Gunney wrote:I think there was a whole different thread on OTC chainsaws, and one fellow decided to ask for addresses so he could mail out his huge supply of OTC chainsaws, one at a time.
Sort of. I was mostly disappointed in the pissing contest that J+B was apparently trying to finish when he ordered something like 40 OTCs from BrickLink. So I pulled out my 150-or-so, because not only do I dislike the whole idea of pissing contests, but I also like to win them.
Anyway, for all those that said they didn't have any, I felt bad that I've got a ton, but will NEVER conceivably use them all. So I figured I'd use the opportunity to give people some OTC's. Plus, it had the great two-pronged effect of not only winning me the contest, but also making me look all magnanimous and stuff. So if anyone tried to call me out for trying to win the contest, I could just retort that I had done it out of the kindness of my heart, with no thought to the contest at all.
Unfortunately, there was an additional third prong effect, which was that it made me look like a pedophile, asking for mailing addresses in a community full of underage kids. So I promptly changed the offer to require that you be 18 before sending me your address. Then I just looked weird.
Afterward, the government must have stepped in and threatened Rayhawk about my scandalous behavior, because apparently, the thread has since been deleted. If true, that was a beautiful fourth prong, getting Rayhawk in trouble with the law. Even if it's not true, I like believing it anyway.
DaveE