My FUKU "Other Thing" shipment
42The guys at meh headquarters have a funny sense of humor.
So I bought a FUKU bag and received one of those notes that another item will arrive separately.
Even though it said not to get excited, I couldn't help it -- I was excited. Thanks to @lichme , I discovered a way to track the second shipment. It was supposed to arrive yesterday but wasn't delivered as expected and then the tracking site suddenly showed today as the potential delivery day. One day late is better than never, right?
The first thing that made me worried is when the Fedex truck arrived. It wasn't one of those small trucks -- this one was huge. It backed into my driveway and no delivery driver has ever done that before.
I work from home so I was there when the delivery man brought it to the door. He asked if I needed help bringing it into the house and I told him no. Why should I? The tracking information said it was 10 pounds and I should be able to handle at least that much.
After he left, I tried to pick up the box and suddenly realized it was much more than 10 pounds and should have asked for help bringing into the house. I estimate it weighs about 70 pounds. I had to drag it inside. What did meh send me, a bag of dirt like another user? Hmmm....
Here's a picture of the box:
Looking closely at it, I have more reason for concern. It seems to be leaking packing material:
So I open the box and it's full of, what looks to be, pillow filling that @lichme got with his sign.
This is a lot of fluffy filling. I asked Mrs. cengland0 to rummage through it while I take pictures.
This is the first thing she pulls out of the box:
WTF? I have no idea what this stuff is. Seems to be some sort of liquid to keep a goat's coat healthy looking. Very strange.
Mrs. cengland0 rummages through it again (notice the watch she's wearing is the one meh sold on September 6, 2014.
That's nice. A note is included saying the package is inspired by @studerc , @marklog , and @ryaniel
I recognize those names as the scapegoats of the month. Oh dear lord, what has meh done now?!?!?! If you look closely, you can see the fine print says "...Bleeeeat"
Here are the other items in the box.
50 pounds of goat feed
A flavored salt lick
A bag of goat mineral
Gee thanks meh. These are the exact things I've always wanted. I appreciate @studerc , @marklog , and @ryaniel for making this happen.
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I love you, meh.
@KDemo They are funny aren't they? The cost of shipping probably exceeds the cost of the products
Looks like we know who October's goat is going to be...
Congrats!
@mediobarkre Uh oh, I never thought of that. I suppose it's my fault because I did buy the FUKU. Maybe I'll think twice before I act next time :)
Well, at least they are declaring you a show goat,
not cabrito.............
There's an Armenian shepherd sobbing uncontrollably right now...
I just want you to know we all had to convince @jont to not lick the salt lick. He really really wanted to for some reason...
@hollboll I was thinking about that too. It seems like it might taste good with it being "Berry Bush" flavored.
@hollboll I foresee a great new video series - "Will @JonT lick it?"
@hallmike
@hallmike Holy balls this needs to happen.
@cengland0 I'm curious too TBH.
Each day I think I love you just a little more, Meh
Wish I had gotten this one! I have a fried that raises goats that could use it.
@s00ner You don't live in Florida do you? I would give it to a friend of mine that raised 3 goats but they have all died since. Shame since I'm such an animal lover. Maybe if I had these items 5 years ago, they could still be alive today.
Meh - I love you more than my luggage.....
Meh - I love you more than I love my lawn mower.
@bluedog Your luggage loves Meh?
Looking at your stuff, I am so glad that I got what I did instead of this.
@lichme I have pillow stuffing all over my foyer and some in my livingroom.
@cengland0 Not pillow stuffing - goat bedding.
@cengland0 I never did check through any of the stuffing to see if there were any other goodies hiding in there.
@hallmike Now that was funny. I have a Jenday Conure and he might like it for nesting. I will give it a try.
btw this is a Jenday Conure:
It's not the name of someone that @cengland0 kidnapped like I assumed.
Here he is. The pillow stuffing will make great nesting material for my pet bird.
@JonT Ha, you beat me to it. You're really fast.
@cengland0 - Who's a Pretty bird?
@KDemo
@hollboll What is that? Is that the bird from Dumb and Dumber where the head fell off?
@cengland0 yes.
It's a good thing Meh hasn't sold a safe big enough to hold all those fine products. Nicely done, Mediocres!
