Five Things in a Box

[Blue Velvet]

You and I, we've never met before, but next week we will be meeting in person for the very first time... but before we meet, you send me a box.

With only five things in it.

These five things tell me everything about you. The box is as big as you like, from a small shoebox right up to one the size of a house, but it only contains five things. Things to look at, to smell, to touch, to taste... even to listen to.

When I open the box, what do I see?

[rdowns]

Cool thread. Ill need to give this more thought but this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhwbxEfy7fg) would definitely be one of my items. :D

[xUKHCx]

I'd just get in the box as why bother waiting a week.

OR

Chocolate orange bar, hell I might even stretch to a whole chocolate orange.

My dog and if we could have a divider in the box I'd also put my girlfriend's cats and even her.

That is my five taken up.

If I am not allowed livestock:

Switch my girlfriend for a Liverpool shirt
Cats for iPhone loaded with music but predominately for Leftöver Crack and decent headphones.
Dog for Sheep boxer shorts.

[skunk]

203140
a Golden Rule, of course: philosophical, practical, culturally inclusive.

203141
a reference to history, man's inhumanity to man, the work ethic, ironic or otherwise.

203142
a nod to my naturist proclivities dislike for restrictive conventional uniform.

203143
my favourite music, by an outcast and outsider.

203144
you can do so much with a claw hammer...

All enclosed in a Lindauer Rosé box... :)

[Thomas Veil]

A Mighty Mouse; a postcard from Obama thanking me for the donation; something in the nature of satire (a Daily Show DVD, for example); a picture of my wife, kids & grandkids; and some snu.

[rdowns]

A Mighty Mouse; a postcard from Obama thanking me for the donation; something in the nature of satire (a Daily Show DVD, for example); a picture of my wife, kids & grandkids; and some snu.

What's, nah, not going there. :D

[Thomas Veil]

Smart guy. :p

[jessica.]

Me, a taco, and a 2-liter bottle of diet coke pre-mixed with rum, my yellow blankey, and a camera.

It tells you that I like to eat, drink, my blankey is a part of me, and my hobby. Anything else you need to know you can just ask me because I'll be there too. :) If I cannot put "me" in the box then you get Ball Licker™ because I am mad that I woke up and stepped in his puke this morning. :mad:

[NC MacGuy]

Thinking about this makes my head explode.

Does a firearm with bullets count as one item or are the magazine and projectiles counted as multiple?;)

[anjinha]

Can I just put me in the box and meet you in London? :p

Now for real, I have to think a little bit about the five things I would put in the box. Interesting question. :)

[Blue Velvet]

Does a firearm with bullets count as one item or are the magazine and projectiles counted as multiple?;)


Loaded firearm (forget safety) counts as one object.

I'll respond to others and divulge my five things later in the thread. I like the thought that people have put into it so far. :)

[brad.c]

Can I just put me in the box and meet you in London? :p

^^ Win!

From me:
1. a Mac Pro box, which when opened would contain:
2. an iMac box, which when opened would contain:
3. a MacBook Pro box, which when opened would contain:
4. an iPhone box, which when opened would contain:
5. a note, that says "A box containing anjinhamarota was delivered to me by mistake. I'm keeping her. :p"

[Tilpots]

Hope you're not meeting Justin Timberlake or Andy Samberg. Unless you're into that kind of thing...:D

1. Pic of my wife and daughter.
2. Sky Ball. (http://www.mauiskyball.com/)
3. Flip Mino HD
4. Machiavelli's The Prince.
5. An Apple minus a bite on the right side.

It's a small box. Should overnight it so the fruit doesn't rot...

[Consultant]

Thinking about this makes my head explode.

Does a firearm with bullets count as one item or are the magazine and projectiles counted as multiple?;)

You probably want to include a suitcase of cash, and a note too =p

Wait a second, is one wad of cash one item?

Loaded firearm (forget safety) counts as one object.

I'll respond to others and divulge my five things later in the thread. I like the thought that people have put into it so far. :)

It can be loaded, as long as the bullet is not chambered, it can be shipped safely.

