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Xmas ’03 suggestion #1

Posted on December 9, 2003 Written by Diane

Are you looking for just the right gift for a hard-to-please Mom or a finicky Uncle? Do you visit the malls and think, Nope, nope, nope—I need something special, tailored just for my loved one.

What if Greg Evigan called Uncle Sam and Aunt Sue? How would that be? Would that be cool enough? Or if John De Lancie (“Q” from “Star Trek”) called your cousin Bob, huh? Would that make his damn year?

Well, no prob, folks: you and I and anyone else can set up such a phone call! Only $19.95 to have the Barbi Twins wish you—I mean, your friend Rick—a Merry Christmas! Such a deal!

(Now, if they could get Angela Lansbury, I would totally be all over this, because my Mom would plotz to hear Angela Lansbury’s voice.)

Update: Oh hell, I just noticed that this is in Newsweek this week. That’s not where I got it, honest! (I got it from the Well, where else?)

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  1. lara says

    December 9, 2003 at 7:04 pm

    I went to the site and actually became so sad I had to shut down the window.

    That was kind of weird.

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