C.A.R.E. Packages

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My mother sent me a package of random stuff "cause there's a war on".

Two jiffy bags of chocolate chip cookies (slightly crushed) - you know, cause of English war rations.

A water bottle (empty) in the shape of a Powerpuff Girl.

Bandages. Powerpuff Girls themed bandages, in fact.

A map of New York State. You know, in case I need to find my way back home.

A disposable camera. To "take pictures of myself" - I suppose so if I die, she can remember what I look like.

Oh yeah, a birthday card. Twee as f@ck, featuring singing kittens and dalmations.

Have you ever been sent a bizarre Care Package, and ifso, what was in it?

And if you were going to send a Care Package to a loved one, what would *you* put in it?

― kate, Tuesday, 1 April 2003 06:32 (twenty-one years ago) link

no fishnets?

― felicity (felicity), Tuesday, 1 April 2003 06:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

Kate, you've seen the kind of shite my mum sends me.

― suzy (suzy), Tuesday, 1 April 2003 06:40 (twenty-one years ago) link

Kate the Saint is it your birthday?

― felicity (felicity), Tuesday, 1 April 2003 06:43 (twenty-one years ago) link

It's my birthday in another 9 days. But you know transatlantic post...

― kate, Tuesday, 1 April 2003 06:48 (twenty-one years ago) link

I'd send packages of french tintin biscuits to everyone.
Tho', I would probably be the only one to survive on them.

http://www.pierretintin.ch/figurine/jeux/jeu_a.JPG

So, if it's your birthday, here's some cookies for Kate.

― Erik, Tuesday, 1 April 2003 06:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

thankfully my mum (she of the sequinned baseball cap and gold lame jacket) only ever sent me money

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 1 April 2003 06:50 (twenty-one years ago) link

Thanks, Erik! That's lovely! I hope the biscuits last until the 10th, though... I know that my mum's cookies won't! Yum!

― kate, Tuesday, 1 April 2003 06:51 (twenty-one years ago) link

My mum will shortly give me a dubious t-shirt and some bermuda shorts. She thinks one simply *has* to buy bermuda shorts in California.

― Mark C (Mark C), Tuesday, 1 April 2003 08:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

The last care package I sent had Dunkin Donuts hazelnut coffee, some tins of lemon drops, a Windtalkers DVD, a goofy card, a VHS tape of a Nova show, and some other silliness.

My mom never sent me any care packages when I was in college, despite dropping lots of hints. My grandma, though, used to send AWESOME chocolate chip cookies. yum.

― lyra (lyra), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 01:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

I love getting care packages (hint hint), and I love sending them to long-distance friends. Usually the packages I send consist of a mix CD and whatever goofy pop-culture detritus I have lying around my house. Once I sent a friend a box with a couple of CDs cushioned by two large bags of fresh saltwater taffy. He was most appreciative.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 04:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

three years pass...

What is the C.A.R.E. supposed to stand for?

― Abbott (Abbott), Sunday, 9 July 2006 02:53 (seventeen years ago) link

Crazy Ass Resource Enhancement

― Sara R-C (Sara R-C), Sunday, 9 July 2006 03:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Cleveland Area Rubato Enforcers

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Sunday, 9 July 2006 03:26 (seventeen years ago) link

Coming Around Regarding Emeritus

― rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 9 July 2006 06:08 (seventeen years ago) link

Concentrate And Recognize Ergonomics

― rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 9 July 2006 06:09 (seventeen years ago) link

no but this is also the first thing i thought when i saw this thread title - acronym wha?

i also thought of homemade cookies. and tea towels.

― rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 9 July 2006 06:11 (seventeen years ago) link

Can't Anyone Rationalize Everything

― rrrobyn sharkattack battleforcenet (rrrobyn), Sunday, 9 July 2006 06:12 (seventeen years ago) link

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