December 20, 2002, 08:54
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Snooping for Christmas Presents.
Are you a snoop? What is the best/worst story of your snoopage? Did you once ruin Christmas by your snooping? Enquiring minds want to know! 
I snooped one year but no more, as that was the least enjoyable Christmas ever. I got a Slinky and a bunch of other crap (Christmas at the Thornton's was never, ever small). It wasn't the presents that made it unenjoyable, it was the lack of anticipation.
My wife, otoh, is an incorrigible snoop, who not only doesn't like to wait for her present, but can't even be trusted to keep secret what she bought for others. Every Christmas it is the same story: she buys me something, I buy her something, and then she starts pestering me to know what it is - even to the point of asking co-workers and friends if they had any idea. She then gets so desparate that she starts the "quid pro quo" game, where I give her a hint, she gives me a hint, and so on until all knowledge is gained, something along the lines of: "You're present is blue and made out of paper. Give me a hint about mine!" "Dammit woman, I didn't want to know that!" "So what? You now know and you now have to give me a hint about my present." "It's a Rolex watch and a $25,000 pair of earrings. Satisfied?" "STFU, and give me a real hint." And so on, and so on...
Of course she is disappointed when I don't ask her about my gifts (I don't even shake boxes... much.)
She also loves spoilers to her fave TV shows, and I am absolutely convinced that the two traits (snooping and spoiling) are two sides of the same coin. I don't like spoilers, which, of course makes it hard on my wife - "Who am I going to talk spoilers to if you don't want to hear them?"
Same planet, different worlds I guess.
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December 20, 2002, 09:13
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I don't really want to alk about that. Not very proud of it.
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December 20, 2002, 09:28
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Confession is good for the soul. Open up.
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December 20, 2002, 09:29
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nope. Never. I'm a good boy 
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December 20, 2002, 09:30
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snoop?
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December 20, 2002, 09:30
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oh i see, i read your post besides your title
sometimes....
once actually when i was little. i wanted to verify wether santa claus existed or not
long story 
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December 20, 2002, 09:33
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I practiced offensive snooping: threatening to tell someone what someone else got him in exchange for him telling me what I was getting. It was sick.
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December 20, 2002, 09:34
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oh my God, monolith how do you live with yourself 
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December 20, 2002, 09:50
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Monolith, if you ever get near my wife with that story, I WILL KILL YOU.
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December 20, 2002, 11:11
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My brother and I had it down to a science. We were still snooping in high school--more for the challenge than anything else. Eventually most of the presents for the family were being stored in my dad's office to prevent espionage.
Tip: Use an Exacto knife to make nearly invisible slits in the wrapping paper to check on the contents.
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December 20, 2002, 11:19
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hehehe. Did you give each year a funny holiday esque military codename? Like "The Killjoy Project" or "Operation Ho Ho Ho"?
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December 20, 2002, 11:24
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I used to snoop as a kid...never really found anything...my mom was a GREAT hider 
as I got older...I didnt wanna snoop...I wanted to actually be surprised.
This year..I didnt snoop..but I already know what I got cuz I already opened it
my bf and I cheated and opened early cuz we were sooo curious to see we got for one another..
he got...
a radar detector and a DVD disc set of Import Racing..
I got a Digital camera and Buffy the Vampire SLayer 2nd season on DVD...
and I stillll ahve something else....I ahve to wait till after xmas though. 
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December 20, 2002, 12:16
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I don't snoop at all but i did search for the present's to
bug mum
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December 20, 2002, 13:12
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Originally posted by FemmeAdonis
he got...
a radar detector and a DVD disc set of Import Racing..
I got a Digital camera and Buffy the Vampire SLayer 2nd season on DVD...
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your presents were much better than his.
well done. 
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December 20, 2002, 13:58
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My wife, otoh, is an incorrigible snoop,
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when i first read that i thought her name was otoh, and i was trying to pronounce it and determine her heritage
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December 20, 2002, 14:00
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she land of comes from Ottok, interesting? very yes?
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December 21, 2002, 02:08
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I never snooped, but my sister did. And she would then go and tell me what I was getting. 
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December 21, 2002, 03:39
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Ok, I have to fess up:
Last year I asked for a DVD player for my PC. Well, once all the presents were wrapped and placed under our Xmas tree, I had guessed which package might be the DVD player. I carefully unwrapped it and unpackaged it, and swapped it for my old CD-ROM drive. Rented some DVD vids right after that (secretly, of course).
My wife was never the wiser. 
"Oh thanx honey for this great DVD player! All wrapped up so nicely!"
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