Oh my god! Those are so cool! I think my mom would probably have me committed, though, if I gave her one as a gift. Though I did once give her a real, honest-to-goodness glass eye (from an antique shop) for Kriffem ... and, to this day, 8 years later, she still insists it was the neatest gift she ever received.

YOU know ... Kriffem! That holiday with the candy canes and the Kriffem trees and the presents!

Blame my mom. It's all her fault.

That's the holiday my family celebrates on Dec. 25th. :-)

My mom, in particular, loves to make up words. So my brother and I grew up sharing a sort of secret vocabulary with her. She also takes lines from movies and incorporates them into her standard speech. So, for example:

Kriffem = Christmas

linner = the meal between lunch and dinner

Bunny Day = Easter (this comes from when I was studying French, and told her about the phrase "bonne idee", which means "good idea")

Clam Jumper = the restaurant "Claim Jumper", because my mom was convinced for many years that they only sold clams

Shitty Pizza = this is the boxed pizza produced by Chef Boyardee, which my father apparently used to greet (30 years ago) with the complaint, "Are we having that shitty pizza again?"

"Hot, hot, very hot!": my mom says this periodically when she's trying to say that something is very cool ... it's a quote from "Sixteen Candles"

"Road block, I guess": this must always be said in a deep drawl, as repeated in the movie "Starman", and is used any time there is bad traffic

"Little bit jumpy": this must always be accompanied by the odd, jerky hand motion which was used when this line was repeated in the movie "Starman"

There's lots more, but those are the ones that immediately come to mind. My mom also habitually sings the wrong lyrics to songs on the radio, and insists, "I'm singin' my own song!"

No! Of course not! What would make you think I would be willing to give you my address, you deranged stalker?! Leave me BE, I tell you!

Uh ... sending the email now. :-)

*MWAH*

FYI, even though they say they're listed on ebay now- they are not. I just haven't updated that page lately.