Birthday Bombs..
phobicsquirrel
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So I was thinking about making a thread on bombs for birthdays. post your B-day and that way if anyone wants to send you a "present" one can. Nothing is guaranteed but I figured it might be a fun thing. I just wanted to know if others would be into this? lets discuss it hear. I'll go ahead and put mine up, May 19th.
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I've converted to Dutys culture "Humidor Hedonism".....let the party begin!!!
that being said...
im not gunna sign up for this for two reasons:
1) i never have room in the humidor
b) i have a hard time sending out packages that arent full of sticks i have yet to try or that i am saving for a special occasion.
if the core group of people here sign up for this we will be sending out sticks all the time. not that i have a problem with that, but my budget might.
But you should see the terror when someone's birthday is getting close.
1) I'd almost feel bad jumping on something like this just because of the timing... My birfday is the 16th of this month...
2) I see the point of making it mandatory... but then again that could get out of hand... What I mean is... Suppose 30 people sign up... That means 30 times a year I'm having to package up some sticks to send to a fellow BOTL... Not to mention the reverse... When my birthday rolls around around getting 30 different packages... I've got three humidors, one of them being a footlocker and there's no chance in hell I'd be able to support that sort of influx...
Because of that... I'd suggest exactly the opposite... No commitment... Throw your birthday out there and when it rolls around hopefully a few others on the board will send you a few sticks...
Yes, hopefully you'd return the kindness for others, since that's what will make the whole thing work...
YES... I realize this means someone could throw their name up and never have any intentions of sending any sticks out...
BUT... I guess I look at it like this... If everyone does that, then it will fail anyway... Nobody will ever receive any sticks... If there are a few who sign up and don't send any out... well... think of it this way....
It's a birthday BOMB... not a pass or a trade... The person is receiving the sticks BECAUSE it's their birthday... In all honestly there shouldn't be any commitment on their part... It's their friggin birthday afterall...
Sure, one would hope that they jump in and try to repay the favor to at least several of the other "b-days" out there... but they certainly shouldn't feel bad about missing a few...
I guess what I'm saying is... If someone wants to send me some sticks for my birthday as a GIFT then great! I'd love it... I for one, like probably most others on this board would be more than happy to repay the favor to others when their b-day rolls around... On the other hand, to feel committed to sending to each and every other person to repay for my "GIFT"... That just somehow seems "wrong" to me... especially when... frankly... my life is WAY WAY WAY too busy for me to have to start worrying about who and when I've gotta send packages out for birthdays... Rather just let me check when I can and mail away when I get the chance and have the sticks to spare...
That's my two cents... for what it's worth... (obviously two cents)...
yeah i kind of like the surprise element rather than expecting something at a certain time...i would feel bad for missing someone and them maybe feeling slighted.....one of the good things about the board is its so relaxed and informal ....sorry pheebs