The Mysterious Box

[cjsmith]

A package arrived yesterday with no return address and no identifying information other than the postmark. Naturally I turned it over to the bomb squad. Two police dogs went crazy over it, but with a strict command from their handler (a wide-shouldered, roughly handsome guy named Chuck) they reluctantly gave the signal that meant they'd detected nothing amiss.

The men moved the mysterious package to an enormous field where they could pry it open remotely with waldoes. Soft packing material began to emerge. I could tell the guys were edgy; such material could have been used in an attempt to keep an explosive device from going off before it reached its intended recipient. A gruff officer pulled me away from the monitors. "You might not want to see it happen, miss," he cautioned.

A half hour later I was presented with the contents. Cat toys, catnip, a pedicure-in-a-box, and some delicious cookies!

Cyd, you total, utter, complete sweetheart! 8-) 8-)

(The guys curtly refused any form of payment, but I saw cookie crumbs in more than one moustache. Apparently they considered themselves well repaid.)

Comments

[therobbergirl.livejournal.com]

*blink*

I want cookies. Uh, I think.

Wow, material goods AND a visit from a roughly handsome fellow with doggies! I'm sorry that you had a scare, though.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Should we discuss having deyo bring the kids by? ;)

[therobbergirl.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, Zoe and Zeppo in the same room!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

They were very good cookies. They are now sadly extinct. 8-)

I feel a little bad that my funning seemed to have made crazyladynocats (the sender) embarrassed. Oops. *blush* (Unless she's funning too.)

[takhisis.livejournal.com]

I'm just cracking up at the mental image of what was going through the dogs' minds.

Dogs: *snf snf snf* OH BOY OH BOY COOKIES NOM NOM NOM

Handler: BOMB? IT'S A BOMB?

Dogs: NO NO NO COOKIES YAYYYYYY!!!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Handler: This is unprofessional behavior!

Dogs: MMM COOKIES [tail-wag tail-wag] DROOOOOOL! Hey, what did the human say?

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

oh no! i forgot my return address?! i'm so sorry you had to go through the bomb squad thing! *hides my face in embarrassment*

and here i was worried the un-sealed catnip would be the only problem! *facepalm*

but i'm sure them testing the cookies was all part of their security measures.

so, um, uh, Happy Birthday!

*slinks off to hide in the corner and beat myself up for my stupidity*

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh no, don't be embarrassed at all! Chuck thinks you bake excellent cookies. In fact, I will assert that all of them want your recipe. They are very serious about security. Those cookies were well-tested. ;-)

The un-sealed catnip gave jackiecat several out-of-body experiences. From what I could tell, anyway.

Thank you soooooooooooooooooo much! You are wonderful!

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

i use the back-of-the-bag recipe. it's easiest. i'm always afraid i'll burn 'em, so i underbaked them slightly. i hope they didn't turn into one giant blob by the time they were detonated. and i hope those bomb guys saved you some! if i'd known my oversight would require you to share 'em with the entire west coast FBI, i'd have sent more!

when can i expect pics of your funkily-painted toesies? ;-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

That's what I use too :) Nope, they were perfect! And I certainly got my share!

Ummm, toesies, pics, ummm. Maybe this weekend? I am very amused, by the way, that the nail polish matches my decorated surgery-recovery shoes.

[abenn.livejournal.com]

Wow, some birthday excitement! Happy Birthday, with dogs and cookies!

I'd love to talk to you sometime soon, to catch up and to ask a couple of job search related questions. Email doesn't work too well for me these days... is there a particularly good time to call?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Hi! :-) I am now thinking my story sounded too serious. I did make it up pretty much completely out of thin air. (The gifts and box were real.)

Evenings and weekends are good, although tonight and this particular Saturday morning I won't be home. Normally I'd say you could call me at work but I've been insane-busy-swamped lately, so home is better.

Happy Birthday!

[tsjafo.livejournal.com]

Some people will do anything for a little birthday excitement. *grin, duck & run*

Re: Happy Birthday!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Hee hee! Yep, that's me, soaking up all the attention I can get! ;-)

[ericainohio.livejournal.com]

OMG. I am rolling with laughter here. That was absolutely much more fun without the return address. The dogs going crazy over the box ....oh, that is so funny. They wanted their cookies!!! Good thing there were no bomb-sniffing cats available. *giggle* "Ma'am, the cats have found unsealed catnip. They're now sleeping off their buzz. Here's your box."

Now THAT is a birthday package. :-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

The world needs bomb-sniffing cats! This is my new MISSION IN LIFE!

[lkeele.livejournal.com]

Now I know what to get you for your next birthday -- an un-return-addressed box. :-D

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Bwahaha! Hours of fun for the whole family! :-D

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

Sitting here laughing out loud...

Oh, and happy birthday!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It was a very nice birthday!