[dmr727]

1) A picture of my wife giving me a big hug while I'm at work. There's a funny story to go along with this (which I can't share here) but I'd write it on the back.
2) A bottle of Shiner Bock.
3) A Macintosh IIcx.
4) A Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers CD. (of course I could make a mix CD, but I think it's more fun to think of one album)
5) A palm tree.

[Dagless]

1. A CD with my oldest and newest games. Cut the middle. The early years represent the raw design I had as a kid, and the new ones the more refined and tuned design
2. Comfy shoes
3. A bottle of Volvic
4. Some nuts (sorry if you have an allergy)
5. A bus ticket

[Sideonecincy]

I like this thread.

1) A can of coke
2) One of my dogs
3) iPod
4) A book of whatever I am focusing on at the time.
5) A photograph

[CaptMurdock]

Interesting idea here.


My iPod filled with songs from various artists, genres, etc.
A Star Trek DVD
A picture of my wife and sons from our Nevada vacation, looking for the "Little A'Lee'Inn"
A bag of Bugles
A USB drive filled with my docs, journals and file gleaned from a thousand web pages

[harperjones99]

1. A ticket to take a time machine ride to view my life first hand.
2. A ticket to take a second time machine ride to undo the paradoxes you created on the first trip.
3. A ticket to take a time mach......oh forget it...it sounded cool when I first imagined it :D

[Eraserhead]

This is surprisingly difficult to answer which probably says a lot about my confusion about who I really am.

1. An iPod touch - I know its an Apple product but I do like technology, with my favourite music on.
2. An EZ Link (http://www.ezlink.com.sg/index.jsp) pass to symbolise travel and technology.
3. My passport.
4. A copy of the Economist, I like their generally no-******** approach to the world.
5. An alcoholic beverage - I am British after all :p.

[harperjones99]

Me, a taco, and a 2-liter bottle of diet coke pre-mixed with rum, my yellow blankey, and a camera.

It tells you that I like to eat, drink, my blankey is a part of me, and my hobby. Anything else you need to know you can just ask me because I'll be there too. :) If I cannot put "me" in the box then you get Ball Licker™ because I am mad that I woke up and stepped in his puke this morning. :mad:

I thought for a second you called your vomiting BF/husband "Ball Licker" until I I noticed your photo and was thinking "what an interesting nickname" :D

[No1451]

1) An orange peel, minus the orange
2) A little jade turtle
3) A notebook covered in swears and vulgarity
4) An old 64mb ddr module
5) A single white sock

[Iscariot]

you can do so much with a claw hammer

I would put a hammer in my box as well, as a metaphor for the value of mastering a single, versatile tool instead of being merely acquainted with a vast tool shed. We actually have a saying at the gym for newer trainers about "getting a hammer" instead of worrying about understanding a million different techniques. The "hammer" is anatomy and human physiology (structure and function).

[Chundles]

1. My unabridged auto-biography.
2. Four more copies to give to your friends.

[agkm800]

Is this for your school class discussion or something?

[Blue Velvet]

Is this for your school class discussion or something?


No. Why do you ask? I left school almost 30 years ago, by the way.

What five objects would you put in your box? :)

[harperjones99]

No. Why do you ask? I left school almost 30 years ago, by the way.

What five objects would you put in your box? :)

Can it be the same object over and over? :D

[agkm800]

No. Why do you ask? I left school almost 30 years ago, by the way.

What five objects would you put in your box? :)

Well, then, I will think about it. However, it depends on who you are. If you're my long-lost relative, I'd put family pictures, etc. If you're a stranger that I'd meet only for a day, I'd put my business card, etc. If you're my bride-to-be, I'd put something like my favorite book, my favorite food, etc.

[anjinha]

Well, then, I will think about it. However, it depends on who you are. If you're my long-lost relative, I'd put family pictures, etc. If you're a stranger that I'd meet only for a day, I'd put my business card, etc. If you're my bride-to-be, I'd put something like my favorite book, my favorite food, etc.

I think the point is for you to put things that show who you are, it doesn't matter who's receiving it.

