Post by: UncleBob on April 11, 2005, 03:08:20 PM
Some of you know me as "UncleBob". Many of you know me as the "JookySeaCaptain".
And someone knows where I live.
Today, I had the weirdest thing happen. I left my apartment to go get my wife and I some sodas. I live on the third floor of an apartment building - when I left, my wife just stayed in the living room which is right on the other side of our door.
Upon returning home (with soda in tow!), there's a box right outside the door. It's a box for a giant champange glass (turned upside down) retaped with masking tape. Written on it is (in large, bold letters with a black marker) "HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOOKYSEACAPTAIN". (Note: My birthday isn't for three weeks...) After a little debate, my wife grabbed the box and opened it. Inside was the GameBoy Advance e-Reader bundle.
Stranger yet, after calling Nintendo and having them trace the serial number, it turns out that the set was bought at a Wal-Mart on the 4th. They couldn't tell me for certian which store it was bought at but was able to give me a few numbers, one of which (using my previous expierence working at Wal-Mart) I identified as a possible store number. This store is located in Mississippi... about seven hours from me. Now I don't know for certian that it was purchased at this store because I can't be certian the number they gave me was actually a store number...
My wife denies any involvement - and I believe her. She says that she didn't hear anyone in the hallway while I was gone (and I wasn't gone more than 10 mins). It's possible that I could have not seen the small box on my way out the door to get sodas. And eariler in the day, while me and my wife were... errr... napping, I thought I heard a knock on the door - but when I went to go check, there was no one there (although I did just look through the peephole) and when I checked out the window, I didn't see anyone getting into a car/a car leaving. And while many people I know IRL know my "UncleBob" nom de plume, very few people know me (IRL) as the "JookySeaCaptain".
So it's all very interesting/creepy. Eh?
Post by: mantidor on April 11, 2005, 03:27:13 PM
Post by: KnowsNothing on April 11, 2005, 03:27:47 PM
2) You have your phone number in your sig, and your city in your profile. You say that you put your phone number all about the interweb. It's not surprising that stuff gets sent to you. What is surprising is that the GBA didn't start spewing out dioxin or something.
Post by: UncleBob on April 11, 2005, 03:33:26 PM
And yeah, I'd be easy to find (address and all), but who would leave me a $30 GBA/e-Reader set?
(edit) Oh, and the reverse phone search doesn't really explain how they knew my Birthday was coming up...
Post by: Hostile Creation on April 11, 2005, 04:44:38 PM
Pretty cool, good luck to finding out who it was.
Post by: Miyamoto Osaki on April 11, 2005, 09:33:40 PM
I hope you find out the person who done it, cause i definatly wouldnt want some one to do that.
althoug I would like the GBA
Post by: nemo_83 on April 13, 2005, 02:08:31 AM
Post by: vudu on April 13, 2005, 08:45:29 AM
QuoteActually, I believe everyone on this board knows you as UncleBob. Most of us probably don't have the faintest idea who JookySeaCaptain is.
Some of you know me as "UncleBob". Many of you know me as the "JookySeaCaptain".
Post by: Shecky on April 13, 2005, 09:06:58 AM
I have never retained links for either.
Post by: Ian Sane on April 14, 2005, 02:29:35 PM
Your wife opening packages addressed to you I mean. I hate it when people do that.
You can assume it wasn't me for I'm not nearly nice enough to give someone a GBA.
Seriously though when you put your phone number in your sig and have the city you live in in your profile this sort of thing shouldn't be that unexpected. Personally I'd be happy that the gift was friendly.
Post by: S-U-P-E-R on April 14, 2005, 05:39:30 PM
WE HAVE THIS GAMEBOY
YOU LOL NOW
ARE YOU AFRAID
DEATH TO AMERICA
DEATH TO ISRAEL
LOLLAH IS GREAT
Post by: Miyamoto Osaki on April 14, 2005, 06:00:16 PM
Post by: UncleBob on April 15, 2005, 06:36:19 AM
