View Full Version : First gut wrenching disappointment of christmas
Vodstok
12-21-2004, 11:34 AM
It seems that every year of my life, i would get something great for christmas, only to have it wrenched away from me before its time. usually its a toy that you discover the hard way that it is more fragile than you thought, or something that requires batteries and you have none.
This year, it is Doom 3.
The mother in law got it for me (i get along with my inlaws. and if i didnt, i do now :D)
so i was installing it. Disc one was done, it said put in disc 2. i did. Disc 2 was done, it said put in disc 3. As i pulled disc 3 out of the jewel case, SNAP!!, disc 3 snapped in half. I am currently trying to track down a working copy of disc 3, and in the meantime, trying not to cry because i will ahve to wait until i get disc 3 to shit my pants while killing demons.
Oh man that sucks.......lol....sorry for laughing...but I can just see your face as your taking the disk out and it breaks....lol
Vodstok
12-21-2004, 11:49 AM
wow, the irony. Your 1976th post was to make fun of me, and i was born in 1976.
anyway, you seem to get a lot of enjoyment out of my suffering. now i know why your santa is so jolly. Careful, i may go for a ride down south and gouge your eyes with the pieces... :D
i am trying to track down a guy here at work that i know has doom 3 so he can burn me a copy:)
urgeok
12-21-2004, 11:51 AM
Originally posted by Vodstok
wow, the irony. Your 1976th post was to make fun of me, and i was born in 1976.
anyway, you seem to get a lot of enjoyment out of my suffering. now i know why your santa is so jolly. Careful, i may go for a ride down south and gouge your eyes with the pieces... :D
i am trying to track down a guy here at work that i know has doom 3 so he can burn me a copy:)
i downloaded my copy ... i can snap as many as i like :)
you poor dope :)
go have sex with your wife .. i can think of some 4D games you should be playing with her instead of Doom 3 !
(salami, salami, where is the salami .. for one)
I have Doom 3 as well, so if it doesn't work out with him...let me know.;)
kpropain
12-21-2004, 02:05 PM
Originally posted by Vodstok
It seems that every year of my life, i would get something great for christmas, only to have it wrenched away from me before its time. usually its a toy that you discover the hard way that it is more fragile than you thought, or something that requires batteries and you have none.
This year, it is Doom 3.
The mother in law got it for me (i get along with my inlaws. and if i didnt, i do now :D)
so i was installing it. Disc one was done, it said put in disc 2. i did. Disc 2 was done, it said put in disc 3. As i pulled disc 3 out of the jewel case, SNAP!!, disc 3 snapped in half. I am currently trying to track down a working copy of disc 3, and in the meantime, trying not to cry because i will ahve to wait until i get disc 3 to shit my pants while killing demons.
Damn dude that sucks.
Death By Jell-O
12-21-2004, 02:17 PM
Some things are just not meant to be.......
Sedated_replica
12-21-2004, 02:51 PM
I've been sick with a unknown illness that makes me dizzy. I love this month and I've been in doors for two days... plus I haven't been getting wasted... but thats gonna change right now.
"LONDON'S BURNING!"
The STE
12-21-2004, 03:51 PM
Originally posted by Vodstok
wow, the irony. Your 1976th post was to make fun of me, and i was born in 1976.
That's not irony, it's a coincidence
Angelakillsluts
12-21-2004, 04:05 PM
Originally posted by The STE
That's not irony, it's a coincidence
Now that's irony. (kidding)
Stingy Jack
12-21-2004, 04:08 PM
I have one ....
This was way back in the day when I was still living with my parents. There was hinting going around that Christmas season that I would be getting a new computer (much like this season). Since my current machine at the time was a Tandy 1000SL, you can appreciate my excitement.
Well, Christmas day rolled around and I was tearing into the presents like a bitch looking for salami, but to no avail. No computer. Plenty of clothes, though.
My parents (clever couple that they were) acted as if the unwrapping was finished. Just as they soaked in my glare of disappointment, my mom slipped off to another room and brought back a large box, wrapped, with my name on it!
My stomach fluttered, my heart vibrated. I decimated that box in no time flat.
It was a word processor. A keyboard and monitor that could do nothing but process words.
Biggest fuckin' let-down ever.
FairyKorpes
12-21-2004, 04:11 PM
Originally posted by Stingy Jack
I have one ....
This was way back in the day when I was still living with my parents. There was hinting going around that Christmas season that I would be getting a new computer (much like this season). Since my current machine at the time was a Tandy 1000SL, you can appreciate my excitement.
Well, Christmas day rolled around and I was tearing into the presents like a bitch looking for salami, but to no avail. No computer. Plenty of clothes, though.
My parents (clever couple that they were) acted as if the unwrapping was finished. Just as they soaked in my glare of disappointment, my mom slipped off to another room and brought back a large box, wrapped, with my name on it!
My stomach fluttered, my heart vibrated. I decimated that box in no time flat.
It was a word processor. A keyboard and monitor that could do nothing but process words.
Biggest fuckin' let-down ever.
I would want to throw up right there lol.
Death By Jell-O
12-21-2004, 04:15 PM
Originally posted by Stingy Jack
I have one ....
This was way back in the day when I was still living with my parents. There was hinting going around that Christmas season that I would be getting a new computer (much like this season). Since my current machine at the time was a Tandy 1000SL, you can appreciate my excitement.
