite breweries I couldn’t pass up on a trip.
@jalopatin I can’t imagine what the shipping would have been!
…you’ve set the bar very high for the rest of the boxes!!!
@bramby2 @jalopatin If the rest of us just knew how to do the “honey I shrink the kids” magic then it would have all fit into a small priority mail box. Again, for the rest of you, this was way over the top and @branby2 won the meh exchange lottery. The rest of us mere minions generally only send a medium priority mail box (well except me - I am not participating as I don’t have money to pay for postage right now).
I haven’t even packed mine yet! I’m falling behind!
@ELUNO don’t fret, you are way ahead of your deadline, just chillax for a while, then start to think about what you might send. then chillax some more, then go look for a box or something.
then go grab a drink, or a smoke, or whatevs…
then go chillax and then…
start to figure this shit out…
@Yoda_Daenerys Get wasted before packing it up? OK!
@ELUNO roger that
They Charlaine Harrison books are quick reads. They are good bubble gum books. (Bubble gum books are books you can get into but if you have you lay them down, they are easy to set down too.) They are the books that spawned HBO’s True Blood.
You made out like a bandit! So much fun
I can’t wait to move so I can get in on one of these exchanges.
Sarah
I almost signed up for my first time, then I forgot
@luvche21 ftw
/youtube for the win
/giphy ftw
/image “for the win”
/8ball “will i win?”
You may rely on it
@luvche21 @Yoda_Daenerys
The eight ball doesn’t lie.
/8ball does the 8-ball lie?
Better not tell you now
@luvche21 Let me guess…legos?
@mfladd ha, it would definitely include one of my recent creations (just finished a custom pipe organ, upright piano, light saber display, library card catalog, and turntable with speakers).
i just noticed the youtube of ftw and the giphy are “pretty much” in time with each other, creepy…
Crap. How’d I miss the signup for the Amehrican exchange? Sad face. Have participated the past few years.
@juststephen my guess is you weren’t paying attention, just a guess though - @kidsandliz bumped it a dozen times
@Kidsandliz @Yoda_Daenerys Sniff. Past couple weeks have been busy. I’ll read this thread and live vicariously through it.
@juststephen Same, not sure how I missed it, I’ve got so much junk, ahem amazing stuff in the basement. Granted, I never REALLY go into the forums and have been slacking lately…
And they’re off! Should arrive in 2-3 days.
All you people do know this is the reveal thread and not the shipping and waiting thread. Right?
You can find it here:
https://meh.com/forum/topics/unofficial-mehrican-exchange-v-8-0-waiting-and-shipping-thread
To whomever got me. I like stuff… to whomever the two people I got… I hope you like stuff, maybe some things to
I received my wonnnnnnderful exchange box from @qwerty82 today and it was SO much fun to open and go thru. I love it all! Here’s the goodness received:
-2x 1000 piece puzzles
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-A woot! Monkey!
-Slippers that might even fit my big feet
-An “inner peace” coloring book. Ahh.
-A fun reusable scholastic highlights bag
-Halloween necklaces
-Cat toys (not shown- opened for play immediately although Archie prefers the packing paper)
-Baggie of random makeup items (all of which I like and will use!!) and a baggie of face sheet masks! So nice!
-Big Foot gift tag stickers! Love this
-Delta airlines nice water bottle
-Baggie of PB cups (not shown- hubby and I ate already
-3 DVDs! All good ones!
-A power bank!! Yay!
-2 books!
-a set of holiday cards- love them! (See pic- They make me think of @riotdemon - or at least her name!)
-And the creme de la creme of the box - a pink tray “let’s eat!” With a pig slicing itself up. Yes (from your note) it is the weirdest thing I’ve received in a while too…but pretty fun! I’ll be using it at some point, definitely.
Thank you so much @qwerty82. I love it!!!
@moonhat upstars for that cuuuute kit-kat!
@moonhat Yay! I’m glad you enjoyed it! I guess I went a little overboard but it was my first Mehrican Exchange so I wanted to do it up! It was really fun finding stuff to put in! Also, Archie is adorable!!
And, oh yeah… that tray. Oh how bizarre is that tray. I’m super glad it didn’t freak you out! I was a little hesitant to include it but hoped you’d like it and you do! Score!!
Almost forgot this cute tee! And it’s my size too… I am putting this baby on ASAP!!
@moonhat Wait a minute, I got one of these too
I need to post my reveal post soon.
@moonhat Oh how perfect! I’m glad you like it AND that it fits!! Bonus!!
Mine is from submariner. Thanks!
I got an Angels cooler bag thing.
A tivo wall/car usb charger.
Grime boss hand wipes.
And my zombie survival envelope filled with foreign money from Australia, India, and Canada.
Wow @readnj coming through with some super mehtastic loot, some of which I may actually like!
Included was a Tupac shot glass (for liquor)
an Impossipuzzle Meerkat puzzle
a USB Hub man (definitely replacing my boring bar hub at work)
some fancy Amex binoculars
some History of Basketball radio show CDs
a create-your-own pocket comic book
some DVDs (Somewhere in Time, 50 First Dates, A Knights Tale)
a Monster USB cable
a gang of Powertab single use battery packs
a Meh cut out phone stand
2 iPhone 6 cases
a smiley phase sticker
a couple RSPB wildlife pins
and a Dr Who t-shirt that actually fits!
Definitely an above average box of Meh! I will probably actually use (or have someone in mind to receive) a solid 80% of these mediocre items! Well done and thank you readnj!
@heli0s Glad the shirt fit. Tried to squeeze much as I could int to the midsize priority box. 80% useful is pleasantly above expectation, since all I had to go on was your profile. That meh stand has a USB to Android micro connector
Big thanks to @HexTheOwl for this awesome box of Meh. In no particular order, the contents are as follows:
(1) Plush Angry Daggert Beaver (kids might fight over this one!)
(1) Beef thermometer (think I had re-gifted all the other ones I got)
(1) book “Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans” published in 2011 and only 112 pages long, so we’ll have to give this a look see.
(1) Old Skool BOC bag (in forest green). If think all of mine have sadly died, so this is most welcome.
(1) bendable AND poseable Olive Oil action figure.
(1) Space Base Mutiny card game.
(1) NIB Trip Glasses. No joke, I just gave away a pair of these last weekend. Weird…almost trippy??
(1) kickass Bluetooth speaker (seems to work great). Complete with a tag saying this was redeemed for 7400 tickets! Someone had fun at Chuck E Cheese, D&B??
(1) small ceramic cat. This is the most baffling item as I have no idea what this is or why it was created. @HexTheOwl I’d love to know if there’s a story here.
All in all, one of the best boxes/bags I’ve received over the years! Well done and many thanks @HexTheOwl!! My outgoing box is packed and in my car. I think I had just as much fun putting that together. Can’t wait for the next one!
@Hskrjer99 Haha those little cat-slugs we just something cute I’d found at a convention I went to last December. I picked up a big handful to give as souvenirs. And yeah re:BT speaker I like to go to the local arcade just to play the games after work some weeks and had something like 60,000 tickets stocked up from hitting the odd Jackpot every so often. Figured I’d pick out a few of the high ticket items to add to the meh pot.
package arrived yesterday like 5 minutes after I left for work. Came home this morning to a very densely packed priority mail box. Thanks @heli0s!
from left to right, we have a fuku bag, mini flashlight, ear buds, a car power adapter, a phone holder (awesome because the cord on the one I got years ago just broke), a mobile power adapter, a Pokemon Go level 10 badge (wife just hit level 40 so this should get a chuckle), grime wipes, sunglasses with multi colored snap on frames, assorted stickers, a pencil case (or maybe one of those weird microwave omelet makers?), magnets that look like assorted organs and boogers, vampire teeth, severed fingers full of bubbles, halloween stickers, random air freshener, mini speaker, and the smallest mouse I’ve ever seen.
Very fun haul! Thanks!
@jalopatin Glad to see I wasn’t the only one gifting Grime Boss Wipes… although they are really good at cleaning up after car work
/giphy greasy
FROM @Placidpenguin
@heartny sent a great box and I asked @kidsandliz to post for me
What looks to be a bit of a miss is actually full of knickknacks and stuff.
• Fuku (or possibly Fuko bag).
• Porg from Star Wars, which makes noises when pressing the tummy!
• Light up red fidget spinner with all lights working.
• Wiggly eye rings which you put on your finger to give them eyes.
• Woot Clicker https://www.woot.com/offers/wootprimo-undash-button-handheld-4.
• Zmodo Beam Alert.
• Clumsy ninja plush figure.
• Black Meh popsocket.
• StickNotes note pad.
• Screaming Woot monkey.
• SmartStand adjustable stand for phones/tablets.
• 100 minute mini timer.
• Intel/HP pen with smiley face figure on top.
• Purple Bass Jaxx Origami speaker (it’s adjustable).
• Deluxe necklace fan.
• Something called a Scratch Box with which to turn words into scratched up thingies like what a DJ does.
• Drink coozie with the word Meh on it.
• Samsung Gear VR!
• 5W rotating wireless recharging pad (includes 2 USB ports).
• New dash cam.
• WiFi controlled quadcopter with camera!
• A penguin on an ice block which opens and closes its eyes as its head shakes.
• 2 t-shirts (Just Kitten t-shirt from Woot, as well as a Laughing Squid t-shirt).
• Penguin pet toy which scrunches and crinkles.
• Purple emoji plush figure with rainbow horn.
• Mini pedometer.
• Some egg keychain thing. The pictures on it are making me laugh.
Thank you @heartny for the really enjoyable box which made me laugh and laugh and laugh.
@Kidsandliz why is that silly penguin not hanging out on meh anymore?
Penguin still exists!
/giphy Penguin lives
@placidpenguin you do realize that as soon as @deathbynoodlez realizes you got a meh popsocket he is going to bug me to bug you to part with it…
@RiotDemon I have no clue.
Great boxes so far!
@ELUNO Those of you who haven’t sent yet, don’t get intimidated by some of these over the top boxes. Some folks won the lottery. All of us have different income levels and people understand we do what we can. A medium priority box is fine. I am not even part of the exchange this time because although I have OK crap I can send (although it wouldn’t be a “win the lottery box” stuff), I don’t feel I can spare change for the sending right now. We do what we can do and if people sign up to participate they realize this is how it goes. The luck of the draw.
Got a nice big box of meh last night! Thanks for the amazing exchange box.
3 pairs of AMU Socks
a neoprene case for a Kindle, need to see if it fits my fire
Metallic temp tats
3.5mm Aux cable, always handy
a couple of flashlights in a (weatherproof?) case
Paracord survival bracelet
2 sided shaker bottle
portable battery/fan/usb cable combo, glad to have another of the fans my last one bit it a few months ago
Blue caped Woot monkey
2 sets of children’s sized Starwars pajamas, maybe for a cousin
Blue Spruce, gonna have to actually try to grow this
red chinese new year envelope?
tiny stuffed keychain
a Money Clip
and a Giant book of puzzles, definitely going to have to flip through this before my little cousin gets this for his birthday.
Also not pictured, a Pink Clocky style alarm clock and a black Coffee Beanie that my GF stole before I could get a picture of everything >.>
When I got to the office this morning there was a box waiting for me from @UncleVinny!
I’m anxious to see what mehness lurks therein, but I’ve been indolent about packing and shipping out my own boxes. In expiation (and hopefully extra motivation), I’m going to delay opening this until I have met my responsibility and notified the recipients of the tracking numbers.
I expect to pack those up tonight, ship first thing AM, so @UncleVinny, thank you, and please accept my most humble apologies for the delay! I expect to post a reply here tomorrow with my reveal.
@ruouttaurmind I’m glad it got there safely! One never knows, what with the nonstop wall-to-wall perilousness and whatnot.
I hope you have fun anticipating. While you wait, you may want to check out the decorations on the box…crazily enough, it’s the exact same box that my Mehrican exchange from last year came in, so, uh…the lovely Meh person who sent it to me, whose name I totally remember, drew uncanny resemblances of Irk all over the outside! Bless 'em!
@UncleVinny True story! Although I could only locate the one:
I finally got my boxes sent out today. I rewarded myself by opening the box I received from @UncleVinny on Tuesday.
