Janine Tinklenberg, aka JanTink, who enjoys her very tiny fame as the creator of the stamping soap, "The Tearing Edge", collapsed late Thursday evening.
"I got up this morning," said Dan Tinklenberg, her husband, '"And she was lying on the floor saying, 'Forty friggin' flowers...I cut out forty friggin' flowers...forty...friggin'....flowers..' That's it, just kept saying that over and over. I've told her and told her...these swaps are going to kill her, but she just laughed." Mr. Tinklenberg shook his head.
Scattered on the floor in the living room where Mrs. Tinklenberg was found were Hershey kiss wrappers, the box to National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, which she was apparently watching last night, and the paper cuttings from many copies of a big flower which was stacked neatly in a box. A pair of scissors dangled from her limp hand.
Mrs. Tinklenberg was rushed to the emergency room. Tentative diagnosis: swapitis. Doctors think she'll make a full recovery, but they said Mrs. Tinklenberg is insisting that her husband bring her some stamps and cardstock from home. "We haven't seen a case this bad in years!" one doctor said.
25 comments:
Oh, I love it, love it, love it! Jan, you've made my day again! (Rest up now, we wouldn't want you out of commission for too long!)
I love your sense of humor and can relate to your feelings! I hope there is a full recovery!
LOL!! Your humor breaks me up.
(PS: thanks for enduring all that chocolate on our behalf! I'll do a sit-up for you in return...if I am able to complete a whole one. hehehe)
Absolutely fantastic! I think it was the chocolate that prevented a fatality from swapitis.
I am just cracking up over here. Thanks for giving me a much needed laugh. When I first saw the picture, all I could think was Ms Scarlett with the candlestick....
Lindav
I am LMBO here, Jan you are such a hoot.
I do feel a *little* guilty as one of the swaps is for me...hee hee
Here's to a full recovery!!!
Barb
Oh Jan! You crack me up! Hope you hand/wrist is feeling a little better. As a recipient of one of those upcoming swap cards (I hope for Lisa's swap???), I appreciate your efforts! lol!
Connie
Girl, you crack me up. Thank you for the laugh today... I needed it!
Have a wonderful holiday season.
All my best,
Renee
Jan, we love you! You're the BEST!
Oh crap. I may be coming down with this. Daggum freak swap!!!! Who signed me up for that, anyway? You crack me up!
this is the funniest post ever! Thanks so much for crackin me up!
Of all the FREAKy things.... BAWAAAHHH! Jan, you are SUCH a team player. Of course, I have just finished cutting out 40 little Puny Pigs AND used glitter. We are nuts! I couldn't even tell my husband I signed up for a swap with the deadline this week. He would have my hide.... Keep on stamping!!
JanTink, you are so stinkin' funny!
Wishing you a full and speedy recovery!
Your post made my day - way too funny!
Jan -
You rawk girl! I think you need a night out w/ your dh -- maybe olive garden or something really good.
Susan
It really was just a matter of time!
Do you suppose that when they lock us in the room with padded walls, they'll take away our paper cutters? It's not like have all that pointy of a tip, ya know?!
Jan,
You did it again! Speechless here. You're just the best.
LOL!
Oh my gosh, this is too freakin funny! Thanks for the laugh today. Rest up and get well soon.
Jan
You are too much! It's 1:14 a.m. I just got in from a xmas party at my LLS dog tired from scrapping and
stamping all day and read your post I almost fell off my chair laughing so hard.....you've made my day!!!
You have a terific sense of humor. I loved reading your forty friggin flowers saga. Awesome. :)
Mary
OMWord - too funny Jan!! I believe I'm a recipient of one of those 'forty friggin' flowers!! :) Still working on my swaps too!
SPEW!!! Oh Jan...you are sooo funny!
This is hilarious and I love that pic! That was me last Christmas which is why I started pumping mine out in August!
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thanks Jan for such a great post to end my not so good day. I really needed that!
OK, time for more blogging! The natives are getting restless! Hope your hand is healed by now :)
Happy New Year!!!!
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