Best present ever

November 24, 2008

(129 votes, average: 4.40 out of 5)

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Hi!

I just received your new Driver License! It will expire in 2014! Wow!
Mom Just bought a BLENDTEC machine and it is wonderful.
I am thinking about buy you two girls one each.
This machine is so powerful and so easy to make healthy smoothie,
soup, soybean milk, ………
You can go to the internet and view the demo and reviews about this
machine. (google with “blendtec”)
Even though it is very expensive ( $411 after tax at Costco with a 7
years warranty),
but it will last and the health benefit for you is priceless.
How about have this as a early “Wedding” present?
lol (I just learned what this means)
The promotion ends next week.
Let me know soon!

Love,

mom

myfamilyisfamous!

So this is my mom's email, and I want to address the point-by-point reasons this email is hilarious:

1) use of hip lingo, such a “lol” and “google” as a verb
2) reference to a good deal on a practical household item/Costco
3) lots of exclamation points and the attempt at the ellipses
4) a jab at both of us about totally non-existent weddings
5) honest concern for our health
6) grammatical issues

I'd like to make an argument that these criteria could go into the formation of the archetypal fobby mother email.
blendtec!

hahaha who knew that there were such subtleties in appreciating fobby mom emails? definitely an art form!
mandy

Your mum uses “lol”? That is one cool Asian mum!
Chow mein

Sounds like spam
dnguyen

i like the wedding jab
lizzy

that's adorable
amtours

Is your mother my mother? She bought me a Vitamixer at Costco even though I begged her not to. “But you can make soup and juice with THIS blender” she said… this is so funny. Thanks!
row

hahha my mom bought the vitamixer at costco too. she was telling me all the benefits. i had to play the dvd for her, as well
Theresa

omg, i love when she talks about how she just learned “lol”
that is TOO cute!
Wendy

OMG, this sounds exactly like my mom.
Theresa

omg, i love when she talks about how she just learned “lol”
that is TOO cute!
Wendy

OMG, this sounds exactly like my mom.
bunneh

My mom got a really expensive, kick-ass blender at Costco last year too!
bunneh

My mom got a really expensive, kick-ass blender at Costco last year too!