The big picture of awesome randomness:
Also enclosed was a note from UncleVinny 'splaining the madness behind this mayhem:
Nutella (you can only see the green cap in upper left)
Sour Flush candy
Goldberg’s Peanut Chews (I often buy these!)
Nik-L-Nip wax soda bottle candy
Gumbilees (UncleVinny suggests “You know how Meh sometimes does the Drinking Terrible episodes, where they invent an awful cocktail? I think these are a good ingredient if you were gonna invent one. So I got myself a bag, too. So maybe you can invent a drink and I’ll try to make it, or vice versa.” Great fun suggestion, Vinny, but I do not drink alcohol. Perhaps I can invent a Drinking Terrible virgin cocktail or refreshing beverage though! I’ll put my mind to this…
15 googly eyes “Because googly eyes are fun for everyone”. Well said, Vinny, well said.
1 Actual Size! sticker “Because some things are just their actual size” adds Uncle Vinny.
1 Extremely rare Microsoft MapPoint compass (much fun!)
4 “not-very-rare 1982 vintage football cards”
1 day-of-issue 1949 Annapolis Tercentary commemorative stamp “Stamp collectors are their own kind of special” (you’re on your own with that comment, Vinny; yup, I just threw you under the bus then bailed out!)
2 Postcards from the past
1 deck of Pixel Cards (super cool! they’re printed on transparent plastic in a pixelated moire pattern which prevents you from seeing what the card is through the plastic)
Random coins from UncleVinny’s collection, including:
Susan B Anthony NP
1947 Silver Quarter “can be traded for gasoline and ammo when TSHTF”
1987 British pound
Acid-washed buffalo nickle with “hare brained art and writing”
Two German Mark coins
1 vintage Baskin Robbins pencil (somehow not pictured? I hope it didn’t roll behind my desk while I was setting this stuff up!)
And TWO, yes TWO (not one, but TWO) genuine, authentic, original pieces of UncleVinny art!
1 UncleVinny designed greeting card (blank on inside)
1 painting of some Arizona mountains (so authentic I really felt like I was actually IN Arizona!
) painted especially for me! An Uncle Vinny authentic original commissioned on my behalf! I’m totally hanging this one up in my office!!! Vinny was a bit self-deprecating in his comments, but I really dig it and I will enjoy adding it to my office decor.
As promised, a heapin’ helpin’ of awesome randomness! Thoroughly enjoyed, thoroughly appreciated. Thank you very much, @UncleVinny!
@ruouttaurmind @UncleVinny Nice painting!
@ruouttaurmind wow, I’m so glad you had fun with it! I thought I should maybe add a caveat that non-alcoholic drinking terrible recipes are always good too…but it looks like you’re already well aware! I tried making a cocktail, and filmed it, but…well, it may be too dull even for Drinking Terrible. Maybe someday.
I’m super excited to hear that you like the art. Arizona landscape is ultra-gorgeous, I tried to do it justice!
I’m glad you are into the randomness! Merry meh-mas!
@ruouttaurmind @UncleVinny I love the xkcd Actual Size sticker!
I’ve thought about buying hundreds and just sticking them on things randomly everywhere I go.
@ruouttaurmind @zachdecker I’m sure the xkcd guy would appreciate your bidness!
(On behalf of someone who wishes to remain undisturbed …)
I received my pleasant box from @jimmyjoemeeker yesterday, but only got around tonight to making a reveal post.
I received:
A glitter towel with the words Let it snow.
Festive socks which can still be worn all year round.
A CD cleaning kit.
An advanced facial cleansing brush.
An adjustable neck mount. Wait… Nope. Not THAT kind.
A lone blue latex gloves.
A USB cigarette adapter with Chevrolet branding.
Spiffy black utility gloves.
An 8’ retractable phone code. (Handy.)
A cool snowman mug!
A phone with support for 10 customized speed dials, and 3 dedicated buttons for emergency services.
A long notepad with a magnet on the back to attach to magnetic services.
15’ Amazon Basics Mini DisplayPort to HDMI cable.
A kit with replacement strings for particular instruments.
Thank you for the box @jimmyjoemeeker. Very appropriate that there was a winter theme, especially since it’s cold by me.
@narfcake
You very welcome @(your name here)! I’m a newbie to the exchange and I was going explain how @Kidsandliz said to stalk our victims… umm research our recipients and how my wife and I came up with your box. But I don’t want to blow your cover!
Here is box #1 of #2. @[Mehmber who wishes to remain undisturbed] Thank you!
What a fun box of stuff! Here goes the contents:
-Instapot silicone grippers
-Watermelon Slicer
-Cat T-shirt
-3 Football wallets
-2 paper type wallets
-USB Bluetooth dongle of some sort
-Lighted Electrical Switch
-Some kind of blue bookbag in a pouch
-Roll of plumbers tape
-Bag of buttons
-Dish towel
-Solar rock light
-Party Streamers
-3 Books, one that isn’t in the picture about an elf, my kid immediately grabbed it so no chance to make it to the picture
-3 Empty Woot Bag’s of Crap Paper Bags and 2 Empty Fabric Bag of Crap Bags (You sure did well scoring all of that crap, Show off! )
-and a whole lot of greatness and care packaging the box well.
My friend, have done me well, Thank you, and I appreciate you!
@Stallion Nice stuff! If those paper type wallets are Tyvek they are really nice- I use mine at concerts and amusement parks.
Imgur is doing something funky so i’m uploading the picture
Right on. So today, Box #1 was sitting on my doorstep from @joebuddah! Here’s the not-entireley-meh™ haul:
Overall a seriously nice haul! Thanks @joebuddah!
@submariner I love Elmer Fudd too! Nice stuff!
@submariner Glad you enjoyed it. I could not find the matching Bugs Bunny. I tried to find it but time ran out before i had to ship
@joebuddah that would have been an epic pair!
https://imgur.com/gallery/p1DjYzX
Wow what an awesome haul courtesy of @Bramby2!
3x meh pillows (didn’t have any of those)
Meh blanket-Black (nicer than the new screen printed ones they just offered last November)
Meh shirt from fukuburo (L)
Meh license plate
Toilet hockey
Star Wars LEGO micro fighter
iPhone 6 case (designed for women)
iPhone 6s glass screen protector (gender neutral)
Beach’s conversation hearts
Lamborghini Rx car
Walking dead 3 pack action figures
Qi wireless charger
Meh roblox figurine
Shamrock necklace (lights up)
Fruit infused water bottle
Guardians of galaxy 100pc puzzle
2 x Star Wars hot wheels
Star Wars micro machines
Dart gun
Batman socks with capes
CAH blue and red boxes! (Wow!)
Worlds smallest newton’s Cradle
Gaming headset (looks nice-now I can play Xbox in bed and not wake the wife!)
Spectrum 450 duo WiFi color lights (awesome)
WiFi smart plug (also awesome)
16 pack Starbucks Kerrigan k cups
I’m blown away by the generosity! Thank you so much Bramby2. Many many many of these items are home runs and will get immediate use!
@pittbk I’m glad you enjoyed the crap! I had a bunch of stuff to get rid of and I had fun putting the boxes together
OMG! I received a nearly 16 pound box of awesomeness from @Bramby2! It took me over an hour to go through the ginormous box and type up the list of
random crapgoodies. Such an amazing assortment! Wow! This more than makes up for all the awful Woot! BOC’s I’ve gotten over the years. This far exceeded my expectations. Thank you, thank you, thank you! You are a Great MehricanHere’s what I received, in no particular order:
• 3 Meh Pillows (1 black, 2 white)
• 1 Black Meh Stadium Blanket
• 1 Pair of Socks
• 1 Pair of Superman Socks with Cape
• 1 Meh Pixel Shirt
• 1 Meh Fuko Cozy
• 1 Picture Perfect Picture Hanger Thingy
• 1 Dart Shooter
• 1 Mini display Port to HDMI Adapter
• 1 Bag Brach’s Tiny Conversation Hearts
• 1 Nextbelt The Belt With No Holes
• 1 NFL New York Jets Beanie (Yeah New York!)
• 1 Empire State Building 3D Model (Yeah New York!)
• 1 Star Wars Tie Fighter
• 1 Star Wars Millennium Falcon
• 1 Star Wars Force Awakens MicroMachines
• 1 Star Wars Lego MicroFighters
• 1 Xyon USB Wall Plate
• 1 Wireless Bluetooth Receive and Adapter
• 1 Personal Mini Fan
• 1 Travel Size First Aid Kit
• 1 Emergency Excuse Pen
• 1 Poopy Pen
• 1 Pack Subtle Butt Disposable Gas Neutralizers
• 1 Rocket Launcher Play While You Sit
• 1 Pack of 6 Merry Medley Dog Toys
• 1 Mr & Mrs Who? Playing Cards
• 1 Saint Patrick’s Light Up Necklace
• 1 Patriotic Fidget Spinner
• 1 Roblox
• 1 Pink iPhone 6 Case
• 1 Zover iPhone 6s Clear Glass 2 Pack
• 1 Guardians of the Galaxy 100 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
• 1 Box 16 Starbucks Pike Place Roast Keurig K-Cup Pods
• 1 SilverCrest Fitness Tracker
• 1 Woot! Green Crappy Ice Scraper
• 1 Belkin YourType Folio + Keyboard for Galaxy Tab2 10.1
• 1 Cool Gear Flavor Infuser Bottle
• 1 Spectrum 450 Smart Wi-Fi LED Color Light Duo Pack
• 1 New Monopoly Board Game (Yeah! newer version with cat piece)
It took me so long to write the list that there’s no time for pics. Here’s one I took when I thought I was going to have time:
@heartny Huzzah! Another happy customer! Thanks for letting me offload a serious backlog of stuff!
got my Mehrican presents box from @moonhat today!!!
my granddaughter really liked the t shirt and in her size. enough doo dad thingys that everyone got to pick a couple of things they wanted. whoo hoo!!
thank you moonhat.
@mick I’m glad you like it! And those pink triangle things must have fallen off the emoticon headband, they attach on top I believe
OMG so many of you have sent boxes way over the top… Amazing boxes.
Those of you sending the “normal” medium priority mail boxes don’t despair - these was no expectation AT ALL - that people sent the quantity (or quality for that matter) of stuff some have.
I do think we need to be careful not to escalate this into something huge though as then some people who don’t have much money might be intimidated into not participating in the future. Those of you who “lucked out” count your blessings as it may not happen for you next time. Heck I didn’t even participate this time because while I have junk, I don’t have money for postage. Of course if someone wants to donate medium priority box postage, I’ll send a bonus box. That person donating postage can pick a number between, I think it is, 1 and 54 (I’d have to look) and I’ll send a bonus box to that person (if it means someone would get two bonus boxes, I’ll move to the person under them).
And I don’t think any of the bonus boxes have arrived yet (I think we are up to 3 lucky folks). So those of you in envy over some of these huge boxes - well you might get lucky.
Thanks all for playing!
@submariner you will find a reveal from your recipient @mikeleemm here:
https://meh.com/forum/topics/unofficial-mehrican-exchange-v-8-0-waiting-and-shipping-thread
Edit hmm that is no longer showing up at the message. Well here is a copy
In the box was a Woot Monkey (classic), a pair of promo Global Knowledge socks (someone I’ve amassed a bunch of these from various vendors now), a lunchbag, grime hand wipes, and wait for it… CASH!!! Canadian, Indian, Australian!
@mikeleemm
Linky to post.
@ruouttaurmind thanks
@Kidsandliz Thanks! Opps, posted in the wrong thread
@ELUNO lol meh. Your picture uploader is buggy af.
Edit: ok, I fixed it.
@ELUNO My good friend @sainto sent me this amazing box!
1 x Space Pirates board game!
1 x Power cable
1 x USB to dual micro usb cable
2 x Charmin extra large rolls TP adapters
1 x Bamboo fiber baggie
1 x Screaming Woot cape monkey
1 x Car USB adapter
2 x Earbuds
1 x Umbrella
1 x Cobra walkie talkie set
1 x Disposable razor (unused!)
