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Christmas snooping...

i once unwrapped the corner of a lego box, and looked the part number up in the catalog. since then, my parents have gotten much smarter. now, i track any connections through our pfSense router to newegg, apple, asus, and other sites.
 
yellow said:
Muahaa! I don't know whether to applaud you or offer you up to the spanking gods.. :)



Does that mean they'll stay warm longer? Nice.. I smell a fiduciary opportunity..


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fortunately, XRays go right on through with no lasting effects. As long as my wife does not give me a kitten or puppy all will be fine. But I am pretty sure I would smell them before hand.

What is cool is how a new ski jacket when folded upon itself looks radically different when radiographed. You have got zippers but mostly plastic, and some metal grommets, etc. It really looked to me like a collection of fishing lures. Go figure.
 
I am getting.

1. ASUS GeForce 6800XT
2. Postal 2 & its expansion pack
3. Katamari Damacy
4. We Love Katamari
5. Apple Mighty Mouse
6. Quake 4

I check my parents email at this time of year....IT NOT BAD...I just hate surprises....like shirts and pants from old navy...grrrr....
 
seamuskrat said:
fortunately, XRays go right on through with no lasting effects. As long as my wife does not give me a kitten or puppy all will be fine. But I am pretty sure I would smell them before hand.

What is cool is how a new ski jacket when folded upon itself looks radically different when radiographed. You have got zippers but mostly plastic, and some metal grommets, etc. It really looked to me like a collection of fishing lures. Go figure.
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Guess you have to start bringing them in for more detailed analysis. Like maybe an MRI or something? :p
 
emw said:
Like maybe an MRI or something? :p
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LOL.. hopefully no one will get him a set of throwing knives or shuriken!

"Man chopped to bits trying to peek at Christmas gifts, Santa sez: Serves him right!"
 
I used too, but recently I've become in love with surprises. I dont even let my girlfriend talk about presents because I search for clues. I want to have NO idea what I'm getting! except the main present.

I'm an ex-snooper :) I even borrowed my mates GBA box one Christmas and compared it to wrapped boxes in the attic. :D

I do know I'm getting a Dell 2005FPW monitor to replace my TV. I also know I have something else off my parents, i'm 99% sure its a DS game. Tony Hawks most likely. It's only 2 weeks after christmas day that its my birthday so its surprise time again
 
When I was a kid, I'd find the C64 games that my mum would hide under the bed, take them to my room and copy them so I could play them before Christmas! :D
 
Ok I admit, I hit the jackpot once and found almost all the presents destined for my brother and I one Christmas.
inviso-location -> in the trunk of my dad's 'summer car' (for those of you who are hunting or trying to hide presents from little eyes) :cool:

I also must admit it was a rush finding them, but it absolutely wrecked the anticipation and fun of Christmas morning. All and all I wish I never did it, but then again it was one of those things that only experince can teach you a life long lesson. Of course I still get curious about 'what's under the tree' for me, but I consider that anticipation now part of the joy and magic of Christmas.
 
I'm surprised by how many people search for their Christmas presents before Christmas. I don't think I ever have. Maybe I gave a sort of half-hearted attempt once when I was younger, but nothing besides that. It would totally ruin Christmas. Nothing would be a surprise. And the poor people who gave you a present, they get no reaction at all to you being surprised. I definitely go out of my way not to know what I'm getting. It's so much more fun.
 
I always know what I'm getting for xmas cause my parents can't figure out what to get me so they always ask me what I want.

this year is a 17" LCD and the verizon Razr.
 
I'm not a snooper. I like being surprised, though I tend to be a good guesser. I once found some hidden Christmas presents once, a bunch of posters that I ordered online (that my parents paid for and put under the tree). You would think then that I didn't "find" them since I already knew what they were...but my parents are into the whole "forgetting you bought it so you will be surprised" thing and didn't tell me they had come. They let me call the poster company for a month because I thought they never were shipped :p

I will point out that they were very badly hidden. My mom "hid" them in the trunk of her Jeep, just the poster tube by itself, and then picked me up from school. First thing I did was open the trunk and put my backpack in there :)
 
i know exactly what i am getting this year and its exact location in the house. my dad even called when he was getting it to make sure it was the right thing. then they didn't even bother to hide it, just stuck it underneath the desk. is a Canon A620 digital camera. and its killing me that i know its there, but can't use it yet.
 
As a kid I was a major snooper. The scotch tape removal and everything. Now not so much, but I don't have to guess very hard at my presents these days anyway. My family is of the tell-me-what-you-want-and-I-will-get-it type so I just give them a few ideas and they are almost always the exact things I get. This year my wife is taking me with her to get my presents. I even get to pick them out. Of course, I wont be returning the favor for her. She still has to wait. ;)
 
But....I thought Father Christmas brought me my presents? How could I snoop on him? ;)
 
yea i already did... i came home from school and snooped around. i found my brother's video ipod, i tried to find my but i ordered it off the internet with the the dumb laser engraved with my name (i didn't want it but my dad wanted it... my family guy dvd's the third series..... some clothes for my brother... the shipping box for the JBL onstage II

i can't wait any longer i want my video ipod.....( i saw someone watching a video on the other day, this was the first time seeing in the real word... man does it look good) :)
 
Lau said:
But....I thought Father Christmas brought me my presents? How could I snoop on him? ;)
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Funny you should mention that-- Santa's gifts for my sister and me are still über-confidential. :D
 
Lau said:
But....I thought Father Christmas brought me my presents? How could I snoop on him? ;)
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Of course he does, but just like you buy a present for your parents, they buy one for you too :p Of course you can't snoop on Father Christmas; an attempt would automatically put you in the 'naughty' category and ensure a piece of coal in your stocking...
 
Applespider said:
Of course he does, but just like you buy a present for your parents, they buy one for you too :p Of course you can't snoop on Father Christmas; an attempt would automatically put you in the 'naughty' category and ensure a piece of coal in your stocking...
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Coal? Oh...ok. <shuts wardrobe> :p
 
Applespider said:
Of course you can't snoop on Father Christmas; an attempt would automatically put you in the 'naughty' category and ensure a piece of coal in your stocking...
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and you wouldn't want coal in your stockings... you'd be scrubbing your legs for weeks afterwards... :p
 
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