[jmann]

My five boxed items would be:


an iPhone preloaded with my Music
My photo albums (in a set)
My MacBook
My favorite pair of shoes
a rubik's cube


:)

[Hayduke60]

My descriptive five would be...

1. My old Jeep.

2. My old dog as he goes with the Jeep.

3. My hiking stick (the one I carved).

4. My GPS with my longitude and latitude loaded in.

5. My Reggae albums.

[Cleverboy]

1. An Original He-Man Master of the Universe action figure with Battle Armor
2. An iPhone with a note on it saying I will reclaim it later
3. A Recent Sketchbook
4. A Lightbulb
5. A colorful image of an ideological crest I hang on my living room wall.

~ CB

[eawmp1]

This is like therapy. Let's see:

1) iPhone loaded with my music and photos of family
2) my stethoscope
3) a Save The Children necktie
4) a world map with North Carolina, Ohio, Florida, and Germany circled
5) a Diet Cherry Pepsi 20 bottle

[ejb190]

1) My Bible - well used and full of notes
2) A journal of interesting quotes I have heard over the years.
3) My Albert Einstein action figure (All the knowledge in the world is useless if you don't act on it!)
4) My collection of invasive plant and insect samples - though you would need to request an Import Permit to receive them...
5) One of my favorite photos of my wife taken while we were on vacation in Colorado a couple of years ago.

[greygray]

My 3GS, MBP, car, house and some pizza. :)

[c-Row]

My iPod, filled with my favourite tunes
One of my favourite books... either The Dark Tower (if that counts as one book) or Microserfs
a book of collected concept art (not by myself)
a London tourist guide
a bag of prezels


Regarding my current mood, I might exchange the prezels for a long rope.

[Don't panic]

barring the obvious of inserting pictures and similar things,
some objects that would speak about me could be:

- a book. probably Douglas Adam's trilogy (of four)
- one of my kid's hand-made halloween customes.
- a bottle of Amarone, locked in this (http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-45079396477018_2079_335378999)
- an eppendorf tube
- my hiking boots

[Little HZ]

1) An ipod touch loaded with lots of my favorite music, movies, and photos (of family, pets, and my favorite art--mine and others')
2) A pair of my favorite blue jeans
3) The course catalog of the local community college, with some of the courses I am thinking about taking circled
4) a jar of my favorite chili sauce
5) a copy of the book "To Kill a Mockingbird"

But after I think about this some more, I'm sure I'll come up with an entirely different list ... :rolleyes:

[Ugg]

1. My passport
2. My fully loaded touring bicycle.
3. A fresh tomato from my garden.
4. An unfinished copy of my family history.
5. A sprig of rosemary.

[iBlue]

Well since it's a hypothetical box which could [in theory] be metaphorical anyway, my items are going to be in this box:

203368

and you're going to need this key to open it:

203369

;)

Inside will be:

1. A black sheep.
2. A very worn map of Los Angeles with a few leaves inside.
3. My broken powerbook.
4. A thumb drive with a few carefully chosen photos, movies and music.
5. A big fat sticky nug of ganja.

[designgeek]

5. A big fat sticky nug of ganja.

You're going to make all kinds of friends.:D

[eawmp1]

5. A big fat sticky nug of ganja. [/INDENT]

Unless you plan on eating the sheep, you better pack some snacks. The receiver is going to get the munchies.

[iBlue]

Unless you plan on eating the sheep, you better pack some snacks. The receiver is going to get the munchies.

Hey, that's the receiver's problem! This was a box that contained things that tell the story of me. Munchies are a personal preference for the moment at hand.

[kroeks]

1) A picture of my cat
2) A cuddle-bear
3) An empty package of Lucky Strike cigarettes.
4) One Free Menu-coupon for a McDonalds Restaurant in The Netherlands.
5) A yellow guitar pick

[Unspoken Demise]

Am I getting these things back when I come to see you?