1 x Bat ring
1 x 3D printed owl
1 x Triangle instrument set
1 x Nightblade book
1 x Little Miss Sunshine DVD
1 x Lethal Weapon DVD
@ELUNO Glad you found it (slightly) better than mediocre
@SaintO yes! Thanks again! I’m gonna annoy some people with the triangle. And I want to learn how to play the boardgame.
Mine came in the mail yesterday. Picked it up today.
It came from this guy:
Thx @hskrjer99
Large priority mail box with some heft to it
Note the more mediocre girdles to add to my collection
some satellite radio stuff
a hand made meh bag - cool
an aroma machine thing
punkin seed
coffee filters - can’t ever have too many if they fit, and i think these do
the upside down picture thing had more stuffed inside including:
caffienated gum
non working gun things (red)
ugly sunglasses
a wind up toy
a used cap gun
a bacon button
the actual words on the picture thingee:
Excuse the bad one thumbed cell phone pics, best you get
My sender prefers to remain anonymous. But holy moly, he/she/it/they sent a motherload of weird, random, strangely delightful items
23:
@SaintO what you want for that welcome to earth shirt…
@SaintO Um…wow! That novel sounds like a gem. Any chance you’ll post a review later?
@UncleVinny I gave it to my mother along with the makeup brush set and one of the jumbo toilet paper roll holders
@boredashell it’s size small, if you still want it let me know
@SaintO that happens to be my exact size
But wait there’s more!
@SaintO
not even sure what some of that stuff is
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@SaintO great haul!
@Cerridwyn Me neither, I haven’t gotten around to googling part numbers yet in hopes of figuring it out
@Cerridwyn @SaintO whoa! You received some of the stuff you sent me!
@Cerridwyn @ELUNO I got 4 of those toilet paper holders and figured I’d share the love
@Cerridwyn @ELUNO @SaintO Toilet paper holders? -Is that what those are?
They almost look like generic Quip dildos.
@Cerridwyn @ELUNO @SaintO @zachdecker Remember when they decided that bigger toilet paper rolls were better? I think those are the ones modified for bigger rolls. I have a bunch of them installed here.
Holy flurking schnit! I was also lucky enough to get one of the huge boxes from @bramby2!!
This really was like winning the mehrican exchange lottery!
My box had been crushed by the post office, probably because it was so full of stuff and things.
They added a nice sticker to the box saying, “I didn’t fuck this up, it was some other USPS guy over there!”
This arrived late on Friday, and I had a few friends over consuming some adult beverages. In retrospect this morning, this was not the best environment to make sure we documented everything well. We opened it immediately, and I did get to explain the exchange to a couple of friends.
We got excited first by the magic 8 ball pint glass, and planned on using it to consume some additional adult beverages. We quickly found it had been damaged when the post office threw this box off the truck.
We also found that the liquid inside such things stains everything it touches, more quickly and permanently than the ink at an Iraqi election.
Next there was a little dart gun and toy piece of poop in the box. I didn’t get pictures of those because I gave them to my niece and nephew, and they left before I got a photo of them.
There were 2 pair of caped superhero socks-1 Batman and 1 Superman that I gave to my two friends who were here. I didn’t get a pic of the Batman ones, but one of my inebriated friends wore the Superman ones home.
I thought there was a stainless steel growler in the box, but on closer inspection it looked like a big water bottle from Target. This will be useful with some of the other fitness related items in the box.
There were some meh shirts and pillows. I would be swimming in the 2XL meh shirt, but the large casemates shirt is form-fitting and shows off my dad-bod well.
There were several light and electrical things that will almost all be put to good use.
Queen size flannel sheets were given to my in-laws this morning. They were very excited to get them!
Toys, games, and an axe shaped pizza cutter.
And finally a nice looking bag with a powerbank included in it.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS AWESOME BOX @bramby2!!
You went so far above and beyond, and really made this one of the best exchanges I have ever been in!
@zachdecker I’m very happy you enjoyed your box! I must say, the loss of the magic eight ball pint glass is a tragedy! Those postal workers can be d*cks sometimes (or jealous of a box of random crap!)
Clearly my “let’s layer the crap with more crap” technique failed…
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@bramby2 So who gets the big one? A bonus box for someone? Aren’t you going broke mailing these???
@Kidsandliz
The remaining two had a little further to go, but should be there by Monday!
@bramby2 @Kidsandliz I love phoebe. Phoebe is my spirit-pomeranian.
And we have yet another meh bonus box that will be going out to one of the lucky ones who actually posted what they received - so be sure to post or your won’t be included in the pool where that recipient will be chosen from.
Saturday came with a lot of rain. Package #2 was waiting for me when I got home from the grocery store… I’m pretty sure the postman fell in a puddle considering how wet my package was from @ruouttaurmind!
The box was packed to the gills with the useful, amusing, fun, and bizzare gifts sent.
First out of the fence was a High-vis safety vest and some cycling gloves:
Next up, a size small “Starry Night Groot” shirt. if it was 3X, I’d be wearing it now. Rather than use it as a tight-fitting balaclava, I think I can give this to a friend’s wife.
Digging deeper into the box of wonders (was this packed by Mary Poppins?) There’s a Blu-Ray of an animated Iron-Man movie, and a safety light and whistle that probably was intended for events where EDM music is played and people keep wanting to hug you for some reason (true story)
Here’s my favorite part. Some Reeses minis and some very mediocre socks! nice, because my pair of mediocre socks found Jesus and developed a holier-than-thou attitude
Now some even more random stuff. A Woot! Crappy Ice Scraper (so useful in southern California! Also, I see a theme thoughout the Mehrican exchanges of Woot merchandise… Conspiracy?) Also, a crank-up LED flashlight, a Kendama game (this is pure karma, I once ordered 3 two-pack kendamas from meh and randomly shipped them to my best friend for no real reason at all). There’s a paracord something, some playing cards, a random USB wall charger. Also, a set of sunglasses I can use to cosplay Tom Brady circa Super Bowl 2018
Finally, we have some Gigs Elite headphones (nice!), some bounding clay, Altoids, and some fake novelty eyelashes that look like they’ve come from the back of MAD magazine and are about as old as I am (38).
Overall, truly a worthy box and thank you again to @ruouttaurmind!
@submariner The “paracord something” is a dragonfly backpack hanger or keychain hanger for those times when you have an overwhelming desire to adorn a backpack or keychain. Why? I say “Why not!”.
Hope you had fun and can find one or two items you can make use of.
@ruouttaurmind I definitely can, thanks!
@submariner Of course they are! These function so well that they’re as good in the SoCal summers as they are in the SoCal winters!
@submariner love the shirt! Too bad it doesn’t fit ya
A very not Meh haul thanks to @Reg036
Stupid phone. Same picture more than once. Well there was other stuff not pictured quite a haul in an old USPS 16x15x12 box.
@bleedmichigan Ooh, that ornament!
@bleedmichigan Maybe ask @riotdemon or @narfcake to delete the duplicates then reply to yourself and try again. You can always delete them as long as the edit window is open if this happens again. Or just make a list of what wasn’t in the photo, said the seriously nosy mehrican…
@bleedmichigan @Kidsandliz I always experience this phenomenon when posting images on mobile (iOS). I’ve just resigned myself to post one pic, edit, post second, edit, post third, and so on.
@bleedmichigan Good old USPS regional rate C boxes, they are the best (at using as storage boxes lol.), you nearness to my location allowed me to use a bigger box with more weight for less then the price of Medium flat rate! Hope you liked it all!
@sammydog01 You like? Made by my own hands! Also not the only thing in the box I custom made.
@bleedmichigan @reg036 I like very much! And am waiting patiently for photos of the other custom things. How did you do it?
@sammydog01 One of those cutting machines, cut out vinyl for it and applied.
The time of my two boxes to be revealed is drawing nearer
@boredashell You must be bored as hell waiting!
@boredashell I’m trying to upload my photos but I’m having issues - I don’t really know what I’m doing so I’ll keep messing with it! Thanks for the stuff!
@qwerty82 your fine. It has confused me too the point of giving up multiple times. Ask anyone that has been doing this for more than 2 years
@qwerty82 - if you are using a phone turn it to landscape. at the bottom of the message box you see
and you want to click on this:
and then follow directions on that pop up screen. That uploads photos
Thanks! I think it worked! Only took a couple hours and a few people’s input haha. But now I think I’ve finally learned so there’s that!
Well now i know. Expect my reveal after work
We have 30 reveals to go
PLUS about 5 bonus boxes
In another week if you haven’t received a box or your person hasn’t revealed let me know and I will start to nag them.
I got a box several days ago (Wed, maybe); then things got crazy around here
Anyway, looks like it’s from @ELLINO (Marietta, GA) but I don’t recognize the name?
Some pretty cool & fun stuff -
Cook’s Country magazine, a crappy Woot ice scraper, nip collapsible storage bin, some screen protectors, HDMI cable (?), RCA-type video cable, Netgear Gigabit switch
@compunaut That’s @ELUNO, I bet.
I’m reminded of someone telling the story of getting fired for promoting the upcoming FALL FLICKS FEST in their community newsletter in a poorly chosen typeface.
[got cut off during edit] Bruce Willis movie DVD, a pneumatic die grinder (!), salt/pepper set, a (presumably) mini version of those fan-driven semi-inflatable attention-seeking advertising devices, some stickers for high-end audio electronics store HeadAmp AND a “CD Stereo Dual Alarm Clock Radio”. There was also a flashing/light-up rubber squishy ball that didn’t make the photo shoot - the dog grabbed it (and may still be chasing it around the back yard).
@djslack @ELUNO
The return address looked like it might have been written by a foot clenching a marker. At first we thought it said Marzetta, GA until we looked up the zip code.
Oh. Em. Gee.
Thanks for the fun!
@compunaut @djslack lol. I had a non-fine tip Sharpie and I did it in a hurry at the post office.
I hope you enjoyed it!
@ELUNO My youngest appropriated the CD Stereo Dual Alarm Clock Radio. He said, “Cool. I finally got a stereo for my room.”
@compunaut He clearly has no idea what a stereo is. Best not enlighten him
I got my Mehrican Exchange box from @boredashell yesterday! It was very fun and filled with all kinds of awesome, non-meh stuff!
I love the note on the box flap. I almost missed it! But I am definitely enjoying the stuff and things!
Gotta include an obligatory cat photo. As per their usual, Oakley was very intrigued and Clyde was just unsure of what was happening or how he felt about it all. He is a very trepidatious cat.
-First up is this awesome Meh blanket. Didn’t even know they made those!
-Some super sweet socks that I will be gifting to a certain relative who LOVES cool socks and I never can find any - so that is a definite win!
-A rubber band shooter. How fun!! I’d bring it to work but people these days would probably freak out so I’ll just keep it at home but still super cool.
-A Discovery Flex Tech Buggy - a flexible 3D puzzle. Fun! I may be about 30 years too old for it but maybe I’ll give it a go anyway!
-A portable charger. Those are always useful!
-A monster Voodoo doll. Cute!
-Cover-up Rain Hat with full visor (because who wants only a half visor?) - designed for bouffant hairstyles. Lol well even though I live in MN, I never wear a jacket or a hood or a hat - so maybe these are just what I need!
-An Android instant battery pack. I have the USB C type so not sure if this will work for me but I know it will work for many people in my life!
-2 fidget spinners! I’ve never bought one for myself but now that I have a couple, I will give them a try. And then when I realize just how old they make me feel - I will give them to my nephews who love them!
-Star Wars playing cards! I have a huge Star Wars fan in my life so I think Cribbage will be played with those sometime soon!
-A sweet Tiger beanie baby type pillow. I’ll put it in front of my face and scare my cats! (Is that mean? lol)
-A bandana! I’ve always wanted a bandana but I never think to go buy one. Now I don’t have to!
And my 2 favorite things:
-An honest to goodness SLINKY! Who doesn’t love a Slinky!? Giant spring - you can’t go wrong with a giant spring!
-A ZIPPO! Looks to be brand new too! And I don’t even SMOKE! I have just always loved Zippos. My brother and uncle taught me some tricks to do with them when I was little (hahaha that sounds terrible to type but I swear I come from a good family HAHA!) and now I can re-hone my skills!
