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Nice!

I have a list of about 150 DVDs that I want and I've been giving copies of that out to all of my friends/ family.
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Well, my Christmas consisted of odd little novelties:

- 6 packs of "Angry Scotsman Chewing Gum"

-William Shakespeare Action Figure

-A pack of self-adhesive mustaches

-A Cat-a-pult (see Archie McPhee's website)

-Darth Tater

-Monty Python and the Holy Grail Tim the Enchanter hat

But then I also got some DVD's:

-Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (ehh...)

-Batman Begins (the single-disc version, sadly)

-The Best of Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog (hysterical!)

And the creme-de-la-creme:

The Monty Python's Flying Circus DVD Box Set (I'm a VERY happy man)


Plus I got the Deluxe King Kong DVD (the one that comes in the tin and comes with "Son of Kong" and "Mighty Joe Young") for my birthday.

Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you guys: I turned 17 on December 24th!!!!

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Originally posted by: Luke Skywalker
mostly DVD's

however my girlfriend did tell me she got me some sort of star wars collectible..
still trying to figure out what it is with the hints she's given me..

its flat
came rolled up
comes with a certificate of authenticity
limited from 1000 - 2000 units made
was approx $100 CAN
and she got it off the net

?
anyone heard of new star wars merchindise that bears a resemblence?


Well Luke, what did your girlfriend get you?

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William Shakespeare Action Figure? I must have one! Where did they get it?
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Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
*looks up reverently*

A new furnace.


Did nobody get this?
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Originally posted by: TheSessler
Well, since most of my stuff had to be pre-ordered, I know what I am getting:

The Laptop I am on right now(early gift)
Sideshow Han Solo(backordered until Jan)
Code 3 Falcon
Lego Falcon
Some Kotobukiyas(Han, Chewie)
a Vintage Pocket watch
and various other items.


And add to that list:
Lego Slave One
Spudtrooper
Cologne
Gift Card to Local Cinema
50 in cash
$50 savings bond
SW Ultimate Visual Guide
Candy
SSC Invisible Man 12" Figure
"I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings."
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Cpu I am on right now Nintendogs and MarioKart DS and through Gift cards World Of Warcraft, Animal Crossing WW.
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I feel like a big geek for listing the things I was given. Well, I am, I guess I should feel that way. This is quite embarassing for me to list, but, I got a large amount of Star Wars stuff, as that's all people knew I liked:

DVDs:

2001: A Space Odyssey
Star Wars: Clone Wars Volume II
Terminator 2 Extreme Edition
Indiana Jones trilogy
Blade Runner
LOTR trilogy extended editions

Books:

Shadows of the Empire
Labyrinth of Evil
Revenge of the Sith
Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader

Video games:

Star Wars: Galaxies
Star Wars: Battlefront II
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Originally posted by: TheSessler
Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
*looks up reverently*

A new furnace.


Did nobody get this?


Apparently not a single one. Predates too many of our junior members I guess. But no more so than ROTJ which came out the same year. *sigh*

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Here's the breakdown:
King Kong box set (w/Son of Kong & Mighty Joe Young)
Lego Star Wars for the GameCube
Gift cards and cash, with which I bought:
Lost Season 1 (only $30 Cdn @ Zellers)
Big Fish Collector's Edition
Charlie's Angels SuperBit Deluxe (only $10 Cdn, so what the hey).

I'm sure I'll wind up buying more, but don't know when.

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Office Space deluxe edition with flair (Best Buy set with all the office supplies)
Jack Ryan box set
Scrubs, season 2
another DVD I can't currently think of
lots of Sudoku games
clothes
books (mostly Christopher Moore and one from Joshua Braff, brother of Scrubs' Zach Braff)
gift cards
the normal Christmas incidentals

Oh, and my iMac.
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Books by Neil Gaiman (Coraline and Anansi Boys)
Essential X-Men Vol 1 Comic
Batman: The Long Halloween Comic
Seinfeld Season 5 box set
A tee-shirt that says "I've turned to the DORK Side" with a picture of a foolish looking kid wearing Jedi clothes (This was from my kids!!)
Far Side Calendar
Tool set from my son
Book - Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
Bin for firewood (have a new house with a fireplace, no place to store the wood)

And my wife is getting me a Game Boy Advance SP w/Classic Super Mario Bros in a few days

On the flip side I bought my wife a laser printer/copier/scanner to help with her school work. She's a teacher and needs to do so much printing and copying it's ridiculous...
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Originally posted by: JediSage
On the flip side I bought my wife a laser printer/copier/scanner to help with her school work. She's a teacher and needs to do so much printing and copying it's ridiculous...


And, let me guess, like most school districts, they won't foot the bill for all her copying, will they? Not surprised at all.
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Originally posted by: Bossk
Originally posted by: JediSage
On the flip side I bought my wife a laser printer/copier/scanner to help with her school work. She's a teacher and needs to do so much printing and copying it's ridiculous...


And, let me guess, like most school districts, they won't foot the bill for all her copying, will they? Not surprised at all.


You mean, teachers pay for the copy themselves?
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Originally posted by: ricarleite

You mean, teachers pay for the copy themselves?


Teachers, being one of the most underappreciated professions in this country, have often been reduced to having to pay for many of the basic tools that a professional needs to do their jobs. Its my understanding that this comes from a combination of many budget factors but no matter how its looked at its totally ridiculous. Its bad enough that teachers are expected to be surrogate parents and that they are supposed to take crap off of every student and now be allowed to say anything or do anything in return but then to expect them to have to buy their own supplies... another symptom of our whacked-out society.
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
You mean, teachers pay for the copy themselves?

Unless they are part of a really rich and generous school district, yes.

Originally posted by: sean wookie
Boosk you a teacher?


Nope, but my wife was a special ed teacher's aide for a year and my mother in law is a long-time first grade teacher so I hear all the stories.
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And all your comments point to why teachers have it so good in Canada, yet they still insist on striking. What's up with that?

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Maybe the better one has it the more time one has to think about things like going on strike rather than just having to do one's job? I dunno.

Back on topic- Santa brought me an Atari Flashback!! Whoo-hoo!!!
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Originally posted by: greencapt
Maybe the better one has it the more time one has to think about things like going on strike rather than just having to do one's job? I dunno.


Tell that to the metro workers when they were on strike in NYC this month.
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Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
I feel like a big geek for listing the things I was given. Well, I am, I guess I should feel that way. This is quite embarassing for me to list, but, I got a large amount of Star Wars stuff, as that's all people knew I liked:

DVDs:

2001: A Space Odyssey
Star Wars: Clone Wars Volume II
Terminator 2 Extreme Edition
Indiana Jones trilogy
Blade Runner
LOTR trilogy extended editions

Books:

Shadows of the Empire
Labyrinth of Evil
Revenge of the Sith
Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader

Video games:

Star Wars: Galaxies
Star Wars: Battlefront II



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