What a Xmas pressie!!!

[DeezMan 4]

After being a Demons Member for a little bit (being 23 years old)... going into 2011 I wanted to join my old man as an AFL Member with MFC Club Support.

Dad works at the NAB so I've been asking if he can waive the "startup fee" for me seeing as NAB are sponsors but he kept telling me to probably wait until the season gets a bit closer (early in the New Year).

So for Chrissy, what did I get?

An AFL Membership with Dees Club Support to be sent out to me Feb!!! :D

Awesome present that I can't wait to receive in the mail! Seeing as I'm moving out early Jan it's going to be great to have that father-son football bonding session every week.

[Jarka 767]

Nab employees gets the AFL Memberships very cheaply, I think about a third off.

It's a pity you didn't get a MFC membership as 100% of it goes directly to the club.

[rpfc 29,044]

  On 26/12/2010 at 23:16, Jarka said:

Nab employees gets the AFL Memberships very cheaply, I think about a third off.

It's a pity you didn't get a MFC membership as 100% of it goes directly to the club.

As long as he shops at the Demon Shop all is forgiven.

For one equates to the other.

[daisycutter 30,027]

  On 27/12/2010 at 01:53, rpfc said:

As long as he shops at the Demon Shop all is forgiven.

For one equates to the other.

Dear Dorothy rpfc

For Xmas I received the Norm Smith book Red Fox from an old friend.

It wasn't bought at the Demon Store.

The old friend is a staunch Swan's fan. Should I say something to her and risk offending her?

Should I try and return the book to the store, get a refund and repurchase the book at the Demon Store?

Unfortunately the old friend owns the book store where it was purchased.

I'm in such a quandry dear Dorothy rpfc, please advise me.

Yours in confusion and guilt, Daisycutter

P.S. True story

[RalphiusMaximus 6,112]

  On 27/12/2010 at 02:14, daisycutter said:

Dear Dorothy rpfc

For Xmas I received the Norm Smith book Red Fox from an old friend.

It wasn't bought at the Demon Store.

The old friend is a staunch Swan's fan. Should I say something to her and risk offending her?

Should I try and return the book to the store, get a refund and repurchase the book at the Demon Store?

Unfortunately the old friend owns the book store where it was purchased.

I'm in such a quandry dear Dorothy rpfc, please advise me.

Yours in confusion and guilt, Daisycutter

P.S. True story

Funny. I got that book too.

[DeezMan 4]

  On 27/12/2010 at 02:14, daisycutter said:

Dear Dorothy rpfc

For Xmas I received the Norm Smith book Red Fox from an old friend.

It wasn't bought at the Demon Store.

The old friend is a staunch Swan's fan. Should I say something to her and risk offending her?

Should I try and return the book to the store, get a refund and repurchase the book at the Demon Store?

Unfortunately the old friend owns the book store where it was purchased.

I'm in such a quandry dear Dorothy rpfc, please advise me.

Yours in confusion and guilt, Daisycutter

P.S. True story

Hahaha nice one.

Geez, it was a pressie!! The Membership will go towards the Dees' membership count and they'll still receive a portion of $$ even if my dad did get it at a discount.

Adding to that, if people really wish to know... yes I'll be purchasing Melbourne's new guernsey mid-2011 FROM THE DEMONS SHOP!

Hope I've satisfied... somewhat.

[rpfc 29,044]

  On 27/12/2010 at 02:14, daisycutter said:

Dear Dorothy rpfc

For Xmas I received the Norm Smith book Red Fox from an old friend.

It wasn't bought at the Demon Store.

The old friend is a staunch Swan's fan. Should I say something to her and risk offending her?

Should I try and return the book to the store, get a refund and repurchase the book at the Demon Store?

Unfortunately the old friend owns the book store where it was purchased.

I'm in such a quandry dear Dorothy rpfc, please advise me.

Yours in confusion and guilt, Daisycutter

P.S. True story

No, mitigating circumstances.

But if she ever converted to the 'right' side then she would have to buy a membership or do her purchasing at the Demon Shop.

[rpfc 29,044]

  On 27/12/2010 at 02:29, DeezMan said:

Hahaha nice one.

Geez, it was a pressie!! The Membership will go towards the Dees' membership count and they'll still receive a portion of $$ even if my dad did get it at a discount.

Adding to that, if people really wish to know... yes I'll be purchasing Melbourne's new guernsey mid-2011 FROM THE DEMONS SHOP!

Hope I've satisfied... somewhat.

Not somewhat - entirely.

For as long as you buy from the Demon Shop that is just as good as buying a membership.