This is precisely why we all "meh."
Well now I know who to blame tomorrow when things start to go to hell!
Fantastic, I don't think I can take full blame for this, just TOO much goatness for one scapegoat. This is turning into a battle between @cengland0 and @thumperchick for the rights to the scapegoat throne.
@studerc let's share. It's too much.
Once you get done laughing, if you don't know anyone with goats I suggest you donate it to your local zoo. Or if you are in farm country you could put it on craigslist or freecycle. Shame for it to go to waste while some hungry goat eats someone's automobile instead.
This is so awesome.
This is hilarious. @JonT should totally have licked the salt lick.
This was great! Third shipment is an actual goat? Blasted @studerc
Truly meh, which kinda mehd my night.
My husband is lucky I didn't get that package, because if I had, I would be goat shopping right now... ya know, since I had all the stuff...
@Pony As well you should! @cengland0 really should be shopping for a goat.
@bluedyn I would already have one if my homeowners association would allow it. They made me get rid of my ducks and chickens.
@cengland0 Sounds like what you need is a new house. Or take over the HOA, dictator style. That'd be a better story for the forums.
@bluedyn I do own two houses. I bought one for my dad and kept my chickens at that house. He died, I had to rent out the house, the tenants didn't want the chickens on the property, I brought them to my primary residence. The rules in my primary residence states I can only have two pets and I already had my Jenday Conure and the 6 chickens put me over the limit.
The letter states 5 chickens but I actually had 6.
@cengland0 OMG, this is hilarious!
@jsh139 It was extremely difficult finding a home for those chickens where the person getting them would promise not to eat them. They were pets -- not food. I'm a vegetarian.
@cengland0 I like that they consider pets "for pleasure." I hope you know which neighbors complained so you can leave the gift of goat chow on their lawn. It attracts stray goats, right?
Also, very good job not letting people eat your pets!
@cengland0 I bet it was difficult! I can't imagine that many people keep domesticated chickens. I'm glad my neighborhood doesn't have an HOA. They're usually more intrusive than helpful.
@bluedyn They were all female chickens so they were not a nuisance (making noise). I kept them in my patio most of the time but gave them supervised run around time in the afternoon
@cengland0 My dad has hens, and they're a delight. Your neighbor must just hate you.
@bluedyn One of the board of directors was mad at me for installing a gazebo. I found a loophole in our deed restrictions so he failed in his attempts to force me to remove the gazebo. He lives on a completely different street and I'm friends with all the other directors and they told me he was the one that complained about my hens. It was in retaliation for making him look bad during the annual meeting in front of all the other homeowners.
@cengland0 Just an FYI - Not that I think there's any worry, but it would take about 20 seconds to find your address with the information still available on that paper. :)
@Cinoclav Considering I'm in the phone book, you could probably just type in my name. Did you want to ship me something? :)
@cengland0 What an ass. You really should find a way to infest his yard with varmints. Or you could ask this lovely community here to send him gifts. ;-)
@cengland0 @jsh139 HOAs seem to be full of the most unreasonable, worst people in the world. I'm going to do everything in my power to avoid owning a house that's a part of one, even if I need to live in a cabin in the mountains.
@JonT Or you know, you could do this
@JonT Wise decision, indeed.
@cengland0 Interested in a couple of hens?
@Cinoclav You're kidding, right? I had to get rid of the 6 that I had. They make great pets and was sad to see them go.
@cengland0 IANAL but it looks like it says you can have two birds.
@editorkid You do what?
While I'm generally opposed to overly restrictive homeowner association rules, in this case, I think I have to side with the association. If I were your neighbor, I wouldn't want chickens in the backyard!
@DJP519 no problem buddy, I'll keep them in the front yard!
@bluedyn @cengland0 - yeah an infestation of fire ants would do nicely.
@DJP519 You really haven't been around chickens. They are quiet and fun to watch. Not a nuisance at all.
@cengland0, @JonT Sounds like you would like my brother's location. His property sits between a couple very nice high end neighborhoods but is governed by the County rather than the City. As a result of the County's lax ordinances he can do pretty much what he likes (a rooster joins his hens) and there isn't a thing the neighbors can do about it!
@chellemonkey The roosters down the street go into fits of crowing when the train goes by at 4:10am. I am about ready to have rooster soup.