What a fun exchange box Boredashell! Thanks for all the stuff and things. It was a pretty awesome selection! And I had a fun time going through everything
Thanks also to @Kidsandliz for allowing me to participate and for being so kind as to put it all together. It was a very fun experience and I hope everyone else had as much fun as I did! And for your help on how to upload my pics here!
(A big thanks to @djslack as well for your help with uploading these photos!)
–qwerty82
@qwerty82 Nice to hear that some other people still play cribbage!!! Such an underappreciated game these days
@mfladd @qwerty82 I seem to remember “someone” a couple years ago talking about getting a cribbage playing group together…
maybe someday…
@mfladd Yes, very underappreciated! I don’t know too many people that play anymore either. I’m not terribly good at it but I do enjoy it very much.
I am the lucky recipient of a wierd and wonderful box. I
@CaptAmehrican
@CaptAmehrican highlights included
A bunny costume for my imaginary dog
Several books
A grey and white rope basket that will look lovely in my bedroom
A nice perfume
A candy mold i can use for ice for an upcoming event
A lovely note with popup pig and dog
Candles
Bitch mints
Sandles that might fit my nieces
A belt with medals on it
@CaptAmehrican Does the person who sent this to you not want their user name posted?
@CaptAmehrican @Kidsandliz Don’t we already know who it was?
@CaptAmehrican @ELUNO Well I do but… perhaps not everyone does…
So…how’s this been working out for everyone?
@medz it’s going fabulous pessimistic Polly.
@bleedmichigan He’s just mad because he didn’t join in the fun.
Thanks @Djslack for the amazing box
• Zuli Smartplug pack.
o I always need these. Now I should be able to Turn my 2pac coin miners on and off with my voice.
• Xwing Pilot Luke Skywalker.
o Anything from the original trilogy is always cool in my book
• Jabra headset.
• My sons
o turning 16 soon, so a hands free kit is great for him
• Esclipse Bluetooth speaker.
• Always
o a good thing
• Huel shirt and shake mixer.
o I like things shaken not stirred
• american alpine club hat.
o Who doenst need a hat?
• Mini nerf style gun
o A necessity for office warfare
Led Fidget spinner
A teachers worst nightmare: Good thing I’m not a teacher
Hard case for Galaxy phone:
Nuff said
Leather style case for a tablet:
Nuff said
Battery powered UtilityLite
Should go great with my utility belt
Date rape drug detector:
Will donate as I am an old boring man
Black Angelina shirt size small:
Wont fit me so I will donate
and the best part was the
Awkward family photo book
Many multi colored beads for Mardi Gras
Always fun
Thanks for such a great box
I will post pics soon.
@joebuddah The Awkward family photo book has been around since the first fuko. Glad to see they are still being “regifted” LOL
@joebuddah Glad you liked it! The tablet case is also a Bluetooth keyboard, which is neat, but it is that screaming red, so it definitely says “HEY! I’M USING A TABLET OVER HERE!”. I guess it has its high and low points.
I can only excuse the warnings written all over the box by saying it was like 2AM when I finished packing it and it seemed funny at the time.
@djslack I laughed so thats all that matters. lol
Heeeeey, @cerridwyn! Very excited to get my package today. I sure hope your thumb is feeling better!?!?!
I worked ALL day before opening the box, waiting until the workday was officially over (like John Malkovich’s character in Burn After Reading who only pours that first scotch once the clock hits 5:00 on the dot), and oh was I rewarded! With coconut, mostly… but there was a lot of great non-coconut stuff in there, too.
https://imgur.com/gallery/ZlEzEWM
I didn’t get a good photo of the chopsticks…but they are really cool! very lightweight, with a pretty design on 'em.
Anyway! Check out the gallery on imgur, I have more comments there… (PS: Does anyone know what I should do with those straws? Like…can I get started as a petroleum engineer or a meth lab founder? They are pretty awesome, I just want to live up to their full potential.)
@UncleVinny what straws?
@RiotDemon @UncleVinny I think maybe the photo of the straws didn’t make it to the upload.
@UncleVinny
you’re welcome
next time i’ll be fancier
and glad i sent you a new place to find. there sort of out of the way and down a windy staircase over there at Pikes (assuming they are still there)
@UncleVinny
PS
sorry about the coconut
@Cerridwyn hahah please don’t be fancy!
And I will find a home for the coconut, easy peasy.
Plus…I will be rolling in pudding soon, and eating it with suave chopsticks while I ready spooky stories. You did good, kid!!
TL;DR? This is not the post your looking for. SO. MUCH. STUFF. Too much for a TL;DR summary, so look at the pictures and be jealous.
I was out of the office on Thursday and Friday, but I returned this morning to find this largeish box sitting on my desk:
Inside the box, the first thing I saw was a note from @zachdecker quoting something I posted in a previous Mehrican Exchange topic suggesting ‘I’m a guy so please don’t send me a box of girly stuff’.
Taking this to heart, @zachdecker loaded up a heaping helping of manliness and sent it my way.
So much manly goodness I could barely fit it into a single pic:
Framed, autographed photo of former Blackhawks wing Andrew Shaw. Complete with a certificate of authenticity. Shaw has since moved back to his homeland in the great white north. Hoser.
The attached note: “SMBO says this is not allowed at our house.”
There is the sports section from a recent Trib, and a couple manly man books, including a BH&G guide to electrical wiring for homeowners, and Geek Dad. Awesome geeky projects for dads to share with their chilins. I don’t currently have any youngins in the house, but I used to have a blast doing these kinds of projects with the exes kids, so I’ll def be giving this one a read for some “hold my beer” projects (the 2L bottle rockets we built comes to mind).
Lots of fun and useful stuff, some manly, some not so masculine, but none is frilly or feminine. All is awesome!
And… last but not least, a six piece squeeze dispenser bottles… with manly surprises inside! (Zach, you’re slaying me! Laughing so hard my side hurts!)
Yes, this was an awesome, generous, hilarious load of manliness! In fact, I defy anyone to reveal a more manly haul! But just when you thought it was all over… the Easter Egg appears as the credits roll…
Tucked into the pages of the wiring book… this incredible but curious drawing I will title “The Defendants”. Hopefully zachdecker can provide a bit more info on this one:
@zachdecker, thank you so much for the awesome stuff, and especially the kicks! Rough day at work and now I’m sitting here with a huge grin and a stitch in my side from laughing so hard! I really appreciate it all your efforts, creativity and humor. Five stars for you Sir!
@ruouttaurmind I believe that’s the postcard from the Quip trial debacle!
@djslack There ya go then! I didn’t participate in the Quip fiasco, but now I can experience it in all it’s glory!
The BIG box – FROM @bramby2 - who would have thought? Especially since I didn’t participate this time due to needing to budget my postage money for something else. Oh my gosh this is the haul to end all hauls. All she said was she wanted to send me a small thank you box. Umm the box says large on it. She lied.
So much stuff I couldn’t spread it out in my sardine can where I live in so I spread out it in the hall
Meh t-shirts: Flash shirt, kickstarter casemates shirt , I like irk shirt and black on black meh shirt
IRK license plate
Two bags of glow stick things that the kids will adore
Blow up zombie
7 socks from a previous Fuko that after I remove a few for the kids the rest will go where mine went from that fuko – the Ronald McDonald house in Houston next time I am there.
Superman and Batman socks
Purple meh throw blanket
2 meh pillows
meh book
meh mini license plate
2 tiny meh magnets
meh mug
meh coffee travel mug
meh book
meh magnet
tiny meh pin
900 Classic Legos – not 600 pounds like whomever bought that, but enough to build something nice
Lego Star wars
woot light things
Star wards Darth Tater (not a typo)
Star wars 3D playing cards
Smart badge
Bag of Halloween candy, not sure of the vintage but I’d suspect it never goes bad since it is pure sugar and dye.
Best Ribbon Wearer woot ribbon
2 model technics 3D models - plane and space ship
woot*opoly
“I do 3D” pen thing
Lightbulb speaker
Google mini home
USB wall plate
Smart socket
3D viewer mask thing
WIFI camera
Smart lightbuild LED light
Smart control wifi plug
Catnip bag
Cat slinky toy
Bag of cat ball toys
Cat lazer light to get those lazy bums off their sleeping spots to chase the light dot while I get to still be lazy sitting in a chair
Hubman – gee I wonder where that came from LOL
Woot tissues labeled ‘for your buyer’s remorse’
Wirelesss ear buds
Eye mask
Cord
Some more ear buds
Air freshener for the car
Mini flat iron that is cordless
A yoga position thing that I presume you roll to see what you are supposed to do next
Fidget spinner
Light up St Patty’s day necklace
Crappy ice scraper
Personal mini fan
Lens for phone camera
Ipad mini first generation and unopened
Keyboard to go with it
Cover to go with it
Kids clothes for the 5,.5 4.5, 2.5 and 3 mo old. All this stuff will fit them!
Wet hairbrush
And last but not least:
A Walmart gift card from her and her co-workers for $250 OMG!!! I can seriously use this.
THANK YOU SOOOOOOOO MUCH!!! You have been so generous to people in this exchange. And even more so to me and I wasn’t even participating this time.
@Kidsandliz The motherload of crap has arrived! And in one piece!! My coworkers and I were very excited to put together this monstrosity to a very deserving person who makes the exchange hijinks possible! Thank you!!!
@bramby2 Thank you! In my wildest dreams I didn’t expect something like this. Tell your co-workers thanks for me.
@Kidsandliz Whoa! That’s amazing!
@ELUNO It sure is.
@bramby2 @Kidsandliz wow! That is wonderful! And I was just putting together a little box of stuff to send as a thank you, now that it will be pretty boring! (I still plan to mail it sometime soon though
)
@moonhat heavens don’t worry about that! I wasn’t expecting anything from anybody anyway since I wasn’t participating this time around (originally I was but that is not a story for here). Anything will be a fun bonus.
As someone else offered to pay the postage I will eventually sending a bonus box to someone with the stuff I was originally planning to send out (well minus anything I would have put in after I stalked the person on the forums as I am likely not going to do that for a bonus box, well I can’t say that for sure, because I don’t know who we are sending to yet and I am sending one at the end) but that is the only reason why…
Thank you for the AWESOME box @amehzinggrace! Unlike a BOC, Fuko or I.R.K, I can use everything!
First up a Bluetooth fitness tracker. My wife has wanted one but didn’t know if she would get enough use out of it to justify buying an expensive one.
Next up a Meshare wi-fi camera. I have a camera system but they are tied into the TV. This will come in handy to see who’s at the door without running to the television!
Then we have 2 twist & charge adapters (can charge a USB device without losing an outlet!). We are always unplugging our phone chargers to plug something else in. Perfect!!!
Wow! A Meh build your own phone stand! I have gotten one Fuko and one I.R.K. but never received anything that is branded Meh except the bags! This will be displayed prominently on the mantle! I might even take it to a local gallery and have it framed with UV proof glass!
Also included is a much needed 10 foot smartphone charge & sync bungee cable. This is so well built; I won’t ever need another cable again!
Best of all is a light up leash and collar set! Our old leather one is ready for the dumpster. And the lights will add so much more spark on date night!
Thanks again @amehzinggrace! Perfectly Meh!
PANS! GLANDS! CRAYONS! AWESOME!
@mediocrebot
@jimmyjoemeeker YAY! I was sick and basically was just throwing whatever Meh related stuff I had into a box cause I didn’t have time to research and no energy to be more fun…glad you liked everything!
I have a teaser since I have minutes before I am unconscious and life seems to always get in the way in times like this, but I digress. Onto this, my favorite and most intriguing item I recieved in either of my two boxes.
