My wife’s grandparents sent me some money for my birthday, which was very kind of them. They are also very old school, so they expect a thank you letter. But they are actually kind of funny about it – if you don’t send a thank you card, your next birthday present will be a boring and/or tacky shirt or sweater of some sort. The year following, you get another chance, and so on. I love it.
So, naturally, I messed up last time, and I don’t want to do that again. So as soon as I got the money in the mail I sat down and wrote out the following Thank You Card, which I dropped in the mail today:
“Dear Grandparent In-Laws,
Thank you very much for the birthday wishes and the gift of money! I have used some of the money to purchase a new spaceship for myself, and am thinking I will use the rest to buy a new shirt for Sunday mornings. Thank you!
PS – See enclosed photo of new ship.”
Wish I could be there when they open it!
Harbinger Zero 
Awesome! The ARV Nebula refit is my favorite ship. Happy Birthday.
Hehe. That made me smile on an afternoon that’s so slow, I think I might be spaghettifying…
Thanks! I technically haven’t bought it yet, since I was otherwise engaged last night. But it has been my favorite ship ever since I first laid eyes on it in its first appearance in TNG.
Spaghettifying…Isn’t that what happens when the FSM claims you into his divine and yet somehow sinister service? (-: