Give Away!

Ok, I'm not really giving anything away, but I see this a lot on blogs lately. I wonder how many of the prizes are things that the giver just didn't know what to do with. Maybe it was a BOGO that someone got for the "Buy One" but wasn't really too into the "Get One". Or maybe it was a WowWee Singing Elvis Head that her husband won and she was all, "Oh. Mah. Gawd! You can not keep that THING in MY house! I just know that it's going to come to life and kill me with its robotic mouth!"

I wonder how many of the prizes are from someone's "gift" closet. You know what I'm talking about. You totally have one. Don't try to deny it. It's where the fondue set and crystal ashtray you got as wedding presents are kept in the event that a) you meet someone who really, really, really wants a fondue set or a crystal ashtray or b) the person who gave those gifts to you just happens to drop by and you hastily set them out on the coffee table and rave about how much you love to throw smokers-only fondue parties.

I've contemplated having a give away on my blog but I feel like it would just be pandering to my readership, and I'm pretty sure that 80% of my readers would know that the give away prize was in my "gift" closet and was something they probably gave me. Though if I come across another singing robotic bust of a dead rock star, I might have a give away after all.