[daisycutter 30,027]

  On 27/12/2010 at 07:14, rpfc said:

No, mitigating circumstances.

But if she ever converted to the 'right' side then she would have to buy a membership or do her purchasing at the Demon Shop.

Dear Dorothy rpfc,

Thank you so much for your sage advice. Its comforting to know someone is the guardian of MFC morals and ethics. You have lifted a great load off my shoulders.

.....or at least I thought so. I have since found out my copy of the Red Fox is a remainder. The great Norm a remainder! The indignity! Imagine my humiliation and feelings of guilt. Now I feel doubly wronged.

I had thoughts of revenge, but I can't find any copies of Geoffrey Edelsten's biography in any remainder bookstore. Now I have homicidal thoughts towards my friend and I can no longer sleep at night.

Please help me Dorothy rpfc before I do something I may regret.

Yours even more desperately, Daisycutter

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

[rpfc 29,044]

  On 27/12/2010 at 08:01, daisycutter said:

Dear Dorothy rpfc,

Thank you so much for your sage advice. Its comforting to know someone is the guardian of MFC morals and ethics. You have lifted a great load off my shoulders.

.....or at least I thought so. I have since found out my copy of the Red Fox is a remainder. The great Norm a remainder! The indignity! Imagine my humiliation and feelings of guilt. Now I feel doubly wronged.

I had thoughts of revenge, but I can't find any copies of Geoffrey Edelsten's biography in any remainder bookstore. Now I have homicidal thoughts towards my friend and I can no longer sleep at night.

Please help me Dorothy rpfc before I do something I may regret.

Yours even more desperately, Daisycutter

Huh?

Not really getting the Dorothy reference.

And you do know I'm being facetious in this thread, yeah?

I mean, I'm flogging a dead horse for those who 'get' what I'm saying, but...I'm bored.

You know what they say about idle hands...

[rpfc 29,044]

  On 27/12/2010 at 08:15, Clint Bizkit said:

The guy on the left looks like the guy from Die Hard. The bloke who gets himself killed.

Great movie, though. I should have stayed and watched the marathon yesterday instead of going to the cricket.

[daisycutter 30,027]

  On 27/12/2010 at 08:20, rpfc said:

Huh?

I mean, I'm flogging a dead horse for those who 'get' what I'm saying, but...I'm bored.

That makes two of us

You can be too serious sometimes (in your response, I mean)

  On 27/12/2010 at 08:20, rpfc said:

You know what they say about idle hands...

Lets at least keep it clean B)

[rpfc 29,044]

Can we have a moratorium of emoticons?

Overused...

3 lines, DC. And two emoticons?

It's excessive.

Just alot of emotion in small moving-picture form.

We have hijacked this thread...

So, yeah, good present.

Umm, I got some ties, and a book on 'famous last words'.

Should be an enthralling 15 mins that book...

[Sir Why You Little 37,499]

  On 27/12/2010 at 02:14, daisycutter said:

Dear Dorothy rpfc

For Xmas I received the Norm Smith book Red Fox from an old friend.

It wasn't bought at the Demon Store.

The old friend is a staunch Swan's fan. Should I say something to her and risk offending her?

Should I try and return the book to the store, get a refund and repurchase the book at the Demon Store?

Unfortunately the old friend owns the book store where it was purchased.

I'm in such a quandry dear Dorothy rpfc, please advise me.

Yours in confusion and guilt, Daisycutter

P.S. True story

HaHaHa!! Magnificent piece of writing, this should be published in the Woman's Weekly without a doubt!!!

[jayceebee31 768]

  On 27/12/2010 at 09:00, rpfc said:

Can we have a moratorium of emoticons?

Overused...

3 lines, DC. And two emoticons?

It's excessive.

Just alot of emotion in small moving-picture form.

We have hijacked this thread...

So, yeah, good present.

Umm, I got some ties, and a book on 'famous last words'.

Should be an enthralling 15 mins that book...

Dear Dorothy,prefer this name to Prof---- who did you watch at the cricket-- Canberra (STC Puma's or the Northside Lightning...)..?

[daisycutter 30,027]

  On 27/12/2010 at 08:20, rpfc said:

Huh?

Not really getting the Dorothy reference.

FYI DOROTHY DIX

"Gilmer was born on the Woodstock plantation located on the borders of Montgomery County, Tennessee and Todd County, Kentucky. Her journalism career began after a chance meeting with Eliza Nicholson, the owner of the New Orleans newspaper Daily Picayune in 1893. Elizabeth first used the pen name Dorothy Dix in 1896 for her column in the Picayune; Dorothy, because she liked the name, and Dix in honor of an old family slave named Mr. Dick who had saved the Meriwether family silver during the Civil War. Within months the column was renamed to Dorothy Dix Talks and under that name was to become the world’s longest-running newspaper feature.

