About a month ago I had a moment of utter brain dead madness. Hindsight is a wondrous thing.
I asked Gramps to get the kids Go Go Hamsters for Christmas.
Since asking him there have been several news reports of Go Go Hamsters being sold out everywhere and panicked craziness surrounding deliveries. I haven’t known such insanity since the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle crisis of 1988.
The following charts the missives between Gramps and myself regarding said Go Go Hamsters.
Seriously, I think I’m losing my mind, I can’t imagine how he is feeling!
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From: Laura
To:Gramps
How is the great hamster hunt going?
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From:Gramps
To: Laura
I won’t know until the beginning of December when Woolworths should deliver two of the little buggers – unless they get kidnapped in transit and we receive a ransom demand.
I’ve got the Hamster car and Garage here as I write. I’m tempted to put them on ebay for a price that will require a mortgage.
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From: Laura
To:Gramps
You should try Toymaster in the meantime for the actual hamsters in case Woolworths don’t deliver!
Can you sense panic in my email?
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From:Gramps
To: Laura
You think you’re PANICKING!? I’ve just looked at the Toymaster online site and anything to do with Go Go Hamsters is sold out!
If the worst happens we’ll buy a couple of live, smelly, carpet eating hamsters!
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From: Laura
To:Gramps
Now in blind panic that we will be getting LIVE hamsters … RING TOYMASTER NOW!
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From:Gramps
To: Laura
Hooof***ingray.
Toymaster have a Hamster Funhouse in stock and I’ve reserved it. They haven’t got any hamsters but will have sometime soon.
I’ll keep on the case but I still have faith in on-line Woolies to deliver.
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From: Laura
To:Gramps
OK
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From:Gramps
To: Laura
We called in at Toys-R-Us. On Friday there be a delivery but we were advised that we would have to be there at 9 o’clock as when the last delivery arrived they sold out in 7 minutes.
I’ll be going to Toymaster tomorrow to collect the Funhouse and I will try to persuade them to give me advance notice of the next delivery.
Regards, The Hamster Controller
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Jodie at Mummy Mayhem on November 25, 2009
First of all, Gramps just sounds like the coolest dude EVER.
Secondly, I just had to Google Go Go Hamsters to find out what they are! Perhaps the craze hasn’t hit our sunny shores here in Australia yet? (Did you like my subtle poke at your weather there Laura? hee hee)
Our boys are currently in to Go Goes Crazy Bones. They are well in stock right now, but a couple of months ago? Nothin’
These damn crazes keep us on our toes, don’t they?
Vic on November 25, 2009
Moment of madness alright! Those things look awful. Just hoping that between now and Christmas the boy doesn’t succumb to the craze, cos the only thing I could imagine would be worse would be a pet mouse!
Insomniac Mummy on November 25, 2009
I’ve never heard of Go Go Hamsters and am oddly relieved.
For the sake of yours and Gramps sanity I hope the search is fruitful!
Perhaps Gramps needs to wear a helmet and elbow/shin/knee pads on his trip to help barge through the throngs os desperate shoppers?
MrsW on November 25, 2009
Go Go Hamsters? All I want is a three bird roast from Aldi – is it too much to ask that these people only advertise things they have a remote chance of being able to sell us? AAARRRGHHHH!
Heather on November 25, 2009
What were you thinking?
Gramps seems to be taking it all in his stride though.
TheMadHouse on November 25, 2009
What are Gogo Hamsters – they have passed me by!!
Expat Mum on November 25, 2009
And when you finally get them, they probably won’t play with them.
Linda on November 25, 2009
Does Gramps say “Kind regards”?
Bec on November 25, 2009
Ok so now I have a crush on Gramps COS HE’S SOOOOO FUNNY and i want a gogo gerbil, or whatever
Rosie Scribble on November 25, 2009
My daughter saw an advert for those ‘things’, luckily I glossed over the issue when she asked for one. I think Gramps should start his own blog. He is a star!
Ju on November 25, 2009
Hahaha I also had to google Go Go Hamsters. Loved the email exchange with Gramps, so cool.
Go Go Gramps!
Bubblegumbodw on November 25, 2009
Our 3 year old expressed an interest in those little critters a while back. Luckily as we have our own live version, I managed to persuade him that these were a poor 2nd to Twinkle! Gramps sound like a hip n happening blokey. I think we should hear more from him! Lol
ThatGirl39 on November 25, 2009
Oh oh… SC keeps talking about Go Go’s… and she doesn’t even have any! This doesn’t look good! Am impressed with Gramps’ tenacity BTW. My mother feels deprived if she doesn’t end up going all over town looking for SC’s Xmas presents. I gave her a list of stuff this year at her request and it was all online. She was actually disappointed it was so easy!
Dawn/LittleGreenFingers on November 26, 2009
I was blissfully ignorant of Go GO Hamsters. I like to think of those heady days as BH (Before Hamsters). Now I’m in AH hell, worrying that my kids will see them and put in a late CHristmas present request.
Christ they’re £10 each and yet their hideous noses still look like the erasers on the end of pencils.
Tara@Sticky Fingers on November 26, 2009
You do know she’ll probably play with it for a day and then it will be propping open the doors from then on in?
Or is that just my daughter?
Susan on November 27, 2009
Those are flying of the shelves here in the US as well. Only here they are called Zhu Zhu pets, which I’m assuming means “go go” in Chinese. Which is also good to know when China decides to come and colonize America and make us all indentured servants to pay off our debt to them. When they yell “Zhu Zhu” to me I will be able to hustle and get right on making the next crappy toy for your children! (Ha-Ha) (no emoticons for me I’m old-school!).
Dulwich Divorcee on November 30, 2009
We got our GoGo hamster from Toys R Us, Child Two played with it for approx 2 mins, and since then it’s only been touched occasionally by the cat, who once managed to activate it and shrieked her way up the curtains. Still, it doesn’t poop, I’ll say that for it
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