[arkitect]

A loaf of bread I baked…
http://files.me.com/arkitect/yncqbc


Tools of my trade…
http://files.me.com/arkitect/u5mhix

Far from home…
http://files.me.com/arkitect/2inqdo

Time is running too fast…
http://files.me.com/arkitect/r6uvve

Something to listen to…
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31HN9YBHTYL._SS400_.jpg

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These don't count as one of the five items because every box needs a few of them. :)
http://heyinternet.com/imgdump/IMG_0606-20080707-151317.jpghttp://public.me.com/arkitect/01%20Bread.jpg

[leekohler]

1. A DVD copy of John Waters' Desperate Living for too many reasons. Most importantly:
a. It illustrates how anyone with the will to do so can make a film that is funny, intelligent, disgusting, transgressive, political and relatively popular & long-lasting.
b. Shows how people don't have to be traditionally attractive to be stars.
c. It tears down convention so beautifully, and I am all about that. :)

2. A DVD collection of films I've made with directors Todd Verow, Jeff McHale, Esther Bell and Shawn Durr for the exact same reasons as above. I like to practice what I preach.

3. A box of condoms. Probably one of the most important things a gay man can own.

4. A pomegranate- for stressing the importance of good health.

5. One antique clock from my collection- probably this one from the 30's for being so ahead of it's time.

[MultiM]

Great question. I really had to think about it.

1. A DVD collection of the TV show Firefly.

2. Photos of my animals: 2 dogs, 3 cats.

3. A figurine of a dragon. (fantasy style, not Asian)

4. Digital copies of my favorite books, too numerous to mention titles, but all Sci Fi or Fantasy.

5. A pair of sandals or a golf shirt.

[Blue Velvet]

All enclosed in a Lindauer Rosé box... :)

Of course. I would expect no less. Bubbles always put a smile on people's faces. :)

my yellow blankey

I have a red blankey. A friend bought it to me in hospital as my feet were getting cold. :)

2. Sky Ball. (http://www.mauiskyball.com/)

I like that. It looks like loads of fun. I'll keep it!

3. My hiking stick (the one I carved).

I'm not sure why, but that really touched me. My granddad had a stick he carved for himself from a piece of wood he had found on the beach.

4) My collection of invasive plant and insect samples - though you would need to request an Import Permit to receive them...

Creepy, but intriguing. How invasive? And can they be trained? ;)

this box:

Nancy Drew would be proud.

1. A black sheep.

So understood.

A big fat sticky nug of ganja.

Which I'd always try to share. :)

Am I getting these things back when I come to see you?

Yes. Except the Sky Ball and the sticky nug. ;)

Something to listen to…

Excellent taste, although I haven't heard that one. Have got almost everything else of hers, though. :)

One antique clock from my collection- probably this one from the 30's for being so ahead of it's time.

Love that clock. I'll keep that as well. :D


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OK, my five.

1. A hardback copy of the I Ching. Not sure which translation, but probably Wilhelm or Karcher. The Book of Change, many many thousands of years old, it sees all things both near and far. One recent regret I have is not reading it enough over the past year or so. But you can't have my stalks.

2. A copy of a David Lynch film on DVD: Inland Empire It's about a woman in trouble, and is a meditation on identity, personality, grief and redemption. Many won't get it, but some will. You may have to watch it four or five times to get the gist of it, though. Best watched on a dark day.

3. A Pinkie Bar (http://www.cadbury.co.nz/Products/Chocolate-Bars/Pinky-Bar.aspx) Only available in New Zealand where I was born; my mother says I was made from them as it was her main pregnancy craving at the time. So sweet you can't eat more than one in one go.

4. A copy of QuarkXpress The page layout app that I got my hands on. Like all first loves, both adored and despised for what it did to me, and even now today, I still can't get it out of my system.

5. A copy of my quarterly drug prescription All tales to be told could be deciphered from that small piece of paper.

And bonus item:




6. You (http://forums.macrumors.com/)

:)

[Clete2]

A computer, Rush Limbaugh / Ronald Reagan (hey, you can fit people.. and bring people back from the dead, right?), some pictures that I took, and some other things...

[leekohler]

OK, my five.

1. A hardback copy of the I Ching. Not sure which translation, but probably Wilhelm or Karcher. The Book of Change, many many thousands of years old, it sees all things both near and far. One recent regret I have is not reading it enough over the past year or so.

