PH Secret Santa 2013 - The Santae Strikes Back

[The Beaver King]

PH Secret Santa 2013 - The Santae Strikes Back

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the second PH Secret Santa thread.

This year follows on from our highly successful SS thread of last year: PH Secret Santa 2012

If you would like to participate this time round, please read the wall of text below that outlines the rules. Please try to adhere to them where possible and if you have any questions, just ask.

The basic format is thus:

• Starting from today, register your interest by send me a PM with your details on (summary of required details is in the rules below).
• On the 4th/5th of November you will receive an email with your gift recipient's (read target) details.
• Stalking of your target can then commence. Checking through post history, getting to know your target and learning about them is all part of the fun. Use this info to decide on a perfect gift for them.
• Once purchased, wrap your gift and post to target. Target spend is £10 plus P&P.
• Drop me an email to let me know it's been dispatched.
• Sit back and wait until Christmas when you can open your gift!

If you need to get a message to your Secret Santa or giftee, drop me a PM. Every few days I will read out a list of anonymous messages and list who they are for. This saves people giving away their identity and exposing themselves to their SS.

Secret Santas are arranged in a series/chain format i.e. A --> B --> C --> D etc, so nobody will know who has whom (expect me).

Rules as follows:

PH Secret Santa Rules said:

• Secret Santa, add your name to the list and then pop me a PM with your username, real name, address, a small list of likes/dislikes and whether NSFW things are acceptable (nobody wants to open a box containing a dildo in front of little Johnny on Xmas morning).
• Anybody with allergies or things, please mention in the email.
• Target spend is £10 + postage.
• There are a few international PH'ers involved. If you don't want to pay that little extra for postage please say in your email. If you are a kind hearted soul and actually want an international PH'er then please say this (You never know, one good present and you could have a free holiday home. I know Adenauer lives by the 'ring...). Any secret santas without a preference will be used in the case there are not enough people volunteering to do it.
• Closing date is 6pm Friday 1st November, on the Monday/Tuesday (4th/5th) I will issue everyone an email with the details of your secret santa.
• Non-senders will be named and shamed.
• If a person has specifically requested NOT to receive a certain gift (a common example being a dildo), please do not send them it. As Papa Hotel has quite rightly said IT WOULD BE BAD FORM (repeatedly)...
• Also, if you haven't received a gift let me know. Christmas mail is busy and some of the post to international PH'ers may take longer.
• All record of addresses will be destroyed after secret santa is completed.
• Photographs of received gifts on here after Christmas.

There may be occasional updates to the rules above, please keep an eye on them.

We had a 99% success rate last year, with only one person not receiving a gift (which was coming from the Philippines) from 50 participants. I would like to maintain this high standard, so if you are not 100% sure you can participate, then don't sign up.

If you need to withdraw before the close date, drop me an email.

If there are any issues, PM me and I'll do my best to sort it out.

We'll create a table in here of those involved, similar to last year.

The spend is set at £10 plus P&P. I know for a fact that some people spent more than that last year (it's easy when you get caught up in the excitement). It's really up to you how much you spend, but £10 is the target cost.



Most importantly; enjoy it, it's a lot of fun.


If I've missed anything. I'll update shortly.

I may occasionally be unavailable, in which case Deputy Doofy will be around to help.


Wiki Table Update

table

Edited by The Beaver King on Monday 23 December 09:04

[The Beaver King]

Table to update with those involved so far:

=Member=	=Email Sent?=
The Beaver King	Yes

[The Beaver King]

Landlord said:

rr... 49 out of 50 is 98%.

Sorry.

Depends on your logic.

50 participants. 50 gifts sent, 49 gifts received. I'm basing it on two actions, although that's probably wrong...

[The Beaver King]

Mr Roper said:

I'm thinking this will roll into the hundreds....

Fair play BK.

eta

Oh and for god sake don't team me up with Chunk..We buy each other enough crap already.

We'll see. It would be nice to get a hundred this year, the variety will add to the fun.

Haha, well the order is randomised so the odds are in your favour

[The Beaver King]

=Member=	=Email Sent?=
The Beaver King	Yes
Mr Roper	Yes
Chunkymonkey71	Yes
DeputyDoofy	Yes
Adenauer	Yes
Art0ir	Yes
Vixen1700	Yes

[The Beaver King]

=Member=	=Email Sent?=
The Beaver King	Yes
Mr Roper	Yes
Chunkymonkey71	Yes
DeputyDoofy	Yes
Adenauer	Yes
Art0ir	Yes
Vixen1700	Yes
GOG440	Yes
NoNeed	Yes
Firefoot	Yes

[The Beaver King]

I'll confirm that I've received emails off everyone later. If you haven't sent one, please do so before the closing date (1st November).

