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Would you Peek?
Board: Yakking It Up
Dec 8, 2006 7:21am
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My husband bought me a Christmas gift last night. He had to take the seats out of my van and get a neighbor to help him lift it to the car its that big. Now its sitting in my dining room with a blanket over it!! Aarrrgghhh....I know peeking is bad.....but I have never been one for surprises...I told him not to spend money we dont have on anything. He says he is using the money he would be buying cigarettes with for it. He is in the process of quitting smoking.

Knowing him, its probably booby trapped....oh the temptation....Back away from the box....go clean the house or something....thats what I should do right?? Right!?!?!

vicki
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Reply to: #55661 by Crazyolis
Dec 8, 2006 7:27am
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But what happens if you OOPS get the blanket caught in the vacuum and it pulls the blanket off of the box?? ;)

TG
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Reply to: #55661 by Crazyolis
Dec 8, 2006 7:27am
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Maybe one of us could peek for you and then tell you what it is....
He didn't say you couldn't do that, right?

So...here I go....

:O WOW!!!!!!! How did he manage to get you that????????? He must have been planing this for months!
I can't tell you what it is.

(Did you really think I would spoil his surprise?)
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Reply to: #55662 by Trekkie Gal
Dec 8, 2006 7:32am
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That would mean I have to vaccuum?? But it just might work...
LOL!! Loudly!!
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Reply to: #55661 by Crazyolis
Dec 8, 2006 7:40am
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If my husband threw a blanket over it, it's like he would want me to peek.

But to throw him off, I would put a table coth over the blanket, depending on the size, and decorate it with a small tree, lights and tinsle for Christmas. Throw him off.
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Reply to: #55666 by Crazyolis
Dec 8, 2006 7:52am
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Well, you DID mention something about cleaning the house. :)

TG
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Reply to: #55669 by Trekkie Gal
Dec 8, 2006 7:54am
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true..and vaccuuming is something i actually dont mind... wonder how hard i have to bump it to get the blanket to fall off??
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Reply to: #55671 by Crazyolis
Dec 8, 2006 8:16am
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NNOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Then X-mas will be ruined! Tell him to hide it.... or have a neighbor hide it so the temptation is gone. That's what I have to do. :)
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Reply to: #55671 by Crazyolis
Dec 8, 2006 8:28am
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If you have a pretty decent vacum, it shouldn't take long for it to catch the corner of the blanket! Just grab the corner, wait for the noise, and pull the vacum back. The blanket should come off pretty easy!

Just don't let it stay in vacum too long, or you'll ruin it!!! Not that I know from experience or anything.....darn baby socks!!!! ;)

If he's just gonna leave it out in the open with just a blanket on it, he's just begging for you to peek!!!

moonshowr ~who dosen't go looking for stuff, but if it's left like that, I couldn't help myself~
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Reply to: #55678 by Electric City Four
Dec 8, 2006 8:35am
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Quote If he's just gonna leave it out in the open with just a blanket on it, he's just begging for you to peek!!!



Don't do it!!!!!!!



It's a set up...like on Candid Camera!
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Reply to: #55680 by Mn8X
Dec 8, 2006 8:57am
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Good thing its just me and the dog here at home....I am cracking up at these posts.

So far I have been very good. I think the reason its here in the house, is that he has to do something to it....assemble it maybe?? I just dont know...

And you know the worst part, the neighbor that helped him probably went home and told his wife who is a good friend of mine....and i know she wont tell. And my 7 yr old son knows and he is a good secret keeper. I should probably worry about that one....
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Reply to: #55661 by Crazyolis
Dec 8, 2006 9:40am
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Why don't you ask him to store it at the neighbor's house? That way, you don't have to have the temptation.
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Reply to: #55680 by Mn8X
Dec 8, 2006 9:45am
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Quote

Don't do it!!!!!!!



It's a set up...like on Candid Camera!


oh yes! it certainly is... reminds me of the episode in the Dick Van Dyke show where Laura (the wife) opened an 'obvious' hidden present...it was a self inflating lifeboat! a set up by hubby for her curiosity....