Tried again. Failed again. Goodnight
OK…so @compunaut
Thank you for the great box! I like the fact you almost could deliver it…almost…muahaha
Box was surrounded w/ directions such as this:
The haul…which by now has been raided by the tot for random items…go figure:
So in no particular order…as best as I can identify:
A purple bubble wand (stolen by tot)
A color me happy calendar (hidden from tot)
Markers (hidden from tot)
Four pairs of hand warmers
Slinky Jr
Sticker from Illinois
football head (didnt get to identify as stolen by tot)
Perforated NFL decal of an unknown to me team
A digital bookmark? (stolen by tot)
Hand sanitizer (stolen by tot)
Sunglasses pen (stolen by tot)
LED tap light (not yet stolen by tot)
Jumpstart World Kindergarden and I spy DVD games
Broncos NFL team face decorations (are you punishing these teams by giving away their stuff?)
DVD movie: The Ruins (not for tots)
Wine voucher (definitely not for tots…this isn’t France)
Cool gear cup (bathtoy for the tot)
Lifesavers (MINE)
2 matchbox cars (not quite for tot)
Computer squishy (claimed by tot)
Mini cereal book (claimed by tot)
20 Q game (tot has examined but has discarded for the moment…so mine)
Candy Corn M&Ms (I’m as afraid of these as the M&M on the package)
Orbit gum (MINE)
A pro-football hall of fame neck scarf thingy that bikers swear by for keeping bugs out
TV chiptenna (I’m excited to see how this will work)
Vol 1 SpongeBob Squarepants fusion digital video card
Batman stickers (as of yet unnoticed by tot)
Magic fiber cleaning cloth
Badge from a Tiny House Jamboree (tot is eyeing that)
3 Christmas pencils (MINE)
Windex pro detailer sonic scrubber
And not well shown in the back top left is what we finally figured out was a camera strap…and not some bondage item…we weren’t sure at first…haha
And I almost forgot in taking stuff of the box that I left the piece de resistance:
Thanks again for the random stuff! My tot is enjoying everything she swiped so far…and we are enjoying the rest!
I managed to resist temptation for a day while @joebuddah 's box sat on my kitchen table:
Yesterday evening, I couldn’t hold it anymore, I had to let the mediocrity shine:
Oh man. Not even mediocre!
Before I present the inventory, I want to direct your attention to the box:
@joebuddah must be some kind of wizard, because that’s pretty clever turning a box inside out. That’s a serious pro tip that I’m stealing.
Look, I know you’re all sick savages just waiting for the money shot, so here it is:
For the Inventory, in semi-left-to-right order
Sincerely, thank you! There’s almost too much to love, but that tea towel is bad ass.
Last but not least, may be 8am here in Minnesota, but bottoms up, @joebuddahit
@jhinra I’m loving those socks!
@jhinra ACK! I totally misread the thread, @DJSLACK deserves all the credit!
@djslack You even wrote it in the note, I just went off the waiting thread, I’m an idiot.
/giphy die of embarassment
@jhinra no worries! I’m glad you enjoyed the box and its contents! I hate that the sonic spork did not survive, it’s a really cool item if you need to time travel while eating spaghetti O’s.
When you undo the box to turn it inside out you need to make sure you bring the tab along with the side it’s attached to (don’t just cut on the corner) or you won’t have any strength to the remade box.
That local Louisiana business ships nationwide, so if you need office supplies and want to support work for blind people, check them out sometime. (It’s a shameless plug for my wife’s work, but it’s good work she does.)
The tea towel was a Christmas gift from Tito’s. How fortuitous that it’s your favorite drink. You can sign up on their website to be on their Christmas list too.
ACK! I totally misread the thread, @DJSLACK deserves all the credit!
@jhinra Hey @joebuddah - well you looked good for a moment there LOL. I have been trying to figure out how I managed to screw this up as it was driving me nuts. HAH I blame whoever the heck the goat is for this
@jhinra @Kidsandliz that silly goat
Grrr
My turn
got an awesome non-Meh box from @amehzinggrace! Thanks so much for making my first mehxchange so enjoyable!! 
KRULL! A SKULL! BRETT HULL! AWESOME!
@mediocrebot wtf wrong with you today FFS. Lol
@llangley
[ ] POGO Dual USB power bank with stand
[ ] Blue Sky Collapsible bowl
[ ] Fitness tracker
[ ] Pink hubman
[ ] 2 Kids bo peep socks
[ ] 2 USB Twist & Charge
[ ] Mixed up kids socks
[ ] Black spanx or really long granny panties
[ ] Stove Lid rest
Will definitely be able to use much of this and will be donating the spanx and kids socks to local charity
. Collapsible bowl goes in the hurricane prep container, hope I won’t need it! Fitness tracker looks interesting but I have to get off the couch???
Again, definitely non-Meh!! Thanks so much @amehzinggrace!
@llangley Actually…that’s all stuff gotten from meh-they just didn’t put their name all over it…so fooled you meh-be?..lol - oh also…the socks say Kids - but I have that same pack (the foodie one) and they fit me…so unless you’re over a size 9 they should be female adult friendly…(cause we know that an xxl in female is totally smaller than an xxl male in shirts…so it prob holds true for socks too! ha!)
@amehzinggrace @llangley Also a kid’s 6 is a woman’s 8.
(On behalf of someone who wishes to remain undisturbed)
Hi @captamehrican!
First, you were right. I loved the entertaining box. Unfortunately, I can’t post pictures of it, mainly because somebody claimed the physical box for themselves before I could get pictures.
Picture of the contents of the box:
Contents of the box:
• Goat shaped cookie cutter.
• Metal money clip.
• Built NY neoprene sleeve.
• 4 can coozies.
• 2 small portable battery rechargers.
• Meh Fanny pack.
• 3 pairs of anklet socks, one of which has a monster design.
• Special K metallic bottle. (Curious about this item.)
• S/M Women’s bamboo slimming bodysuit.
• Oontz Angle 3 Bluetooth speaker. (No such thing as too many Bluetooth speakers.)
• Oreo dunking spoon.
• Small plastic boat which you pullback and release.
• Moldable glue, because apparently that’s a thing.
• Meh sticker.
• Red metal bottle opener.
• 2 of those pouches which you can stick on the back of your phone, or anywhere really, and put cards in them.
• High quality micro-fiber lens cleaning cloth, which can put low quality cloths to shame.
• Sticker with a boat.
• Brew & Travel™ Cold Brew glass bottle.
• Red Fuko/Fuku tote bag.
• Yellow tote bag.
• ifrogz Bluetooth speaker.
• Ford stress ball.
• GO Belt belt with 2 expandable pockets. Think along the lines of small, yet expandable, fanny packs.
Thank you for this really delightful box, and I’m not just talking about the designs.
(Oh, and thank you for the message on the back of it.
)
And I’m sorry if I left anything out.
Gonna make some goat cookies? Great stuff!
@sammydog01 for our friend who is missed
That boat sticker is the Pride of Baltimore
Sugru moldable glue is excellent it function like a plastic molding putty and fixes all sorts of random stuff
The special k bottle well they let you get up to 5 last winter. There was a deal where you could get a bottle with each 3 kellogs items and then there was a coupon combo with an ibotta deal that made my favourite granola bars free. I maxed the deals out and ended up with like 20 boxes of granola bars and 5 waterbottles. They are nice water bottles.
Hope some of the items are useful and some made you smile and some make you shake your head and wonder why oh why.
@sammydog01 I got two go belts in the morning save mystery box. I decided to go to Universal Orlando and I didn’t want a repeat of losing my car key. I remembered I got those belts so I dug them out. One was a little too small for me. It fit, but was uncomfortable. I tried two clipped together but then it was gigantic. I decided to use one looped back around my belt loops on the side of my pants. Worked great! There’s a few rides where they make you empty your pockets. Even my phone fit inside. No more waiting for a ride locker.
All right, I’ve had some craziness between Tuesday morning when I opened @bleedmichigan’s strong entry into the “I won the lottery” version of Mehrican Exchange and now. I am long overdue to share its contents:
This was incredible. Some would say awe inspiring, but I’m going to stop short of saying awesom–don’t want to wake the bot.
Thanks @bleedmichigan!!!
I am one of the lucky Mehricans to have received an elusive Bonus Package from @jt954, but I feel like a bad Mehrican for not acknowledging it sooner <hanging head in shame>. I delayed opening the package because I thought it was something I had ordered and couldn’t remember what it was. Once opened, I was not home much to give it a proper posting. Excuses, excuses. Anyway, many thanks to @jt954 for their generosity and being a good Mehrican. It was an awesome surprise. Much appreciated. Here are the goodies that I received:
• 3 LED Fidget Spinners – and they all work!
• Patriotic notebook with pen
• 6 very intriguing DVD’s:
Shinobi: A Way Out
God’s Little Acre
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Submarine 707R (Special Edition)
Gluttonous 1 & 2
Moribito Guardian of The Spirit Volume 4
• UV Sunglasses
• Woot! Flying Monkey
EVERYTHING IS AWESOME
@mediocrebot You’re right! Everything is awesome!
OWLS! TOWELS! JOWLS! AWESOME!
I have started to get emails from people who sent boxes and know their recipients have had them for a while but haven’t posted. If you have a box you haven’t posted yet, please, at least, post that you will be posting it. Speaking from experience (more than once actually), it is not fun to spend a bunch of time trying to put together nice box and then have your efforts totally ignored.
I also have an email from someone who wonders if their person has sent (I do know a couple of boxes are in transit as I write this). If you haven’t sent that is just plain mean not to let people know what it up. If you signed up with the intention of getting but not sending you will find yourself banned from future exchanges and publicly called out here as a self centered asshat. We do have some people waiting in the wings to “make it right” for anyone who gets screwed by their sender but that is no excuse if any of you are planning on doing the screwing. There are a couple of folks who had things happen and are planning on sending/sent late, but I think all of them have let their receiver know (thus this post is not aimed at you).
If you have sent and your person hasn’t posted please email me or whisper here. Same with if you are wondering if your person ever sent you.
I know a few people have contacted “their person” to let them know what is going on (with respect to sending or posting here that they will be posting) but others have not. If you are left hanging and don’t know what is up let me know and I will start nagging folks.
@Kidsandliz I am a terrible person.
@mossygreen Redemption is possible. You can be saved from being branded for life by:
You are welcome.
@Kidsandliz I’ve been sitting on a great box from @Stallion and one other from… someone. I don’t know who (might be more info hidden inside, but there’s also a broken compact fluorescent light bulb in the bottom and I haven’t felt like engaging with it quite yet). Time to post!
@Kidsandliz @mossygreen Mossy green please please send kidsandliz one large letter M in addition to sending or posting.
@CaptAmehrican @Kidsandliz @mossygreen Like Mary Richards had on her apartment wall!
@jtcrawford25, your box of MEHriment should be arriving today if latest update is correct
pretty sure I forgot to put in a note but it’s from me. Yes, I’m a Mehxchange rookie/puppy…not so sure I’ll remember next time, either!
Hope you MEHnjoy it
@llangley Thank you! About to post my box, it was awesome :
VAN GOGH! MANGO! TANGO! AWESOME!
@DJ, @HexTheOwl, @djslack - You all have boxes coming your way via FedEx Ground service. I apologize I forgot to stick a note in each of your boxes before taping them up (very, very meh of me). I will whisper you tracking numbers as soon as I receive them. That said,I suspect @DJ has already received his.
Hope you all enjoy!
@tinamarie1974 I did get it yesterday! Wife set it side thinking it was an amazon order.
@heli0s,I have received my box and will be posting pics. Sorry for the delay and thank you!
Received my box today from the awesome @llangley.
We received:
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VAN GOGH! MANGO! TANGO! AWESOME!
@jtcrawford25 glad it didn’t suck completely! I had no clues about you from your profile so it was a complete guess. Glad there’s a ‘little’ to enjoy some of it
I received a box from a corporation today, but then I remembered that @tinamarie1974 posted a heads up for me today. Its contents would surely summon mediocrebot to tell me how they would inspire some awe:
This is very Meh centric in a most impressive way. Lots of Pans! Glands! Crayons! up in this box! Thanks @tinamarie1974!
For the curious,
@djslack hope you liked it!
@tinamarie1974 absolutely I did! A lot of this stuff is going to be used for sure. Thanks again! It’s awesome!
@djslack
@tinamarie1974 I had occasion to slice some french bread last night. That bread knife kicks serious ass! Thanks again!
@djslack you are very welcome. I am glad it is getting used!!
I, too, received an order from @tinamarie1974 !