Well, Christmas day rolled around and I was tearing into the presents like a bitch looking for salami, but to no avail. No computer. Plenty of clothes, though.
My parents (clever couple that they were) acted as if the unwrapping was finished. Just as they soaked in my glare of disappointment, my mom slipped off to another room and brought back a large box, wrapped, with my name on it!
My stomach fluttered, my heart vibrated. I decimated that box in no time flat.
It was a word processor. A keyboard and monitor that could do nothing but process words.
Biggest fuckin' let-down ever.
I know that feeling.........
urgeok
12-21-2004, 04:18 PM
Originally posted by Stingy Jack
I have one ....
This was way back in the day when I was still living with my parents. There was hinting going around that Christmas season that I would be getting a new computer (much like this season). Since my current machine at the time was a Tandy 1000SL, you can appreciate my excitement.
Well, Christmas day rolled around and I was tearing into the presents like a bitch looking for salami, but to no avail. No computer. Plenty of clothes, though.
My parents (clever couple that they were) acted as if the unwrapping was finished. Just as they soaked in my glare of disappointment, my mom slipped off to another room and brought back a large box, wrapped, with my name on it!
My stomach fluttered, my heart vibrated. I decimated that box in no time flat.
It was a word processor. A keyboard and monitor that could do nothing but process words.
Biggest fuckin' let-down ever.
i had a deal like that ..christ u just made me think of one of my shittiest memories for the 1st time in years ..
I'd been asking for a record player for years ... i went snooping (as i always did) and found a record player hidden away with the presents .. my folks always hid the shit in the same place.
So i was happy .. and i wasnt happy a lot in those days ... i couldnt wait to get it all set up in my room so i could listen to my music without being bothered by anyone.
So xmas comes ... and i see the big box all wrapped ... and its to my sister and me. She never once asked for one or showed any interest in music .. but now i had to put the fucking thing in the rec room instead of my room .. so i never used the goddamn thing.
Assholes ..
well, there goes my xmas again this year ... i think i'll just go and hang myself now.
Vodstok
12-22-2004, 03:44 AM
Originally posted by The STE
That's not irony, it's a coincidence EVERYONE's a critic, mr smarty pants.....(i know that isnt correct either, in case anyone was wondering...)
I never had anything quite as terrible as stingy's.
One year I actually made some family members feel bad (although they had no reason to). I finally had a year where i made some decent money, and i was still living at home. SO, for christmas, i bought a dvd player (My family's first) and a disc for everyone.
That year i got the Matrix and Aliens Special Edition on VHS. Everyone got disappointed, thinking i was let down that i got them on tape whjen i could have had them on disc. It took a while for them to get it into their heads that i was more interested in surprising them than getting the movies on disc. i also pointed out that none of them would ever watch either movie with me, and since i had a vcr in my room and the dvd player would be in the living room, everything worked out better that way.
Some people worry too damn much.
Interesting little back story to the whole thing. The disc i bought for the family, the first one they actually saw that i bought, was blazing saddles. I got it because it was the first movie we ever watched on our first VCR ever.
urgeok
12-22-2004, 04:53 AM
Originally posted by Vodstok
EVERYONE's a critic, mr smarty pants.....(i know that isnt correct either, in case anyone was wondering...)
I never had anything quite as terrible as stingy's.
One year I actually made some family members feel bad (although they had no reason to). I finally had a year where i made some decent money, and i was still living at home. SO, for christmas, i bought a dvd player (My family's first) and a disc for everyone.
That year i got the Matrix and Aliens Special Edition on VHS. Everyone got disappointed, thinking i was let down that i got them on tape whjen i could have had them on disc. It took a while for them to get it into their heads that i was more interested in surprising them than getting the movies on disc. i also pointed out that none of them would ever watch either movie with me, and since i had a vcr in my room and the dvd player would be in the living room, everything worked out better that way.
Some people worry too damn much.
Interesting little back story to the whole thing. The disc i bought for the family, the first one they actually saw that i bought, was blazing saddles. I got it because it was the first movie we ever watched on our first VCR ever.
did you manage to get it out of the cover without snapping it in half ? :)
Vodstok
12-22-2004, 04:55 AM
I was wiser in those days, i let someone else do it.
see, this is why i bought hl2 over steam. if there is no disc, there can be no breakage.
urgeok
12-22-2004, 05:04 AM
Originally posted by Vodstok
I was wiser in those days, i let someone else do it.
see, this is why i bought hl2 over steam. if there is no disc, there can be no breakage.
i shouldnt tease .. i almost snapped a difficult to find Lime Spiders cd that was in my dashboard player .. my kids backpack strap caught on it and i almost snapped it .. so i frantically tried to get around it , caught on it again, and nearly snapped it again.
i hate shit like that .. those self fufulling prophecies you cant escape ...
like knowing you are going to stain your new shirt on food so you take extra special care but events start moving toward that inevitable conclusion and it gets stained anyway.
you know in your heart that even if the fucker had been hanging up in your closet it still would have gotten stained because it was your fate.
my whole life is full of moments like that ... but i never give up !
Vodstok
12-22-2004, 05:13 AM
see? this is why Married with Children was on so long. Who doesnt have a little Al Bundy in them? (okay, except for peggy. insert drum rimshot)