need ideas for care pkg joke

<p>The toilet paper simply meets the criteria of a lame item.</p>

<p>I explained that care packages were usually food or little personal care or electronics items that make life easier to live.</p>

<p>snowball – good question about the silly putty. I haven’t seen a comic book in a long time, but from what I can remember, the paper was very similar to newsprint. I think there’s a good chance it would work.</p>

<p>my D LOVES playdough</p>

<p>cgm that’s so cute!</p>

<p>Music – Spaced Out: The Best of Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner</p>

<p>Book – one of William Shatner’s books</p>

<p>Toy – Gumby</p>

<p>Personal Grooming – an electric toothbrush shaped like a car or spiderman</p>

<p>Candy – Boston Baked Beans or Milk Duds or similar</p>

<p>mstee- good choices, you made me think of a couple more:
How about Dr. Demento’s Greatest hits
or Weird Al Yankovic.</p>

<p>One of my son’s favorite lame cd’s is Tom Leher- especially the periodic table minute waltz. (Really appropriate for kids at MIT, I believe).</p>

<p>Animaniacs DVD! (It qualifies as both lame and something they’ll actually use.)</p>

<p>How about his blankie? My D took hers! Hey if it gives her comfort, it’s better than a boy!</p>

<p>If you are big on practical jokes……stop by a beauty salon, ask for one of their old copies of “Cosmo”, “Brides Magazine” or “Weddings”. :smiley: :smiley: :D</p>

<p>Cards and poker chips are LAME?? Those are among the very few items my son remembered to pack.</p>

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Slight aside: This Flash animation of [Lehrer’s</a> “The Elements”](<a href=“http://www.privatehand.com/flash/elements.html]Lehrer’s”>www.privatehand.com/flash/elements.html) is one of the best little 3-minute illustrations I’ve ever seen. I go watch it every so often and smile.</p>

<p>Wednesday the 19th is International Talk Like a Pirate Day
<a href=“International Talk Like A Pirate Day – Sept. 19, every year since 2002”>International Talk Like A Pirate Day – Sept. 19, every year since 2002;

<p>I’ve already sent my son a pirate eye patch and bandana.</p>

<p>Thanks for the Elements flash link. I can’t believe I haven’t seen it before.</p>

<p>The Elements link (thanks Mootmom) reminded me of this <a href=“http://dingo.care2.com/cards/flash/5409/galaxy.swf[/url]”>http://dingo.care2.com/cards/flash/5409/galaxy.swf&lt;/a&gt; Something I turn every now and then and I sent to my S last year.</p>

<p>The Galaxy- most excellent! I just sent it on to S, and a group of (um, what’s another word for nerd?) friends.
Oddly enough, H. is now whistling the tune…</p>

<p>I am LOVIN’ these links!! Anymore?!</p>

<p>S just called asking me to send a frying pan, a strainer and a pot to “boil stiff in.” (No meal plan on weekends.)
OOOh, I think I’m going to have some fun with this one!!
Thanks for all the ideas.</p>

<p>midmo—I laughed at your response…although Astrogirl took 5 decks of cards with her, she did request some poker chips—dad sent off his version of care package last week!</p>

<p>I just got some Halloween pumpkin-shaped “peeps” to send to her; also picked up a pencil with the logo of our local community college. I attached a note on it that said, “when things get tough, just remember you have another option.”</p>

<p>DrDrewsMom</p>

<p>They have some fun kinds of chewing gum (e.g. Nihilist gum “we don’t believe in flavor”) at archie mcphee (<a href=“http://www.mcphee.com)%5B/url%5D”>www.mcphee.com)</a>. Also lots of other cool stuff like hand-held catapults (with “flying ninjas” rubber chickens, etc), goofy temporary tattoos, things like sushi-patterned waste baskets.</p>

<p>I just sent DS a birthday pkg from there. I think I may order stuff for Hallowe’en when the time comes.</p>

<p>Matchbox or Hot Wheels cars
Legos
sticker books
finger paints
anything TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)</p>