gifts

[redbird]

Today's mail included something with "USA" attached to the label on a yellow sticky note, and a return address in Malmo, Sweden.

I was puzzled. I don't know anyone in Malmo. (I'm not even sure I know anyone in Sweden.)

fivemack has bought me a goat, a most delightful multi-coloured goat [u supplied at no extra charge by the vendor]. Even better, he's had it sent to a family that can take proper care of it, which I can't in a city apartment.

Comments

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

hurray goats!

we have bought my grandmother a duck and my mother a chicken. or perhaps the other way around.

[adrian-turtle.livejournal.com]

Perhaps you bought a grandmother for your duck and a mother for your chicken? Wow, you really spoil your pets!

baaaaa! humbug?

[adrian-turtle.livejournal.com]

Is this goat a present for some special occasion, or a just-because sort of a goat? Do you get yogurt or mohair out of the arrangement, or do those go the people who are taking care of the goat?

Re: baaaaa! humbug?

[redbird]

It's a just-because sort of goat: Tom said something about goats last Christmas, I expressed interest, adn so he got me a goat.

Well, got a goat in my name for some people who actually need it, via Oxfam. I don't get the yogurt.

[thette.livejournal.com]

I'm Swedish, but I live in Stockholm.

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

I know someone in Malmo. If you give me the address, I can ask her where it is...