Sam's Backup Page ([personal profile] cblj_backup) wrote2010-05-20 07:26 am

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A TOTE BAG.

I SIGNED IN FOR THE CONFERENCE AND THEY GAVE ME A TOTE BAG.

*dies of lol*
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[identity profile] alienor77310.livejournal.com 2010-05-20 12:35 pm (UTC)(link)
You can give it to your Mom ;-)

[identity profile] wonapalei.livejournal.com 2010-05-20 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
*seconds*

And then we can see how long it takes for her to send it back in one of her care packages!

[identity profile] danceswchopstck.livejournal.com 2010-05-21 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
Also my immediate thought. :D

BTW, nice icon!
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[identity profile] norabombay.livejournal.com 2010-05-20 12:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Welcome to the land of professional conferences.

Imagine how many tote bags you would have if you ran them for a living? They breed exponentially like tribbles.

And if you don't provide them? There is hell to pay with attendees.

[identity profile] musikologie.livejournal.com 2010-05-20 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Where would I put my free swag and papers? Bring my own tote bag? INCONCEIVABLE!

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win!

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Re: win!

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Re: win!

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[identity profile] dremiel.livejournal.com 2010-05-20 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
JUST WHAT YOU NEEDED!

(ironic use of Austin icon)

[identity profile] neifile7.livejournal.com 2010-05-20 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
If I laid out all the tote bags in our shopping-supplies drawer, I'd be able to give my roomie's conference itinerary for the past six years. We have virtually NO tote bags that didn't come from conferences.

[identity profile] abby1000.livejournal.com 2010-05-20 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I think I have hundreds of conference tote bags, which are in a drawer or something. I never use them even at the conference. What does it look like?

[identity profile] copperbadge.livejournal.com 2010-05-23 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
It's blue and velcro-y! I didn't use mine either, I have a messenger bag for that stuff.
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[personal profile] aunty_marion 2010-05-20 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, at least you've got something to carry Stuph in. And there's always Stuph at such conferences - leaflets about this and that, and if there are exhibitors, there are often freebies from them too.

I went to MANY conferences from work in my last job, because of the software package we used, and the freebie-of-the-conference was always eagerly anticipated. I've had messenger bags (with bits and pieces in them - pencils, mousemats, erasers/pencil sharpeners, rulers, etc); often we got conference folders - the kind made of pseudo-leather with a notepad and pen inside (I think I've got at least three!); one time we got umbrellas (the large one broke, but the small folding one is still OK, I think) and polo shirts (I got two).

The one freebie I only got once (I think it had happened before I started going) was a trip round the Cadbury's staff shop (the software company was based in Birmingham) - LOADS of CHEAP chocolate!!

[identity profile] celtprincess13.livejournal.com 2010-05-20 01:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Cause they knew you were coming!

[identity profile] brightly-woven.livejournal.com 2010-05-20 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Sam, the Magic Unicorn, lives in a box,
And he might answer his comments, or he may just fold his socks.
He goes to meta-conf'rences and registers with glee,
and they give him a tote bag and he laughs until he pees!

Oh! (sing it with me) Sam, the Magic Unicorn, lives in a box.
And he might answer his comments, or he MAY. JUST. FOLD. HIS. SOCKS.

[identity profile] copperbadge.livejournal.com 2010-05-23 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
*dies of lol*

[identity profile] indyanne.livejournal.com 2010-05-20 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I think it's a law or something - conference = tote bag. I actually got messenger bags at a couple that I attended. Those conferences were my favorites.

[identity profile] copperbadge.livejournal.com 2010-05-21 11:37 am (UTC)(link)
Oh man, a messenger bag would be AWESOME!

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[identity profile] taffimai.livejournal.com 2010-05-20 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
The last few conferences I've been to have done the reusable shopping bags instead of totes. Their attempt to be green, I suppose.

[identity profile] twirlynoodle.livejournal.com 2010-05-20 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
They're trying to ferret you out!

[identity profile] ncp.livejournal.com 2010-05-20 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Would it be too predictable to make a joke about your mother here?

[identity profile] firynze.livejournal.com 2010-05-20 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Your mom totally called to warn them.
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[identity profile] 4492.livejournal.com 2010-05-20 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Due to a mixture of the previous comment and your "oh snap!"-ish icon I totally read that as a Your Mom joke which really didn't pay off, lol.

[identity profile] laughingacademy.livejournal.com 2010-05-20 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
There is no escaping the Tote!

[identity profile] bodlon.livejournal.com 2010-05-20 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
This happens to me when I go to conferences. And then I have a bunch of tote bags about conferences, which I do not want to use unless I then redecorate them with something else.

Yeah, I'm crazy. How are you?

[identity profile] copperbadge.livejournal.com 2010-05-21 11:30 am (UTC)(link)
That's better than what I do with them, which is moan about their existence and subtly try to slip them back to my mother.

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[identity profile] mythologian.livejournal.com 2010-05-20 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you sure your mother wasn't involved in the organization of this conference?

[identity profile] amberdiceless.livejournal.com 2010-05-20 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
\o/ It's a conspiracy! The whole world's in on it now! OUR TOTE BAGS, LET US GIVE YOU THEM.

[identity profile] coyotegoth.livejournal.com 2010-05-21 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
Hold out for a towel!
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[identity profile] shezan.livejournal.com 2010-05-21 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
TOTE BAGS ARE STALKING YOU

[identity profile] gershwhen.livejournal.com 2010-05-21 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
So, your mom has a part time job organizing conferences now?