tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post8542092702405913946..comments2024-03-18T13:15:52.672-06:00Comments on Hyperbole and a Half: Shit That's a Lot of Toys... (A Christmas Story)Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04259303604002690708noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post-43866326651674725692009-12-29T16:56:54.465-07:002009-12-29T16:56:54.465-07:00Random fact: The guy whose family owned OTC sold ...Random fact: The guy whose family owned OTC sold it and then blew $100 million of the cash on table games in Las Vegas -- he is now suing the casino for allegedly feeding his gambling addiction (google "Terry Watanabe Harrah's" for details)<br /><br />Previously, the same individual was known as a prominent donor to gay causes (which is awesome; however, blowing $100mm on dice is not so awesome)alkalinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post-87685678434072593032009-12-21T08:32:31.835-07:002009-12-21T08:32:31.835-07:00holy moly I'm totally ordering 92 of those fin...holy moly I'm totally ordering 92 of those finger puppets. for shiz.miss. chiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07640004739888576783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post-54129371374110372242009-12-20T14:58:51.146-07:002009-12-20T14:58:51.146-07:00Could. Not. Stop. Laughing.
Allie, you crack me u...Could. Not. Stop. Laughing.<br /><br />Allie, you crack me up. Move to Australia, it's warmer where I live. And I have a whole BOX of little plastic toys cause my mum used to collect them from cereal packets.<br />I would share with you :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00623426144599109586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post-43741724169596286642009-12-19T20:53:33.331-07:002009-12-19T20:53:33.331-07:00Every time I saw OTC in the comments I thought ove...Every time I saw OTC in the comments I thought over-the-counter which made me think of prescription meds which made me think, <b><i>let's go get some</i></b>. But yeah, I take it your gifts never came from Santa? Or was the story that he outsourced his work from China?teehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14340740261853120377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post-67959049897932171062009-12-19T14:04:26.027-07:002009-12-19T14:04:26.027-07:00Ive never heard of OTC until now, and I kind of fe...Ive never heard of OTC until now, and I kind of feel like I never was given the chance to be a child.Hater Von Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13004562249012114242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post-6662074552322116472009-12-19T12:58:11.948-07:002009-12-19T12:58:11.948-07:00OH NO! I so missed out! I have never ever heard of...OH NO! I so missed out! I have never ever heard of OTC??!?! WTF! I'm going to blame this on my mum (nothing to do with the fact I'm in the UK!) It sounds so awesome, I want one...now I'm sad...:(Brighton Mum-Teenage Angsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01093107433174519425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post-33727986266492412132009-12-19T12:35:38.679-07:002009-12-19T12:35:38.679-07:00One time I ordered some classroom supplies from th...One time I ordered some classroom supplies from there and they sent me TWO DOZEN mini neon pink teddy bears.<br /><br />Not only was I able to teach better but I was also able to assemble a mini bear army. Thanks Oriental Trading!Whitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761571094398223708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post-23245503001132989152009-12-19T12:15:26.535-07:002009-12-19T12:15:26.535-07:00OMG. You even win on Christmas. It's like you&...OMG. You even win on Christmas. It's like you're unbeatable.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322539753627427466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post-73750772831164282202009-12-19T10:36:46.145-07:002009-12-19T10:36:46.145-07:00P.S. While us thumbless epileptics can do most thi...P.S. While us thumbless epileptics can do most things we can apparently not spell CIRCLES. Ha! Did it right that time. Score!!Amyhttp://myextraordinarilyordinarylife.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post-83230054032726791902009-12-19T10:34:17.317-07:002009-12-19T10:34:17.317-07:001. I LOVED those finger puppets! I used to get to...1. I LOVED those finger puppets! I used to get to pick one whenever I went to the eye doctor as a kid.<br /><br />2. On behalf of thumbless epileptics with depth-perception problems everywhere, I'm offended at your assumption that we would not be able to paint white cirles and or dots where appropriate. It's so simple a caveman could do it. Thank you, Geico. Sorry, cavemen.<br /><br />3. I hate snow. Which isn't revelvant to your post except that I looked out the window as I read this and cried at the sheer volume falling from the sky and adding to the foot already on the ground.Amyhttp://myextraordinarilyordinarylife.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post-7003050694967994682009-12-19T10:10:41.282-07:002009-12-19T10:10:41.282-07:00Man, that catalog is awesome! My mom-in-law-to-be ...Man, that catalog is awesome! My mom-in-law-to-be gets that magazine (because I have the best mom-in-law-to-be ever!), I picked it up last month and was browsing and walking down memory lane.<br />Oh, and, you need to have more faith in us. Someone out of your hordes will always know what you're talking about.<br />Gross. 144, right? Yup, because when you're a kid, the end of the multiplication tables is the best.Blaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08937099732082990199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post-2374312362006240562009-12-19T07:41:23.222-07:002009-12-19T07:41:23.222-07:00So after reading the first sentence of your post, ...So after reading the first sentence of your post, I ran outside in the snow and shook my fist in the air and screamed:<br /><br />"Why did I never get a magazine that sold Orientals?"<br /><br />Then I shook my fist some more, but had to stop because without any thing to scream, it just kind of looks like you're having a weird stroke.<br /><br />Then I read the rest and thought:<br /><br />"Ahhh."