First-class Thing
You know how some people have a traveling mascot, an item that they take with them on trips to photograph in remote locations?
Our “mascot” is The Thing from The Fantastic Four. Jason bought him a few years ago from a dollar store, and in addition to traveling to Cancun and Vegas, The Thing serves as our personal joke, where we hide him in certain spots for the other to find. He’s not as popular as Erin’s Finding Jesus, as funny as Tessie’s traveling cabin table, or as heart attack-inducing as my family’s fake hand, but that’s OK.
We hadn’t hid The Thing for quite awhile until I lazily threw him in Jason’s coat pocket a few weeks ago. He found him and then, for the next week, kept asking me if I’d found him yet. And every day that passed made me more and more concerned that it was hiding right in front of my face, but that I was too non-observant to see it.
Then I went to work one day and checked my mail. Inside my mail slot was an envelope addressed to me from Jason’s place of business (our companies do business with each other). Totally not thinking, I ripped open the envelope and had to stifle a shriek when this greeted me:
Oh, it’s ON.
This makes me want to have a thing. We are lame! We have nothing that we pass around sneakily! How boring.
Comment by Sarah — March 4, 2008 @ 10:14 am
Hahahaha this is awesome. Also, the first time I’d ever heard of anything like a traveling mascot was when I saw Amelie. Clearly, my family is uncreative.
Comment by Jess — March 4, 2008 @ 10:25 am
I did this with my grandpa and an Alf figurine he gave me from Walgreen’s in like 1985. Remember Alf? The T.V. show about the alien who lives with a family and the hyjinks that ensue. Anyway, it’s fun for the whole family and Brett and I need a “thing.”
Comment by Flibberty — March 4, 2008 @ 10:36 am
MAIL. That one gets you every time. I sugggest suspending him in JELLO. Or CHEESECAKE!
Comment by Tessie — March 4, 2008 @ 10:50 am
AWESOME!!
We received a pretty large nutcracker for our wedding that served as our mascot until the dog ate it. Now Jeff likes to photograph small plastic animals in elaborate pornographic positions.
Comment by Shannon — March 4, 2008 @ 11:17 am
Flibberty, Ha. I loved Alf so much my mom called me Shumway.
Tessie, Jello – YES.
Shannon, Jeff is awesome.
Comment by Shauna — March 4, 2008 @ 11:20 am
So weird and so funny. I think I would die of laughter just to have a drink with you guys at a bar sometime.
Comment by Penny — March 4, 2008 @ 1:39 pm
Can you deliver it back to his office with a singing telegram?
Comment by My Buddy Mimi — March 4, 2008 @ 2:18 pm
That’s so fun…
And I love your new(ish? I haven’t clicked through in awhile) header.
Comment by seven — March 4, 2008 @ 3:01 pm
Jello fo sho!
I used to do this with my co-workers, although they were never very creative.
I think if I hid something in TM’s pocket 1. he would never notice and or 2. he would be very confused thinking he put it there for some reason
Comment by banana — March 4, 2008 @ 3:55 pm
You guys crack me up! I would be so proud of my baby for thinking that on up.
Comment by Artemisia — March 4, 2008 @ 4:20 pm
That’s funny. My husband and I would never get around to sending it back to the other – we both procrastinate too much.
Comment by JMC — March 4, 2008 @ 5:37 pm
The traveling mascot idea is awesome, and if I was more motivated I’d be all over it.
Comment by amber — March 5, 2008 @ 10:00 pm