@Kidsandliz http://www.gracefoods.com/soups/grace-cock-soup-less-sodium-no-added-msggrace-cock-soup-no-msg
I've been begging my husband to let me buy a goat for 15 years. If this box had shown up at my door, I'd have considered it a sign from meh/heaven, and he'd have come home to find a new addition to our family in the form of a pygmy goat.
@Sparky_Susan Those pygmy goats are so cute.
@cengland0 Our neighbor had one for years, and we loved to see him and play with him. One day we realized we hadn't seen him in a while. The neighbors cooked and ate him :(
@Sparky_Susan That is a horrible story.
@cengland0 I know, I'm sorry. I just had to share my pain. I've been upset about that for years. We still miss JoJo.
@Sparky_Susan My reaction to that story:
RIP JoJo. Goat is delicious though...
@JonT This is one of my all time favorite gifs. I watched it for like an hour straight before. Still can't not laugh when I see it. Thank you.
@Sparky_Susan Tell your neighbors that I hate them. That should strike fear in their hearts!
@Teripie @Sparky_Susan I hate your neighbors, too! That's two people on this page with neighbors we need to smite.
this seems okay to me
My next door neighbor had goats. They stink somthin' awful.
One of my co-worker's daughter shows goats (that my friend's parents own) for a 4H club. Yeah, I work at a hospital in the middle of a lot of farm land. I went to the county fair last year to watch them. The goats really are cute, but I still think I'm a cat person...
The person whose storage room in her basement I am moving into this month has 2 goats, 3 dogs, 2 cats… she has the goats to keep the grass cut.
@Kidsandliz she keeps the goats in the basement? :)
@cengland0 What I am not looking forward to is taking care of that barnyard when they go somewhere...
Hey was that safe ever broken into? I forget whose it was (or I'd @ them) but inquiring minds want to know...
@Kidsandliz Paging @wilstev.
@Kidsandliz the safe lock entry system runs on batteries and... they died. The key to open the safe when this happens is... in the safe. Meh is sending @wilstev keys to (hopefully) open the safe. We will have to wait until they arrive. @wilstev promised to start a new thread when the keys arrive, so that we can all follow the Safe Saga of Fuku 2.
@Thumperchick @barnabee @Kidsandliz @speediedelivery Just saying hi, guys. Still no key(s) yet.
@wilstev Howdy! Thanks for the update.
@MEHcus any update on the keys? No specifics needed, more just awaiting confirmation they are on the way.
@wilstev they'll be on the way shortly, should only take a couple days to get to you.
@wilstev you'll get them when you get them, don't listen to @JonT about that 'shortly' business
@JonT so you sent the guy a safe but kept a copy of the key? ...shady....
@chellemonkey @jonT and not only that they know his address!
@Kidsandliz @chellemonkey well, they know where the safe was sent, but not where it currently is...@MEHcus don't worry, I didn't believe @JonT for a second. There's been enough money spent on fairly quick shipping. I'm ready for some good old-fashioned 'Smartpost' to really drag things out.
@wilstev glad you are being safe about it
@JonT A dead camel could get those keys to @wilstev faster then meh… just sayin'
@Kidsandliz
Just checked the tracking and it is in @wilstev's town right now.
@JonT Damn. If only I were in my town. If I'm lucky it'll be delivered after I get home from work rather than while nobody is available to accept it.
@wilstev The safe drama continues...
C'mon you guys, show me more junk.. I wanna see MORE junk!... just to remind me that I lucked out royal by not getting under the line a few days ago.. Already spent what I would have used on the fuku, but at least my mother-in-law no longer has that hacking cough.
This will make for a very interesting craigslist post. Either that or look up local goat farms and visit one.
Step 1: lure goats with free foodstuffs
Step 2: use goats to lure Chupacabra
Step 3: ?
Step 4: profit
@Homechicken UGH, they got that stuff nearly 6 months ago! Time for a 'Irk: Maybe it bothers me more than it should - Replying to old forum topics'.
@BabyBear Yes and my reign as goat has come and gone.
@cengland0 But you recently referenced this thread! That's why those who weren't here 6 months ago checked it out.
@BabyBear I got to this thread from the Meh front page, under today's video.