<br /><br />The End.<br /><br />I just realized that this is not technically a comment.<br /><br />The Real End.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post-380503042357809792009-12-19T07:38:42.123-07:002009-12-19T07:38:42.123-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post-33148508675263044672009-12-19T06:32:20.028-07:002009-12-19T06:32:20.028-07:00I'm with Gigi. I used to go through the Sears...I'm with Gigi. I used to go through the Sears catalog too (I'm not even 30, okay?!). But I discovered the Oriental Trading Co when I was planning my daughter's birthday party a few years ago. Loves. It.Carrieannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11224619450013132802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post-49663703210506609992009-12-19T03:07:46.132-07:002009-12-19T03:07:46.132-07:00Having a birthday in early July, as a kid, is fant...Having a birthday in early July, as a kid, is fantastic as it gives you half the year to plan what you want for Christmas followed by half a year to plan what you want for your Birthday followed by half a year to plan for Christmas then half....you get the picture. As an adult it sucks as I want to ski on my Birthday so unless I go to South America and risk getting kidnapped by wild eyed locals who are willing to cut you up and sell my body parts in batches of 200 to the South American Trading company for $20, it ain't going to happen.BlackLOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214821496023051754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post-24916201613713969082009-12-18T23:52:46.440-07:002009-12-18T23:52:46.440-07:00I remember that catalog...My parents always threw ...I remember that catalog...My parents always threw it away, but I'd dig it out of the trash, and gaze upon the crazy toys and wish my dad wasn't a communist so that I could get some of those toys at awesome prices. Oh childhood memories...Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11575553396396299732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post-5381450033189671722009-12-18T23:11:40.853-07:002009-12-18T23:11:40.853-07:00omg I loved the oriental trading company catalog. ...omg I loved the oriental trading company catalog. I totally learned what a gross was from it too. I used to want all the candy in it but my mom told me that it would show up all old and stuck together and melted and I'd die from it or something so she never let me get it.<br /><br />Also, when I taught a few summers ago the head teacher let me order whatever I wanted from OT catalog as prizes for the students. ANYTHING I WANTED. Let's just say a few prizes went missing because they were so freaking awesomeKirstenhttp://bellyshirts.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post-66244612800599802782009-12-18T22:59:54.004-07:002009-12-18T22:59:54.004-07:00Banana whistles go great with Barrel of Monkeys.Banana whistles go great with Barrel of Monkeys.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11425014053974689270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post-51296415099121227472009-12-18T22:43:47.489-07:002009-12-18T22:43:47.489-07:00Wrap your mind around THIS -- I got one of those p...Wrap your mind around THIS -- I got one of those plastic monster finger puppets FOR FREE when I ordered something from perpetualkid.com. Believe it.<br /><br />Never been there? You will love it so much that even when you are there you will be thinking "I want to go to there."Veronica M. D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02950818759052832423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post-88465730401715881682009-12-18T22:32:18.410-07:002009-12-18T22:32:18.410-07:00Wild, wacky, unusual creatures who want to be frie...Wild, wacky, unusual creatures who want to be friends with you. <br /><br />It's the internet.dogimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01278980067086209626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post-84430343610631045722009-12-18T21:48:15.281-07:002009-12-18T21:48:15.281-07:00OTC? Never heard of it. Back when I was a kid (OMG...OTC? Never heard of it. Back when I was a kid (OMG! How old does THAT make me sound?! But I totally cancelled that out w/the OMG & and the fact that I'm typing this out on my phone-right?!) Ahem! Anyway - we used the Sears catalog - so I didn't get the opportunity to learn all that fancy math!Gigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467164195744234746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post-4099107125131481662009-12-18T21:35:20.295-07:002009-12-18T21:35:20.295-07:00Ha! A business woman from the beginning! That cata...Ha! A business woman from the beginning! That catalog is the best...I actually have to admit...I am addicted to catalogs. I know...I am ashamed.Metallo Bianco Jewelryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06752089431266768854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post-56920586541345822162009-12-18T20:42:28.853-07:002009-12-18T20:42:28.853-07:00Oh yeah, I now get the OTC catalog because I order...Oh yeah, I now get the OTC catalog because I ordered some light sticks for my wedding. I browse and think, "I want!!!"<br /><br />I think it's hilarious that people reviewed plastic finger puppets (13 cents each folks). Don't they know that those toys are made by thumbless epileptics? They are totally discriminating by telling people not to buy.<br /><br />A-holes!Amberhttp://blog.amccopydesign.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post-53109848962166175552009-12-18T20:34:24.226-07:002009-12-18T20:34:24.226-07:00I still get the Oriental Trading Catalog. There...I still get the Oriental Trading Catalog. There's also a Rhode Island Novelty catalog which has nicer toys, but it's a little more expensive (but highly recommended!)Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01752367627252006757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4643741973264866223.post-39890319649291366922009-12-18T20:20:11.722-07:002009-12-18T20:20:11.722-07:00Stormy - It just reinforces the fact that you guys...<b>Stormy</b> - It just reinforces the fact that you guys really *do* get me!Alliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04259303604002690708noreply@blogger.com