Mr Minor, You're Being Called Out!

[rowjimmy]

No, not the sweet blawgger @ phishthinks. I'm talking about the 'Paug's own Mr Minor.
This whole deal goes back to January of this year.

Let's recap shall we?

Clifford Ball pre-Order is announced:

Everyone who pre-orders from Phish Dry Goods will receive a free Festival Souvenir Pack which includes two original Clifford Ball concert entry wristbands and a Clifford Ball balsa wood gilder. In addition to the wristbands and glider, we've got some great memorabilia from the Archives to hand out, so 1,500 random orders will also receive original Clifford Ball camping tickets, an original festival map, or satin sticky Clifford Ball backstage passes.

I'm in it for the glider.

In late February, the Clifford Ball preorders shipped but:

I did not get a glider, either.   :x

Your Gliders just got Ebay'd!

In an attempt to justify this tragedy, I put on a brave face:

It did say that the gliders, etc were "while supplies last"

But soon, things began to get ugly:

what about the vids??1

Dude.
Lost is on Wednesdays.

Now I have "lost" control of the television to my wife. (She's just pissed that I ordered this and didn't even get a freakin' glider.)

Just got my order in a few minutes ago. I can't wait to check it out!

edit: I got the wristbands and glider

I was gonna just let this go but really...

I'm not going to pretend that I don't hate you.

edit: rowjimmy, we cool?

Never mention that glider again.


NEVER.

no glider!?!?

Ok, so apparently there was a limited supply, so not all preorders got one, right?

Wrong! Supply was not the issue. Dry Goods, instead of following through on their word to add these gliders to every Clifford Ball pre-order has continued to give them out like candy along with EVERY OTHER FREAKIN' ORDER.

my TTE LPs are shipping with a "Golgi Bonus", along with the obligatory sticker (green it says) - wtf is a Golgi Bonus??

My "Golgi Bonus" was the glider, and the sticker/postcard that I was supposed to get turned out to be the 3/6 ticket. 

I ordered a couple things from Dry Goods and as always, they throw in a bonus item, such as a sticker or whatnot.  This time they throw in a copy of a ticket from 3/6 and a balsa wood glider from Clifford Ball.

Random, but a sweet surprise to find.  :-)

careful.  there are people on this site that would kill for that glider.

"Mr" Minor, I have tracked your IP and will be at your house on an unannounced day in the coming weeks.

Either hand over the glider or... well, let's not allow this to get ugly.

Things got uglier:

...that I finally got off of my ass and began demo on the downstairs bathroom.

The good part is you will have a new bathroom soon. 

I will have a new bathroom but, not any time soon.

until then, all you need to to is go to Mr Minor's house

:lol:
And then we can play with my Glider!!  :evil:

That's it. I'm coming over and I'm stealing that glider.

So i finally decided to take the plunge.  Because I need another addiction on the interwebs... :roll:

my facebook is:
Name withheld to protect the guilty innocent

and I just joined the week4paug page!

Now i can stalk you elsewhere furthering my goal of getting that fucking glider!

They will sell for at least 75 each.  After fees it will be a 35 or 40 dollar profit plus a glider.  Of course, that is small cash, but not bad for about 15 minutes of "work".

What you don't realize is that people will commit murder for that glider.  People that, I assume, are currently making their way to your house....

Funny, I haven't seen rowjimmy posting much this morning.   :-D

Almost at Rip's place...

Mapquest sent me this crazy route.

Must

Have

Glider

You get the idea...

Now, Mr Minor could have gotten upset at the so-called-stalking.
He could have gotten pissed about the sitting in the car in front of his house on nights and weekends.
He could even have called the cops that time he caught me rifling through boxes of Phish memorabilia in his garage.

But no.

A couple days ago, I received a PM from Mr Minor. I thought, for certain, that he was going to ask me to stop hanging out on his kids' swingset waiting for them to come out and play with the glider. Instead, this is what I got.

Alright dude, I have something in my possession that you may be interested in.  You can speculate what it may be, but I will refrain from telling you, only so it adds to the suspense and excitement.
PM me your address and I will send it your way if you are interested. 

Mr Minor

Though I was wary of a restraining order, I was curious and replied thusly:

Treats?
We likes treats.


rowjimmy
address goes here

And yesterday, a package arrived.

I Got My Glider!

Fuck yeah.


Mr Minor,

You have righted a wrong that has plagued this nation for far too long. You are a gentleman, a scholar, and a patriot.

Today, I salute you and say,

Thank You, Mr. Minor.

Thank You.


-rj

[AntelopeFreeway]

Lucky...my kids broke the glider two days after it came.

I've been soaring without wings for months now... :crazy:

[Igbo]

God damn that was a lot to read

[antelope19]

You got BALMED!!!! 

[PIE-GUY]

TLDR

[khalpin]

 

[antelope19]

TLDR

That's a shame.  It's a good'un.

[blatboom]

let it be known far and wide that RJ is The Quote Master. 
and props to Minor!

[gah]

Awesome post! 

[sophist]

God damn that was a lot to read

[inourdr]

Mr Minor,

You have righted a wrong that has plagued this nation for far too long. You are a gentleman, a scholar, and a patriot.

Today, I salute you and say,

Thank You, Mr. Minor.

Thank You.

-rj

This sounds like one of those "Real American Hero's" Bud commericals. Glad you got said glider RJ.  

[rowjimmy]

God damn that was a lot to read

Imagine how long it took me to compile.

[fauxpaxfauxreal]

No lie.

"It's too late (to apologize)" Just came on the radio as I finished reading the epic first post in this thread.

I give that post a definite A+.

If you want to experience the awesomeness that I just experienced definitely put on that song as you begin to read the epic conclusion paragraph...

...the song fits.

Row Jimmy, you may have gotten your redemption, and it's too late to apologize, but no apology is necessary, because Mr. Miner has come through big time...with a balsa wood glider.

From the sounds of your sons playtime toy habits, it maybe best to save play time for the glider until the wee hours between 12 am and 6 am when your son is least likely to wrestle control of the unpowered flying machine from your control.

Also, a display case at least 6 feet from the shelf on which it rests to the floor below is probably preferable for both your gliders safety and the safety of your own sanity.

God speed RJ!  You deserve it!

[fauxpaxfauxreal]

TLDR

Does this mean that you DID read?

TLDNR is the acronym for "Too Long Did Not Read".

HTH!  HAND!

[antelope19]

So now the only question is......where are you going to display it?  Hang it from the ceiling?  Put it on the mantle over the fireplace?   :-D