It contained:
Packing tape
Pop up hamper
Food grater
Dog sweater
Woot pen
Food spices “Mural of Flavor”
A decorative 5" bodoni bowl
Saints ornament
10 foot micro usb cord
16 oz travel mug
New Yorker greeting cards
Very fun, thank you!
@DJ aaawww I am glad I sent you the dog sweater!!!
@DJ (the reveal above) was the random recipient of a BONUS BOX that @tinamaria sent.
@Kidsandliz I was honestly surprised. Thanks for the bonus box! I can’t wait for @amehzinggrace to open hers that I sent!
Oops that was supposed to be bonus box that @tinamarie1974 sent
@Helios. Sorry for the delay in posting, but I didn’t think it was fair to open my box until I at least sent out to my recipients.
It was a less than meh box, lots of a-meh-zing stuff!
13.Ghirardelli candy - yum
Thanks again.
@tinamarie1974
Sorry for the delay on the reveals, @mossygreen & @tinamarie1974, but a huge thank you for these decidedly un-meh boxes!
@Mossygreen
Office Mug
A few Misc home Electrical boxes/covers
Prince Xisor
5 Built tablet/laptop sleeves
Glow in the dark Dog leash
4 Better Bacon Bowl makers
Gingham pencils
A Bag of Starwars Cookie cutters!
3 way outlet splitter
Heart rate tracker without a sensor?
Big red Nerd plush
Cute purple Owl plush
Beanie Baby Butterfly
2 Bars of good smelly soap
Monster screen cleaning kit
Snowman nightlight
Santa earrings
Big Ass Fans Stress squisher
Phone screen protectors
Zipline Phone stand
Ball in a Cup
A pair of tiny converse sneaks
Hot Sauce themed Photo Book
Cat Woman on DVD
Billy Joel Cassette
@Tinamarie1974
Wired earpiece
DVD coby of Bugsy
Red Overnight Bag
Saucy Vampire Smut
Magical Melodies CD
Rhino fridge magnet
Red Mophie Case
Penzeys Cajun seasoning
Chocolate scented candle
Legally Distinct puzzle cube
Phone screen protectors
Childs size Texans T-shirt
@HexTheOwl hope you liked it. You were the recipient of one of my random bonus boxes.
@HexTheOwl I meant to throw in a vintage St. Louis charm bracelet, did I forget?
@mossygreen No you didn’t forget, I must have missed it when typing up, I’m sorry! My GF really liked it!
@moonhat sent me a cat and boat themed medium priority mail bonus box of cool stuff. Thanks! You didn’t need to do that.
All the stuff spread out in the hall
Close ups
one photo
Boat stuff -2 key chains, boater’s guide to the greater Seattle area (a theme here perhaps since I think the island shirt is from there too), Tow boat name tag thing, 2019 calendar of boats and pretty islands (wish I was there), magazine 48 north for sailors by sailors, Seattle boat show booklet, Book Inside passage to Alaska history with a square rigged ship illustration on the front, Ullman sails sticker, Port of Seattle/Puget Sound marian 2019 tides and currents. Reminds me that being land locked without a sailboat anymore is not as fun as living in a costal town and owning a sailboat.
Now all I need is a ticket to Seattle and a berth on a ship.
Second photo
West Marine bag, Island shirt from the Island Market, candy, little notebook
a bunch of cat stuff: mad libs book, cat castles where I can make them cardboard houses to destroy (at least mine will and have a blast doing it), air freshener that allegedly smells like cat butt (have not tested), a bunch of mostly cat clips - the gray one makes cat noises when you pinch it which caused semi sleeping cats to lift their heads to look, cat balls, catnip fish, cat foam to wash cats. The cats will be happy campers. Thanks.
chap stick, a pink thing that I think is a big head band to keep your ears warm in the winter
Thanks so much especially since you didn’t need to do this. I really appreciate it. Between you and @bramby2 I think I won the exchange lottery.
@Kidsandliz I’ve been trying to keep up and I don’t think you have a meh sticker yet, so I still need to send you one, yes?
Hey @boredashell how about posting your boxes? Your senders are waiting (as are the rest of us) to be appreciated and have you show off their boxes. I know over a week ago you were having problems uploading the photos. If that is still the case, send them to me, I will post them and then you can reply to them to say what you had been planning to say.
If you have not posted what you have gotten yet, please, at least post that a box arrived and from whom.
If you have not received your box yet please let me know.
If you have not sent yet please send ASAP please.
Signed
/image hall monitor
I got two fantastic boxes.
One from @Stallion:
And an unexpected second one from… someone. I didn’t see a user name and I don’t want to post a real name:
@mossygreen @Stallion’s included:
a grocery bag full of rubber gloves (nice! tie-dye party here I come!)
cord organizer
wax melter w/assorted melts
pair of men’s socks
“Meh-gic” erasers
metal turtle either made from an old tea kettle or designed to appear so
ceramic rose
mouse pad w/wrist rest
Boston Museum of Science magnet
3 Magic Balloon kits (makes 37 water balloons simultaneously x4)
Built Kindle case
one Easy Eggwich maker
novelty tea infuser
lens cloth
power bank
some kind of camera
one Bottle Blaster
a timer, maybe?
some kind of dock
something for an iPhone which is probably obsolete and which I don’t have anyway
breastmilk storage guidelines magnet
a wonderful child’s drawing of Irk which I apparently put in so secure a place that I can’t find it right now
It’s all gold, but I think I might be most excited about the Easy Eggwich maker because I had one and can’t find it.
The other box included:
interesting glittery nail polish strips
3 led night lights
box of Keurig cups w/a sell-by date of 03/18
lightbulb-shaped cfl
milk candy tabs from Thailand
smoker wood chips
R2D2 Pez dispenser
Muscat gummies
Trevor Noah book
Chelsea Handler book
Ice Cream & Sadness book
cookie tin
and one cfl bulb in pieces in the bottom of the box
I was very careful unpacking and there didn’t seem to be any slivers of glass, which is good. I am eating the gummies as soon as this is posted because Muscat is THE BEST FLAVOR.
Anyway, thank you both so much for so many goodies!
@mossygreen I have had muscat gummies! I can’t place it now but I strongly suspect it was also from a Mehrican Exchange box. They were very good indeed.
@mossygreen Glad you enjoyed the box!!! Hope you use that Easy Eggwich and LOVE IT!
@Stallion FULLY PLANNING ON IT. SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT ENGLISH MUFFINS TODAY.
@Pittbk was the sender of @mossygreen’s “other box”
@mossygreen Thank you @Pittbk! Is Ollie’s as magical as it sounds?
@jhinra is right. I’ve neglected to post Box #3 that he sent me - I got busy and things got crazy around here. But… Here it is!
The large flat-rate box arrived good shape, with some purple tinsel sticking out (uh-oh!)
I opened the box to find it jam-packed with a TON of goodies (and a LOT of purple tinsel)!
First on top, a set of Bluetooth earbuds, pretty neat! We’re off to a good start!
Uncovering some more, we find a ball shooter… I enjoy the occasional cubicle warfare at work, so this is definitely being used soon!
Next we find some “high five” confetti poppers… I can probably pwn this off on some of my cousin’s kids… They’ll thank me later
there’s also an engraving pen which I could probably get in trouble with somehow.
Next I find an authentically meh coffee tumbler! Sweet!
Uh, so then there’s this… Well now, this is getting interesting.
Followed by something that belongs in every boy’s room (circa 1987) next to that sweet Lamborghini Countach poster
Digging through layers of purple tinsel, we find some LED party glasses and some pretty sweet nunchucks (read that last part in Napoleon Dynamite’s voice). Now legal in New York City!
I finally got all the tinsel out…
And the rest… there’s a lot of random stuff here… there’s a plastic thing that, according to the ransom-note looking paper is a handle to chug 2-liter bottles. I can respect that. There’s a red solo cup beer cookie, some terrifying toilet decals, fidget spinners, and any kid from the 90’s will instantly recognise the gummy hands that were in pretty much every gumball/toy machine at the supermarket… there’s some strange Shaft Movie Maniacs something, a palm comb (that you can buy at any barber shop, and is sadly not useful on my sparse dome. There’s an F-Bomb keychain (batteries dead) and some glow sticks. There’s a couple big google eyes that I’m sure I can find a use for, and wrapped in tissue paper were some weird spoon/spreader things.
I wanted to call out the last two items specifically. I doubt @jhinra knew, but I worked for United Airlines way back in 2000-2002, and I still love to travel. At first I thought the grey cup was a missing piece to a lunchbox thermos, but on closer look, it’s a drink cup from Northwest Airlines. I like it! The last thing (with the green “FLAT V2” label is really something interesting. Before the airlines when I was in High school, I spent a few months working at a theatre, so I knew EXACTLY what it was… it is an unused (I think) reel of movie trailer film that a theatre projectionist would splice onto the feature movie before theatres went all digital. The trailer? It’s for Twilight: Eclipse. So yeah, a thoroughly shit movie trailer, but as far as I can tell it’s never been used. Super cool.
Thank you @jhinra for making a great box!
@submariner Hah on the NWA! What are the odds!
I expect those nunchucks to be the nudge of first steps down your new life as a ninja. A silent ninja, given that masquerade mask
@jfoote Have you opened your box yet??
Please whisper (and indicate if the situation is 1, 2, or 3) me if you:
Hey @stallion , I got your box last week but thanks to snow and my crappy job I am only now home and posting. Thank you so much, it was interesting and funny and made my room smell lovely.
http://imgur.com/a/4Hmnc9A
The contents were
iPhone 4 screen protector
Flower pot tea diffuser
Green banana
Breast milk storage guidelines fridge magnet
Bag of embroidered napkins
Bag of candles
Bluetooth speaker
Power bank
Really cool clay rose
Dirty Laundry socks
Belkin keyboard for Tab 3
Magic meh-rasers
Paint sample booklet
Wine topper
@KittySprinkles fuck me the link won’t work and I’ve tried three times
@KittySprinkles Link worked for me
@Kidsandliz oh thanks. Was hoping it was going to just sit there and look nice but noooo.
Also forgot to add, he sent me a meh bag and the CUTEST card made by his kid!
Holy fuck balls! I came home to a box on my porch from Mr. Hankey. Boy are you a stinker! Upon opening the box, I found a note from none other than @trillian . Upon opening said box, I was…greeted? by a note affixed with caution tape. I can’t say I was never warned…
My family gathered 'round, much ooohing and aaahing as we prepare to take a little adventure through the land of meh. And what an adventure it is. Goats galore, some quite smartly dressed, others shiny, and others with CANDY CORN ANAL BEADS??? Thank goodness those weren’t real but there was some real ones inside, damn I love the stuff. Candy corn that is. And the octopus ornament and coasters! I will hang that ornament from high above and practice my meh greeting on the regular. Inside of a box marked “refrigerate after opening”, was a tiny toy fridge with batteries, a penguin and…oh you guys. Tiny tub mummy pendant and earrings and T.A.R.D.I.S. set as well. I fawned over them while the family got restless and started manhandling the rest of the box. So many treasures. The mediocre flask, the meh stickers, the fucking shirtwoot! I still can’t stop smiling at the Fawlty Towers toothbrush. Jesus that’s amazing. One of the best shows ever. Oh and the tiny cat t-shirt. And then there was…the poo. Inside a new English dictionary was a severe lack of pages and instead, a safe! But where was the key? Oh wait, I was warned I would need to dig through some crap. After a good bit of being dumb, we realized there was playdough and a Charmin container with turds. Please oh please let those be playdough. Turned out they were, whew. And inside was a key. In the safe, which I loved just for it’s very existence that thing’s awesome, were coupons for booze, stocks, tiny bottles of actual booze, and the news van of good old Roseanne Roseannadanna. Fuck you kids if you don’t get it. I know I’m missing stuff. There’s just SO MUCH. But I cannot put into words how much this has meant to me. Seriously. I’m coming off one of the worst bits of time I’ve ever had, and between you and a moment I had with my kid last night that changed all our lives, I am feeling just so fucking happy.
