The shape of the package

[peeplj]

So tell me...why do people spend so much time worrying about the shape of the package, when so often it turns out that the package was empty anyway?

--James

[Congratulations]

I am uncomfortable with this thread.

[jsluder]

So tell me...why do people spend so much time worrying about the shape of the package, when so often it turns out that the package was empty anyway?

--James

Because, if they're like my wife, they usually have more fun playing with the empty container than they do the contents. (When she was a kid, she'd open a Christmas present, take out the toy inside, then play with the box.) Therefore, the shape of the package is important.

[Innocent Bystander]

Some people like big packages, and other people like tiny boxes.

[izzarina]

Because, if they're like my wife, they usually have more fun playing with the empty container than they do the contents. (When she was a kid, she'd open a Christmas present, take out the toy inside, then play with the box.) Therefore, the shape of the package is important.

It's funny...I've often thought it would be far cheaper to just get cardboard boxes and distribute them to the Izzlets for Christmas for this very reason. No matter what's inside the darn box, they seem to like the box itself far more

I tend to think James' post was a bit more philosophical, though

[djm]

Perhaps peeplj could tell us what is wrong with the shape of his empty package so that we could add greater depth to the comments.

djm

[jsluder]

I tend to think James' post was a bit more philosophical, though

Quite.

[dwest]

I like to put my own stuff in my packages, if it's empty so much the better. But my stuff will look nicer if the package is well made and attractive.

[CHasR]

So tell me...why do people spend so much time worrying about the shape of the package, when so often it turns out that the package was empty anyway?

--James

expectation..challenge..anticipation...stealth...mystery...lust...all of which was so important to our paleolithic selves, ingrained in our iceage ancestors dna and it sunk down sooo deeply over generation after generation to become a part of our shameful id which should be repressed at all costs, so much so that to day these cravings are so conscipted, little used, wanted, or exercised by many of us that the mere notion of having to guess what's inside sets off all these little ancient pavlovian bells inside our little inner neander-poodle that we salivate uncontrollably, (in a metaphysical sense) and suddenly starshiptrooper from yes begins to play in our minds and we just have to know...what's in that box that could be that shape?


as to it being empty afterall, well that's just the way the poodle crumbles, no?

[Nanohedron]

So tell me...why do people spend so much time worrying about the shape of the package, when so often it turns out that the package was empty anyway?

--James

expectation..challenge..anticipation...stealth...mystery...lust...all of which was so important to our paleolithic selves, ingrained in our iceage ancestors dna and it sunk down sooo deeply over generation after generation to become a part of our shameful id which should be repressed at all costs, so much so that to day these cravings are so conscipted, little used, wanted, or exercised by many of us that the mere notion of having to guess what's inside sets off all these little ancient pavlovian bells inside our little inner neander-poodle that we salivate uncontrollably, (in a metaphysical sense) and suddenly starshiptrooper from yes begins to play in our minds and we just have to know...what's in that box that could be that shape?

Dude. You're having a flashback. Sit down...relax...ride it out...here, have some tea. Things are cool.

[Steamwalker]

I am uncomfortable with this thread.

I am so there.

[CHasR]

So tell me...why do people spend so much time worrying about the shape of the package, when so often it turns out that the package was empty anyway?

--James

expectation..challenge..anticipation...stealth...mystery...lust...all of which was so important to our paleolithic selves, ingrained in our iceage ancestors dna and it sunk down sooo deeply over generation after generation to become a part of our shameful id which should be repressed at all costs, so much so that to day these cravings are so conscipted, little used, wanted, or exercised by many of us that the mere notion of having to guess what's inside sets off all these little ancient pavlovian bells inside our little inner neander-poodle that we salivate uncontrollably, (in a metaphysical sense) and suddenly starshiptrooper from yes begins to play in our minds and we just have to know...what's in that box that could be that shape?

Dude. You're having a flashback. Sit down...relax...ride it out...here, have some tea. Things are cool.

i knew i could count on you nano

[Nanohedron]

Can you tell I've done this before?

[dwest]

our little inner neander-poodle

I have never read anything more disgusting on this forum, poodle indeed! Very disturbing.

[missy]

Because, if they're like my wife, they usually have more fun playing with the empty container than they do the contents. (When she was a kid, she'd open a Christmas present, take out the toy inside, then play with the box.) Therefore, the shape of the package is important.

It's funny...I've often thought it would be far cheaper to just get cardboard boxes and distribute them to the Izzlets for Christmas for this very reason. No matter what's inside the darn box, they seem to like the box itself far more

I tend to think James' post was a bit more philosophical, though

I've often wondered why I bought toys over the years.

Boxes, tape and rope. Throw in a dirt pile and my kids were in heaven.