(ooops! did I just age myself there?)
~C~
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Reply to: #55687 by Chunna
Dec 8, 2006 10:23am
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you might have aged yourself, except you canalways claim you watched that episode on tvland...which is where I saw it

night writer
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Dec 8, 2006 10:29am
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Quote you watched that episode on tvland

errr..Yeah, yeah, thats right!... I saw it on tvland.... *phew*
(thanks night writer)
~C~
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Reply to: #55661 by Crazyolis
Dec 8, 2006 11:17am
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DO NOT PEEK!!!! I
did that last year. A huge box in the d-room, I peeked.....I wish I didn't.
Don't get me wrong, it was a great gift...(a wine cooler) but I wish I had been surprised.
good luck!
-CCL
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Reply to: #55661 by Crazyolis
Dec 8, 2006 11:30am
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I would have a neighbor definitely hold it...instead of having to look at it all day long, until Christmas....that is just torture. The more you look at it the more things run through your mind (right??) have you already tried to figure out what it is? You run the risk when you open it of either being really right about it....or terribly wrong and then upset cuz it's not what you thought it was.

hang tight.....don't peek
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Reply to: #55661 by Crazyolis
Dec 8, 2006 1:29pm
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Quote Knowing him, its probably booby trapped....oh the temptation....Back away from the box....go clean the house or something....thats what I should do right?? Right!?!?!


you have to ask yourself,how much do you want him to trust you? :)

Shiloh
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Reply to: #55667 by The Traveling Dudeks
Dec 8, 2006 1:53pm
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This might be the best idea. If you add more stuff to cover it up... Make it a real PAIN to get everything off, you'll be less tempted to peek.

Get your husband to tie a length of rope or an extention cord around the blanket so it won't be easy to lift it up and look. For a festive look you could tie tinsel garlands around it.

The more trouble you make it to peek, the less likely you are to do it.

Please don't peek!

Knit Wit
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Dec 8, 2006 2:02pm
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I think you should replace the big box with an equally big box and cover it with the same blanket. Put something interesting in this other box, like the cat's litterbox, or maybe fill it with all the half-finished projects he invariably has lying around in the garage. Or maybe your mother-in-law.
-wassamatta_u
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Reply to: #55725 by wassamatta u
Dec 8, 2006 2:12pm
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Quote Or maybe your mother-in-law


That might get a little noisey....or at least it would around here!
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Reply to: #55725 by wassamatta u
Dec 8, 2006 2:20pm
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Quote I think you should replace the big box with an equally big box and cover it with the same blanket. Put something interesting in this other box,


or go one step further... get the neighbor to remove the box, (so your not tempted to 'peek', replace it with one the same size (as per wassamatta_u's idea) and put a letterbox inside!
~C~
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Reply to: #55728 by Chunna
Dec 8, 2006 2:43pm
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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Plan and Simple............lol. But I really would peek.
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Reply to: #55661 by Crazyolis
Dec 8, 2006 2:58pm
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Would I peek? Shoot, I already did. It's your brand new, hand carved, one of a kind, personal stamp. Now, tell her what she's won, Don Pardoe, for not giving into temptation.
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Reply to: #55661 by Crazyolis
Dec 8, 2006 7:39pm
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My first thought is, if the gift is that large is it really for you? Or does it have another purpose in life... ;)
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Reply to: #55718 by shiloh
Dec 8, 2006 7:43pm
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Quote you have to ask yourself,how much do you want him to trust you? :)

oh the torture...
no way...
he should be asking HIMself...how much do I want to be ABLE to trust her?
if that was in my household...it would be obvious that the present giver would be TRYING to drive the recipient CRAAAAZZZZZY!!!! If you don't want me to look...get ot outta my line of sight ;) and definately not in my kitchen

LOL

dixie
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Reply to: #55725 by wassamatta u
Dec 8, 2006 7:56pm
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Quote I think you should replace the big box with an equally big box and cover it with the same blanket. Put something interesting in this other box, like the cat's litterbox, or maybe fill it with all the half-finished projects he invariably has lying around in the garage.


now see...
wassa is thinking like we do around here.
I woulda already had rocks or a cement block inside a dummy or decoy box...
and if i didn't do it...the kids would :)
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Reply to: #55692 by Romana
Dec 8, 2006 8:06pm
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My 12 yr. old son just read this over my shoulder and laughed saying he saw that Dick Van Dyke show.
dtandfambly
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Reply to: #55728 by Chunna
Dec 8, 2006 8:22pm
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i think you should replace it with a LB with clues to the hidden box (present) so he must find it to put it together to give to you....following me here....make the clues really REALLY hard for payback for tempting you with your present and trying to ruin the surprise!
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Reply to: #55772 by Dixie
Dec 9, 2006 12:28pm
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Quote oh the torture...
no way...
he should be asking HIMself...how much do I want to be ABLE to trust her?
if that was in my household...it would be obvious that the present giver would be TRYING to drive the recipient CRAAAAZZZZZY!!!! If you don't want me to look...get ot outta my line of sight ;) and definately not in my kitchen


Call me different*OK your different* but I like the surprise of opening the gift. If it were my present I would tie the cover on so that it wouldn't get accidently get pulled off.

Shiloh