'It isn't busy' I said...

[bunn]

In my last post with the dragon where I mentioned I had been Left in Charge.  This happy state of affairs persisted until Friday, when suddenly the orders began pouring in, and they continued pouring in until Sunday. I think there were probably about... 40 of them? Most were for several items each!

I went to the post-office twice on Monday and Pp went once too! Fortunately though, because of the sheer VOLUME of orders, there was no point stressing about them: I found and packed as many as I could, but it was obvious they weren't all going to be able to be done and some would have to wait till Pp got back from UK Games Expo, where he bought a truly monstrous amount of Stuff. Still, the orders are all done now, and as Pp says, they cleared some space for all the things now sitting all over the house in boxes...

Had to organise our first order to be sent to North Macedonia, which seemed like it was going to be a bit of a problem, until Postoffice G, put on his mettle by the challenge, discovered that the PO still classifies North Macedonia as Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and files it under F (not M or N).  This meant that the parcel could be sent for 26 quid, rather than the DPD quote of £130.

Pleased by this, PO G announced that we must try to sell something to either North Korea or Kazakhstan, because he has not yet managed to send anything to either of those countries.  His Mum, PO J,  is now considering setting up a bingo card for 'weird places that have to be sent roleplaying games'.

I also learned that in our village there is a small business that makes dolls house furniture, and another that makes decorative thimbles, and both of those had also had a busy weekend.  We are fairly sure, however, that this must be coincidence.  SURELY these aren't the same people ordering old D&D, miniature tables and thimbles...?

Comments

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Is it possible the orders tied in with people being paid at the end of the month last Friday. So it was 'ooh, look at all that money, quick I must spend some of it'. Not that I've ever thought this ;)

[bunn.livejournal.com]

... ON THIMBLES? (I'm probably dismissing thimbles too easily, I fall into the category of... but why would you need more than one??? There are probably people who think this about... I dunno, pencil sharpeners, an item of which I have a vast and varied supply, and am always losing.)

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

People collect them. If you go to gift shops you'll often find decorative thimbles for sale. And because they're small you don't need a huge cabinet to display them.

[king-pellinor.livejournal.com]

Thinking of weeks spent playing D&D with lots of miniatures wanting scenery to hide behind in combat, and people embroidering while waiting for their initiative to come round again, I can't see it as coincidental at all :-)

[bunn.livejournal.com]

... OK, I admit that was EXACTLY where my mind went too, but... surely that isn't such a common thing that 40+ people are preparing to do it in one weekend, is it? Or, maybe it is...

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

I would very happily play a D&D campaign in which our party's miniatures moved through an exquisitely furnished dollshouse. I'm not sure if the Thimbles are the enemies we need to battle (or, more likely, outwit by using our 18 skill points in tea party etiquette) or the helpful and friendly denizens. In the latter case, I see them as looking a bit like moles, though, standing on their back legs and wearing gingham and spectacles. I can't quite see what they'd look like if hostile. Still a little mole-like, perhaps, but more gelatinous, and with no gingham.

Post Office Bingo would need to be 3D. 3 cards on different levels, one for RPGs, one for thimbles, one for dollshouses. You score for a line on any card, but also for an obscure country that has received all 3 items. Sounds like fun! :-D

[bunn.livejournal.com]

There is something very comical, but also faintly menacing about the word 'thimble' now you mention it...

I think PO J had a rather simpler bingo in mind, since I don't think the thimbles and dolls houses are exported, but I could be wrong. Perhaps I should find the Thimble Queen and the Maker of Doll's Houses and try to persuade them to export, in the interests of providing the PO family with more complex bingo entertainment.