Isn't that the truth? Thanks for reminding me. I have the illustrated Tao de Ching. Good stuff for reminding us to swim with the current...

2. A copy of a David Lynch film on DVD: Inland Empire It's about a woman in trouble, and is a meditation on identity, personality, grief and redemption. Many won't get it, but some will. You may have to watch it four or five times to get the gist of it, though. Best watched on a dark day.

I knew you would love it, and I knew you would get it. :)


4. A copy of QuarkXpress The page layout app that I got my hands on. Like all first loves, both adored and despised for what it did to me, and even now today, I still can't get it out of my system.

Same here, but I'm almost done with it. I've been using InDesign much more- but man does it have some serious flaws.

And you can't have my clock. :)

[Unspoken Demise]

Yes. Except the Sky Ball and the sticky nug ;)

In that case:
1. Xbox 360
2. 32" Flatscreen VIZIO TV
3. Booklet of my games (Gears of War, Gears of War 2, Modern Warfare, Modern Warfare 2, Prince of Persia, Bioshock, Halo 3, Need for Speed Carbon)
4. All of my bills. ;) You can keep those.
5. All 8 seasons of Scrubs. I love that show, and I have them all of DVD. Cant wait for season 9.

No, I do other things other than play video games. Its not my whole life, but when I have spare time from the GF and work, that is my hobby. My vice I suppose.

Now, if I could have extra items
6. A business card for my new company started with another forum member ;) with our website, and on the back a promo code for our app about to be released.
7. A box of condoms. @Lee they are great for every man, gay or straight. ;)
8. A copy of "zombie survival guide."
9. The picture of my dog that I had from age 5-almost 18. He died 3 days before my 18th birthday. :( Im getting a tattoo of him when I get the money)
10. My current cat. You can keep that little *********. :D

[Melrose]

A couple of close friends ("Show me a man's friends and I'll show you the man" or however it goes), a copy of Jimmy Cliff's I Can Clearly Now (I am a very hopeful and hard-to-get-down type of person), a copy of Roberta Flack's First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (allegedly what my mother was humming the first time she held me after I was born... thrown in for silly sentimentality) and a Mac (which tells you I like reliability, quality, and love stylish things... this is MR after all :D)

...and the box its all in is a stucco Arts & Crafts bungalow. ;)

[comictimes]

My box would be big... :p

1. An eight shell
http://www.imperial.ac.uk/pictures/icr_photos/0120/vespoli.jpg

2. My external hard drive, with my music and movies on it

3. My car (I'll be wanting that back)
http://a137.g.akamai.net/f/137/3538/120m/imageonthefly.cars.com/images/?IMG=CAB50SUC071A0101.jpg&width=208&COLOR=ffffff

4. A Michael Crichton book... "Prey" probably

5. A picture of my girlfriend, family... and maybe a couple friends ;)

[Little HZ]

3. A fresh tomato from my garden.


May I have one of those tomatoes, Ugg? I LOVE good, fresh, homegrown tomatoes!! :p

[Zombie Acorn]

A receipt from walmart
My will
A link to my website
A copy of the works of plato
my autobiography that I wrote just for this occasion.

[Tomorrow]

This is an awesome thread idea! Here's my list:

1. A photo of me, my wife, and my son.
2. A wooden puzzle cube.
3. An apron.
4. A mechanical pencil.
5. My wedding ring.

[wvuwhat]

Pack of Marlboro Virginia Blends
Bottle of Johnny Walker, Black/Blue
A Ping Golf Bag
A WVU bumper sticker
AMEX Platinum

[Berlepsch]

1) a cat,
2) a small phial with poison gas,
3) a tiny quantity of radioactive material,
4) a Geiger counter,
5) an electrically triggered hammer.

[Blue Velvet]

1) a cat,
2) a small phial with poison gas,
3) a tiny quantity of radioactive material,
4) a Geiger counter,
5) an electrically triggered hammer.


Nice but indeterminate answer. That's a box I shouldn't probably open. Perhaps.

[iBlue]

http://upc.edesignuk.com/uploads/catmacros/schrodingersLOLcat.jpg

I can't imagine anyone ever wanted to receive packages from Schrödinger.