And @carl669 fuck you you fucking fuck, you can’t have my mehcronomicon
http://imgur.com/a/ld2XEP2
DIPLOMAT! RAT-A-TAT! FAT CAT! AWESOME!
@KittySprinkles
@KittySprinkles Wow! @trillian, what a great box! Well done!
@KittySprinkles
umm… give me the mehcronomicon!! @Trillian done stole it from me!!
seriously awesome haul!
WORKER BEES! HERCULES! TURKEY GREASE! AWESOME!
@Trillian was one of the bonus box senders!
@Kidsandliz @Trillian this is the most wonderfully demented thing I’ve ever seen. It’s so brilliant.
@carl669 @Trillian @mfladd I have a tiny tub mummy
@carl669 @KittySprinkles @Trillian It’s fucking a wind-up? I am so jealous! I love small wind-up toys!
@carl669 @mfladd @Trillian it is! There’s a few of them in there. I’m going to try to repair the tin robot one. My oldest absolutely LOVES tin toys.
@KittySprinkles I’m glad the package finally made it – it was delayed a whole week due to the weather! Happy that it brightened your day. And I didn’t think about your kids helping you open it, so hope they aren’t scarred by some of the contents (jumping pecker, zero fucks coins and that um, artistic video). How long did it take you to figure out how to open the lock on the mehcronomicon?
@mfladd – I made the T-shirt that you designed for the birthday contest. I even made a special tag for it:
@mfladd See what you missed not joining the exchange…
@Trillian that t-shirt is incredible and the tag is priceless. Hey @snapster come look and see what @Trillian has done!!!
@Trillian OMG! My shirt design!!! That is fucking awesome! You are to commended for the time and energy that went into that box!!! Simply amazing.
VAN MURALS! GROUND SQUIRRELS! SPIT CURLS! AWESOME!
@mfladd @Trillian holy shit I didn’t even see the tag until now!! That tells you how much there was to process. It was epic. And funny story about that video…
I’ll be able to tell you in the morning.
ETA- the lock we knew would be interesting from the start. Honestly we found the poo in the Charmin early on, but didn’t think to look IN it for the key. Only once everything was opened did I think about it. The combo, eeh. My husband almost immediately said we should try the numbers that correspond to the letters but I poo-pooed that idea. I was clearly wrong. And I still keep looking at everything in awe of how much you thought everything through and what all you included.
@mfladd @Trillian seriously, that shirt design is epic!! Who knew you could be smart.
@Trillian Thank you
@KittySprinkles @mfladd @Trillian meh should sell that shirt - paging @snapster
Nothing more bad than nightmare!
So I life happens on top of work as usual. The snow has been helping me plenty just with fiber outages and when I have not been working I have been spending every waking moment I can with my father in the hospital. He has graves disease, liver failure, and stage 3 pancreatic cancer… its been a long roller coaster and my apologies for upsetting anyone for not posting a reveal yet. Both boxes I recieved are amazing and I’ll be sending pics for @kidsandliz to post for my reveal
@boredashell Take care - time with your father matters far more than this. You can’t get that time back.
I’m sorry I had to get sent a reminder…it has literally been on my brain to get to everyday since I got the boxes…but life happens…and while I have excuses…there’s no excuse…So I am super sorry that anyone (namely @DJ and @Bramby2 (bonus box that lets face it…I am super unworthy of at this point)
but I digress…and I hope I don’t screw up the images
@DJ…who is not a slacker…sent me a box of goodies
AND Dammit I just lost that entire post
Well now I am 2 glasses of wine in and annoyed cause I post badly apparently…
I’m not sure I can be clever twice…it was the saints comment right?
So I got clever socks…although someone sucks at reading them…looking at you my SO…
new coffee cup for my kerig for weekend coffees
Old school Nintendo games…i love tetris…however I lack hand eye coordination for most video games…i’m lucky I can drive
also…what I am calling a nintendo luggage tag…at least that’s what it’ll be in its new life here
a t-shirt…I love t-shirts…seriously…send me t-shirts…
a gps dashmount…pretty sure this summons that chick from the ring
PS3 game…see above…
a hubman…can always use that
a Nintendo action figure and a squishy mouse…which the tot confiscated
Interview w/ the vampire movie…i have seen parts on tv…back when I had cable…now I get to see the whole thing…w/out commercials…
Splinter action figure…tot grabbed it…she takes all the cool stuff
heart rate monitor…subtle hint?
Magnet from Wadsworth, Ohio
dvd from Blockbuster…stolen?..Masked and Anonymous…it was less exciting after I googled it…
stickers from missing falls brewery
kitchen towel that says…don’t go bacon my heart…you had me at bacon good sir…
A pokemon rookie trainers guide
a 5 in 1 lens for the cell phone
and a mystery bag…
So this mystery bag…which kinda remains a mystery as the contents were replaced and is now currently lost on my desk…
An amish country tiny glass bottle w/ a penny in it…those clever amish
a sticker of a brownie holding a football…i know that’s not a Saints sticker…or cowboys now that I think about it
two pressed pennies from the Fort Worth Zoo…which I need to go and bring the tot to once it gets nicer/warmer/free time pending…I hear its better than the Dallas zoo…game on
a rock to hide and play a game w/…its going to mardi gras…i should prob follow the directions…right after I find it…on my desk…in a bag…I’ll do it tomorrow
A business card…socks related?
Thanks again @DJ…I’m sorry I’m a slacker…I was busy…but that’s not a great excuse…
As for the bonus box…I’m going to have to delay that post til tomorrow…sorry @Bramby2…but seriously…i promise tomorrow…I’m kinda done for the day now…I’m going to find something to binge watch on netflix and fall asleep
@amehzinggrace That’s a Cleveland Browns brownie
/image Cleveland Browns mascot
@amehzinggrace @eonfifty Go Browns!
@eonfifty That dog looks nothing like that sticker…just sayin…
@amehzinggrace Here is the image I intended. I didn’t have enough time to edit the post this morning.
Cleveland Browns mascot, new
/giphy Cleveland Browns Pomeranian
And for my last trick…I mean bonus box…come one, come all…step up and be amazed by the goods unloaded upon me and mine via @Bramby2!
Spoiler alert…I got two meh popsockets…that’s right… you’re all jelly of me now!
Disclaimer was the first I’ve ever encountered…I was not aware there’d be consequences…
I swear…when more of these come up I am going to piece all of mine together and make the tot a meh pillow bed somehow…not quite sure how as of yet…but the idea is percolating…I now have 7…donations welcome…
So as I unpacked items…I had to quick take pics as a tot was supervising all items that may need to be hers…so in no particular order:
A wireless bluetooth receiver and adapter…I need to figure this out…will be handy
A St. Patrick’s day light up necklace…which was swiped but I’ll find it as I’ll be in new orleans for that shindig this year…
A wet brush detangler…my hair is seriously afraid of this brush…(long, thick, curly)
doggy doodle ball point pen…had to hide this from the tot…(aka mine)
a screen cover for an iphone 6
2 in 1 knife & cutting board tool…intriguing
pug handwarmers…totally useful in this crazy weather we’re having
dog squeaky toys…tot approved…dog annoyed
A wireless charging pad for iphones
A dart gun…very handy
A woot screaming monkey…the tot loves that
A fuko koosie (coosie)?..for to be keeping the beverages coldish and your hand not…
A yoga pose die…apparently you and @DJ are subtle in your fitness hints…
A crappy woot ice scrapper
A shirt woot sticker
batman and superman socks…now with capes…welcome to the sock club…I’m going to wear one of each and watch batman vs superman again
a fidget spinner…hidden from the tot…that sucker was heavier than i expected
Mad Libs!!
Woot bag of crap pin and monkey head pin (Mortimer…was that his name?)
A sonic device of non-surgical lifting proportions…hmmm
Conversation Hearts…just in time for V-Day…although wasn’t there some sort of ruckus about these not being made this year? or was that a different company?
Tongue Ties…which apparently will keep your cords under control…clearly they haven’t met me…
But wait!..there’s still more!
The legendary pop sockets…not available by anyone’s demand
A casemates t-shirt…I see you got the memo
A puff pad…which I googled and found out that this is an inflatable dog bed for travel…score for the dog!
an original meh phone stand
A meh coffee cup…this is my new office coffee cup…score!
kids clothes…wait for it:
Super cute!! I love when ppl buy my tot clothes…it saves me from agonizing at the store over what to put her in…
What’s this? a mystery package w/in a mystery package…its like opening a box to find another box to open…can’t lose right?
Purple meh blanket…score!
And this was another mystery:
But by the power of the internet…we came to figure out that this was a car cover…mystery solved
I bet ya’ll think I’m done…so not done…
A plethora of Star Wars items…including a lego shadow troopers… Disney Infinity Kylo Ren and Anakin Skywalker and Micromachines of an x-wing fighter, kylo ren’s command shuttle, and luggabeast
A USB wall plate…very handy
An Eiffel tower 3D model…should be fun to put together on days I am not drinking…lol
A Who deck of cards
A smart badge…I am seriously going to use this at work
A personal mini fan…totally going to need this soon on trips to Louisiana…
and last but not least…a package of thank you cards…one of which needs to be filled out and sent to @Bramby2 for this generous bonus box and my deepest apologies for being super late in posting it…expect it at some point in the future…provided that the address on the box is yours…I’ll hunt you down somehow…Thanks again!!..
@amehzinggrace great haul! I seriously regret not buying those smart badges.
@amehzinggrace I tapped into my national strategic reserve of Meh pop sockets to make sure you are now the proud owner of one each!
Also, thanks for solving the mystery of what that weird silver thing was…I “won” it in a BOC a while ago. I tossed it in a storage box until it was time to fill these giant-ass boxes…lucky you! You are now the proud owner of the weird silver thing…and pop sockets…so it all evens out
I’m really glad you enjoyed your crap!!
Due to a family emergency on the part of my sender (no meh handle in box so just Tyler) and me being away a few days, I just picked up my large box from UPS today. What a haul!!
Also haven’t yet mastered multiple pics so see message below
A Martian USB watch.
A pair of sunglasses
A pair of glasses to use when slicing onions ( who knew?)
4 Beatles 1962-1965 glasses
Vegetable Brushes
Electronic Wipes
A corkscrew/ flashlight key ring
A Vivitar Lens
2 lobster forks (cool)
Rubber band gun
Scrimshaw Knife Kit
Harry Potter figures
Alien figures
A knob grabber
USB cable (replaces the one I just gave)
Paper tools
A Tens machine
A fleece robe
A fleece hat
A hook
A CD
What looks to be a wooden commemorative for a patent for a women’s fitting mannequin ???
and the Piece de resistance a personalized with my last initial commemorative flask marking the occasion.
Thanks Tyler whatever your Meh handle is, this is above and beyond expectations
@readnj your sender is @Jtcrawford25
@readnj Is that a mountain hardware fleece hat?
@Kidsandliz It says Polartec but I believe so based on the emblem.
@readnj Cool - I thought that was the edge of a mountain hardware emblem. I love those hats.
@readnj Sorry, forgot to put my MEH handle on/in the box. Glad you liked it! I loved doing this exchange ha
@jtcrawford25 Loved it! Thanks for the personalized thought too.
@readnj yeah I have access to a laser engraver at work… the patent is for the original Barbie
, we were experimenting with layering patent images. FYI Most patent images can be found online and used for free(I think free…)
The following people (this list contains both the victims and the guilty undifferentiated) and my record keeping may be faulty - but I need to know the status with boxes.
(1) did you send to whomever (tell me who) but they haven’t posted yet
(2) you haven’t gotten your box yet (If you have heard from the person that they have sent please let me know that too)
(3) you have a box from someone (let me know from who) but you haven’t posted yet
(4) I screwed up and everything is fine, WTF are you doing making it look like I might be guilty, although I will accept looking like I am the victim since then people will feel sorry for me
(5) HEY IDIOT you left me off of this list and my state of affairs is one of the above (so let me know what and whom if known)
Please whisper me
@(jfoote) @submariner @Pittbk @@brambly2 @Stallion @ruouttaurmind @mossygreen @mikeleemm @HexTheOwl @DJ @amehzinggrace @reg036
Those who sent to @Boredashell he posted here that he’d send me photos to post for him but he hasn’t had the chance to send me the photos.