The column's widespread popularity began in 1923 when Dix signed with the Philadelphia-based Public Ledger Syndicate. At various times the column was published in 273 papers. At its peak in 1940, Dix was receiving 100,000 letters a year and her estimated reading audience was about 60 million in countries including United States, UK, Australia, New Zealand, South America, China, and Canada. One of her most famous single columns was Dictates for a Happy Life, a ten-point plan for happiness, which had to be frequently reprinted due to popular demand."

Surprised you had never heard of her, its in the aussie vernacular

I hate it when you have to explain flippancies

and.......no emoticons....but i was tempted

football off season, cricket unbearable, what else is there to do but hijack threads?

[rpfc 29,044]

  On 27/12/2010 at 09:10, daisycutter said:

FYI DOROTHY DIX

"Gilmer was born on the Woodstock plantation located on the borders of Montgomery County, Tennessee and Todd County, Kentucky. Her journalism career began after a chance meeting with Eliza Nicholson, the owner of the New Orleans newspaper Daily Picayune in 1893. Elizabeth first used the pen name Dorothy Dix in 1896 for her column in the Picayune; Dorothy, because she liked the name, and Dix in honor of an old family slave named Mr. Dick who had saved the Meriwether family silver during the Civil War. Within months the column was renamed to Dorothy Dix Talks and under that name was to become the world’s longest-running newspaper feature.

The column's widespread popularity began in 1923 when Dix signed with the Philadelphia-based Public Ledger Syndicate. At various times the column was published in 273 papers. At its peak in 1940, Dix was receiving 100,000 letters a year and her estimated reading audience was about 60 million in countries including United States, UK, Australia, New Zealand, South America, China, and Canada. One of her most famous single columns was Dictates for a Happy Life, a ten-point plan for happiness, which had to be frequently reprinted due to popular demand."

Surprised you had never heard of her, its in the aussie vernacular

I hate it when you have to explain flippancies

and.......no emoticons....but i was tempted

football off season, cricket unbearable, what else is there to do but hijack threads?

You learn something new...

Well, at least your flippancies are worth something and are at least worthwhile to wander one's eyes over.

You can't say that for everyone...

And no, I am not being self reflective.

[Keyser Söze 0]

I'm unfamiliar with the concept of a "remainder".

If you're still bored, any chance you can explain that one..?

Cheers

[daisycutter 30,027]

  On 27/12/2010 at 09:31, Keyser Söze said:

I'm unfamiliar with the concept of a "remainder".

If you're still bored, any chance you can explain that one..?

Cheers

Keyser, "remainders" are the books left over at the distributors after the normal wholesale sales to the regular book retailers have slowed down. i.e. end-of-life remainders. These are usually sold off in bulk to the secondary remainder-specialist book stores at a pittance of the original price

[Keyser Söze 0]

I see. Thanks for that.

[Summer Blease 0]

I have never heard of Dorothy Dix either. I thought you were having a go at rpfc- she is in the Aussie vernacular? Really?

I swear to god I went to a sh*t school!!

[dee-eee 231]

I reckon as late as the 1970's " Dorothy Dix " was still answering letters on romantic topics in one of the prominent womens' magazines. The expression " Dorothy Dix-er " was used with scorn during Question Time in parliament when a minister was given a set-up,soft question from his/her own side. Nowdays, this is of course USUAL PRACTICE !

[daisycutter 30,027]

  On 27/12/2010 at 11:15, nostradeemus said:

I have never heard of Dorothy Dix either. I thought you were having a go at rpfc- she is in the Aussie vernacular? Really?

I swear to god I went to a sh*t school!!

maybe i'm just older than i think

or reliving my youth

Dorothy Dix answered people personal questions in a magazine/newspaper column often but not necessarily about romantic issues.

Hence the expression "Dear Dorothy" or "Dear Dorothy Dix" when seeking advice on what to do with personal issues. The answers were generally predicatable

As someone else pointed out a "Dorothy Dixer" became a term in parliament in Aus (and still is I think) hence I assumed rpfc living in Canberra would be familiar with

The Truth newspaper had a similar (but seedier and absurd) column called Heartbalm (the letters were mainly written by the staff over drunken lunches)

The Ages Good Weekend liftout currently has a short funny column too (can't remember the name)

[Watt and Howe? 16]

I received 2 Demon dvd's, a melbourne key (that you can cut), and a luggage tag from my partners grandparents for Christmas over here in Perth. Gotta love it!