In the meantime, feel free to drop obvious clues to gifts you'd like in your posts.

[The Beaver King]

Council Baby said:

I'd really like to buy a present for a female, if I promise not to hand deliver it, hide in the bushes outside their house or go within 500 yards of them without consent could this be arranged?

I'm now awaiting the influx of messages from the female PH contingent begging not to get CB as their secret santa

[The Beaver King]

In the words of JAYB; Jesus Christ.

Immediately 3 people have failed to send their info on the email correctly...! Not only that, they're all people who took part last year. For shame on Mr Roper, Deputy Doofy and NoNeed

Come on boys, even CB managed to get it right (well, on the second attempt....)


If you got involved last year, I haven't got your details anymore....


I sold them to the NSA and deleted all the evidence

[The Beaver King]

Mr Roper said:

Sorry BK.

The rest of you can suck my big hairy balls.

ETA

Done

That's quite alright Mr Roper. I'm expecting those from last year to lead by example...

Except Doofy, my expectations aren't that high for him

[The Beaver King]

Adenauer said:

Admittedly, he was as thick as two short planks at times last year, but he did make an effort.

Gave us a few laughs too.

Indeed, he was very amusing and a great help:

[The Beaver King]

Message for The Moose.

Did you manage to send off Lawrence's replacement gift? If not, I have an address. Drop me a PM and let me know on here.

[The Beaver King]

=Member=	=Email Sent?=
The Beaver King	Yes
Mr Roper	Yes
Chunkymonkey71	Yes
DeputyDoofy	Yes
Adenauer	Yes
Art0ir	Yes
Vixen1700	Yes
GOG440	Yes
NoNeed	Yes
Firefoot	Yes
Mini Me	Yes
Council Baby	Yes
Mobile Chicane	Yes
Skilly1	Yes
Planet Claire	Yes
Pot Bellied Fool	Yes
theguvernor	Yes
office_monkey	Yes
Papa Hotel	No
airbrakes	Yes
viperz888	Yes
Glade	Yes
LukeSi	Yes
XG332	Yes
GTIR	Yes
Haddock82	Yes
shirt	Yes
littlegreenfairy	Yes
carreauchompeur	Yes
MrMoonyMan	Yes

[The Beaver King]

=Member=	=Email Sent?=
The Beaver King	Yes
Mr Roper	Yes
Chunkymonkey71	Yes
DeputyDoofy	Yes
Adenauer	Yes
Art0ir	Yes
Vixen1700	Yes
GOG440	Yes
NoNeed	Yes
Firefoot	Yes
Mini Me	Yes
Council Baby	Yes
Mobile Chicane	Yes
Skilly1	Yes
Planet Claire	Yes
Pot Bellied Fool	Yes
theguvernor	Yes
office_monkey	Yes
Papa Hotel	No
airbrakes	Yes
viperz888	Yes
Glade	Yes
LukeSi	Yes
XG332	Yes
GTIR	Yes
Haddock82	Yes
shirt	Yes
littlegreenfairy	Yes
carreauchompeur	Yes
MrMoonyMan	Yes
Benni	Yes

[The Beaver King]

Chunkymonkey71 said:

TBK/Doof- Benni is missing from the table.

Good eyes Chunky.

[The Beaver King]

vixen1700 said:

A pretty decent response after the first day of 2013 SS.

I've started it a bit earlier this year as well, so there is still 2-3 weeks until we close registration.

[The Beaver King]

Just reading through some of the emails.

Christ Almighty, whoever ends up with Shirt as a giftee has a bloody minefield to navigate

[The Beaver King]

Chim said:

Fear not guys, i have arived. The space in the garage for the new Ferrari is still there and waiting from last year

Deputydoofy, remeber, I will be watching you, I will be waiting in the wings, just once, fk up just once and I will be there. I'll be on that badge quicker than junkie on a dropped tenner

I was wondering when you'd show up.

[The Beaver King]

Chim said:

BK, DeputyDoofy is abusing his power and threatening me

I would do something about it, but when he puts that badge on he stops listening to reason.

It's probably best to just whisper sweet nothings in his ear and stand perfectly still, his vision is based on movement.

[The Beaver King]

DeputyDoofy said:

You getting into the Xmas spirit early.

Easy Doofy, he's using bold font so it must
be pretty serious...