@Kidsandliz I posted about my wonderful box from @bramby2 and my box to @mossygreen was posted about. I don’t think I should be on list. Thanks for running this whole thing though! I appreciate your hard work
@pittbk Sorry about that. I keep track in excel by highlighting people as they post what they got or as the person they sent to highlighted what you sent. OK just looked at my list. You are accidentally in there in duplicate (as a sender) on the list I highlight. Oops. So I was thinking you had sent two and only one had posted - you aren’t on there twice on my sender assignment list fortunately as then I would have really screwed up. Must have copied and pasted you twice on the keep track of who posted list. I apologize. Thanks for answering so I can fix that on my list.
@Kidsandliz I’m a 4, I believe.
@Kidsandliz I’m a 4 now…got my homework done and turned in (aka posted above somewhere)…and I think my received boxes were posted/acknowledged…I should be off your
list now 
@DJ I forgot to highlight you. So sorry about that. This is why I am doing this. My apologies.
@Kidsandliz all good! This was fun, great job
@Kidsandliz @pittbk …it’s true! An epic reveal!
…all of the giant-ass boxes I sent out have been revealed by their recipients!
@Kidsandliz My one sent box has been acknowledged as have been the two I received. Unless there’s something I don’t know (always a possibility), or this is about my not sending to @bramby2 last year (I’m still so sorry), everything’s copacetic here.
@bramby2 @mossygreen Not talking about last year. Based on what people whispered me I have figured out who is left either hanging on posting or haven’t received- you are fine. I forgot to highlight in yellow a couple of people which didn’t help and took the lazy route of asking rather than searching the thread over and over (close to 60 boxes are involved counting bonus ones). See updated message below the goat giphy below.
Things aren’t going smoothly? Who could have predicted that?
/giphy smug
@medz She’s doing a great job…kicking butt and taking names…I mean for God’s sake…she’s herding cats here…
@medz It’s all good, Biebs. Go back to enjoying your purple drank.
@medz Hey smart ass - you run it next time
. I got
drafted somehowvolunteered when the previous two victims got tired of doing it.Clearly I need missed go straight from reading a reveal (there are 54 boxes being exchanged plus bonus boxes) to highlighting who sent and who posted. I thought I had done a search on this list for names not yet highlighted before I made that post but I think what happened is maybe I forgot to click on the bar the opens the hidden posts when double checking the non-highlighted list.
I’ll just keep on apologizing… but I do know there is at least one who appears not to have sent, who has not posted what they did get either (and I know they got it as that person complained they had not yet posted) so likely there will be at least one box going out from kind souls who volunteered to people who got screwed. Hopefully there is only one…
@Kidsandliz No fault of yours. It is the nature of the beast.
@medz Well you can tell I am tired. Meant to write: -“Clearly
needmissedgogoing straight from…”Would you like to tame the beast next time and run this? (grin).
@Kidsandliz @medz it is the goats fault
@CaptAmehrican @medz Oh yeah. Forgot about the goat. Actually I forget who it is too and don’t have time to go look to blame right now. Another article review down, 2 to go and 2 symposiums to go. Back to work.
@CaptAmehrican @Kidsandliz @medz
Blame the
/giphy goat
Things are starting to look good here. Here is what is left that I know of.
I don’t know for sure if some bonus boxes have been sent yet thus whether or not they should have been posted about yet. So far our bonus box receipts have been (that I know of because they have posted) @Kittysprinkles, @amehzinggrace and @DJ. I do know that there are more going out. If you sent a bonus box already and it hasn’t been posted whisper me.
I don’t know what is up with @jfoote. He was to receive from @submariner whom I presume has sent since @submariner’s other two recipients have posted and was to send to @bramby2 who hasn’t gotten it yet. He hasn’t answered any emails from me nor posted anything.
Other pending actions I know about: Because of a family crisis and having to work 60 hour weeks due to the weather @boredashell hasn’t posted yet nor has had time to send me the photos from the two boxes he did receive (from @mikeleemm and
@ruouttaurmind) so I could post for him. I do know that one of his recipients has posted (so I presume he sent both boxes but perhaps not?) but his other recipient @reg036 has not (@reg036 has sent as his recipient posted). Also @kittyspinkles said her box to @bramby2 is on the way (she also had things going on in her life that delayed things).
Since my best skill recently has been getting stuff wrong (I seem to be practicing that a lot right now - again apologies to anyone I messed up with), please whisper to me if I screwed any of this up or your sender or receiver should be in this post somewhere.
This has been a great exchange although so many people went way the heck over the top. That is going to scare people with little discretionary income from participating in the future due to the cost of postage. Especially so many of the senders this time around had to use a bigger box than was mostly used the other times around (eg medium priority mail box - so if that is what you used this time around don’t feel bad. I wasn’t expecting this to turn into winning the lottery in the way that it did).
AND stay tuned as there are a couple more bonus boxes to be sent out. Yes you too may still have a chance to win a
fuko, I mean irk, I mean agreat mehrican exchange bonus box. Thanks to all of you who volunteered to send one of these!@Kidsandliz Since @jfoote won’t post, I remember at least three things I sent him, so Here’s the not-exactly-reveal:
Canadian Dollars, 10 Indian Rupees)
cape
/giphy woot monkey
@submariner sorry about your large woot monkey. Last year I sent some special meh branded things because that person had bitched they never got a fuko and they never posted either. Pissed me off.
Another box of wonderfully mediocre loot graced my doorstep this weekend, and the sender certainly appears to be a drinker as evidenced by the array of items to contain / brew / open / learn about various beverages. I love to consume liquids as well, coffee and beer being some of my favorites, so this has really worked out nicely. Some of the mehraculous items I received in this box include:
A mini french press
Meh tumbler mug
15-oz Lets Get Critical! mug
Secret Life of Beer book
Harpoon IPA bottle opener
Martini patch
“Walk There” book of treks in Portland and Vancouver
Seed of Happiness
Panda stapler
LED pocket lamp
Mighty wallet
Toiletries travel kit
Meh phone stand
Set of Fuel TV pins
Snort beanie baby
Paw Sox hat
Kaiju Big Battel: The Danger Awakens poster
Directors thingy photo frame
Mini squirrel and goat figurines
and a couple stickers.
Overall a very nice haul! Thank you! Unfortunately my dingus girlfriend recycled the box while I was at work today, after only 2 days of it sitting on the living room floor (i know…) and I didn’t write down the name of the sender… Hopefully the sender will fess up here, or maybe @Kidsandliz can incriminate them for us. I apologize for my sin of not posting immediately upon receipt, but trust that our loving and kind mehrican community will forgive.
@heli0s Your sender is @becca
Thanks again @becca!!!
@becca @heli0s Seed of Happiness? I’m intrigued!
@heli0s @llangley it’s the little smiley bead thing. Beverage-consumer that I am, I was gifted a mug that came with this “seed of happiness” https://www.seedsofhappiness.com/
Well…I think I might bookend my own posting. I think I was one of the last ones waiting on a box. I was actually waiting on two boxes, but we all fell victim to a single asshat in the group…@kidsandliz will unleash The Kraken on them!
No need to fear! @kittysprinkles doubled down on the generous box sent this weekend!! Check out my kick-ass, totally awesome box from @kittysprinkles!!!
Large, heavy box…good sign…!
Upon opening, I am greeted with a Tiki picnic table cover and “MEH Exchange” written in black sharpie…at this point, I am a little giddy…
First, a note from @kittysprinkles…good things come to those who wait!!!
The REVEAL:
Look at this bounty of stuff!!! Here is what is inside:
Crochet & Knit Coloring Book
Pair of knee high crocheted socks (are these hand made, I wonder?)
Texas Instrument calculator
Nerf dart gun
set of stamps
ink pad for stamps
a freaking light saber!
Qwixx family dice game
3rd gen APPLE TV!!!
4th gen APPLE TV!!! (with cord and remote)
hairy spider
chain necklace
stickers!
trial sized beauty products
glue dots
ID card wallet
3 different cell phone cases
Deadpool button
200+ stickers
Meshare wifi camera
Ailum glass screen protector
Foscam wireless IP camera
Tiki picnic table cover
AND THEN THERE WAS THIS:
…a fuzzy little Irk. I’ve never seen anything like him before! Did you make this, @kittysprinkles?! THIS. IS. AMAZING!!!
I have to say, I think I won this exchange. I got rid of a ton of crap, made some people happy in the process and ended up with some cool stuff in return. I win. The end!
HIKING! VIKINGS! STRIKE KING [BRAND FISHING LURES]! AWESOME!
@bramby2 Yay I’m so glad you liked it! And yes, I did make him. Treat him gently, he can fuzz up if you pet him heavily. And if he ever needs repair you can send him to me for a little TLC.
@bramby2 @KittySprinkles THAT IRK IS AMAZING! The wool one I mean.
@bramby2 such a good box and the baby Irk is a-dor-able
There will be a couple more boxes going out. Two folks got screwed and our back up people will be sending them boxes (have to contact them - feel free to whisper here if you were one of those people other wise I will email and see who is still up to doing that). If I can come up with the postage (I now doubt the person who offered to do so will actually follow through) I have a bonus box to send out. And I think (have to double check my list - term ended yesterday, a new one started today and grades are due so I am a bit busy at the moment, not to mention sick) there will be one more bonus box going out.
Thank you mehry much, @HextheOwl and my sincere apologies for posting so late. I had some real shitty life stuff happen. You were one of the first to send, impressive!
This haul of meh includes:
@reg036 did you ever get your box or did you get stiffed?
Due to the generosity of the community, the two folks who got stiffed will be getting boxes from volunteers. Since they may or may not have a box put together yet it might be a week to 10 days before something gets out in the mail. Or sooner if you are lucky.
@Kidsandliz or slightly longer but hey it was delivered today
@bleedmichigan Thanks for doing this. Hey @stallion hope you love your box. Thanks for being so patient.
@Kidsandliz @Stallion well since there were no pictures. The contents were a 50’ composite video cable, a copy of exploding cats, a woot bag, some odd socks, and some other nick nacks. a copy of exploding kittens which is the best card game ever made this box awesome.
FOOLS! TOOLS! JEWELS! AWESOME!
@bleedmichigan thanks for stepping in and sending @Stallion a nice box. I am sorry he has had it a week or so and hasn’t posted yet.
@Kidsandliz @Stallion I think it’s more like 5 days maybe 4 at this point. Perhaps he is playing a riveting game of Exploding Kittens
/giphy exploding-kittens
@bleedmichigan @Stallion OK that isn’t that much then. We had plenty of people who took a week to post. Somehow I thought it had been longer. My bad.
Just when everyone thought the exchange was over…I came home from work the other night and found a box that had “MEH-RIFIC SURPRISE!” written on the outside… @tinamarie1974 sent me a box!!!
I opened up the box and there was a note written on the flap: “Hi Bramby, I hope this makes up for the one you did not receive. —Take Care, Tinamarie1974”
WOW! That is just about the nicest thing strangers on the internet have ever done for me!
Here is what was in the box:
Mini ceramic flat iron
Star Wars toy
America’s Favorite Brand Name Easy Home Cooking Cookbook
Curling iron wand with three wands
Christmas tree cookie cutter set
Luxurious Facial Jade Crystal Roller
Cell phone case
Smartphone camera lens kit
Meh travel mug!
Soft & Smooth Hair Remover
2 pair spanx looking things (one in beige, one in black)
3 flames candles
Woot! Luggage tag—warning full of bees!
Pair of sink caddies
Pine scented candle
Set of unused ear plugs
iPhone cord
Two different sets of earbuds
Lips keychain
…quite the haul and completely unexpected! Thank you for the wonderful surprise @tinamarie1974!!!
@bramby2 awesome
POPSOCKETS! ROAD ROCKETS! SONNY CROCKETT! AWESOME!
@mediocrebot @deathbynoodlez this comment by @mediocrebot seems to suggest that the Meh overlords might give popsockets.
@bleedmichigan @mediocrebot if you go to my pop socket thread you’ll see we had a similar experience. Here’s to hoping.