erm... i just realized this may take a year or so to compleate.

I think I'll get one of those gift credit cards from walgreens and put 20 bucks on it and then put it on my paypal.
 
I can't pass this up

I think we should make it a rule that you must wash your hands with soap for 30 seconds at least before touching the gnome.
Especially Isison.

I'd be in for this, but make sure you plan it very carefully (looks like you've mostly got it covered already). On another site I organized a similar thing, but the thing got lost in the mail twice and I had to replace it myself, and eventually I just gave up on it because people didn't even contact me anymore if they received it, and it never got finished.

Mistakes I made, among others:
- Withholding the pictures people sent me with the intention to release it all as one big piece in the end. People quickly forgot about the whole thing this way.
- Not doing enough to keep everyone updated on where it was, like having a big bbs thread to update whenever it reached a new person.
- Not bugging people enough about sending me pictures and putting the thing in the mail to the next person. From most people on the list, I never saw any pictures, and they sometimes had the thing for weeks before mailing it onwards.
- Involving people you don't know well enough or who you don't have enough contact info for. Someone's going to say "I never received it" or "oh yeah I put it in the mail" and you'll suspect they're lying but have no way to be sure. Also, people dropping off the radar in the middle, worst of all if they're supposed to have the item at the time.

The deposit sounds like a very good idea to avoid most of those.

Oh man I wish I could join in on this if it happens. But if things change I could probably take a pic of it in downtown Germany

sounds good but im uneasy with the idea of using money

make it hollow so we can stash it with drugs

Quote from: SockPuppetClock;1241999Oh man I wish I could join in on this if it happens. But if things change I could probably take a pic of it in downtown Germany

woah! and i always thought i am the only german here
hah, i just looked up your exact location on the clockmap and noticed that you actually live in the neighboring town, of where my sister lives (Nußloch)

ANYWAY:
i would probably participate in this.

i had some KAISERBRÖDCHEN this morning! straight out of germany aswell, one of the very few benifits of living close to the border.  And im currently eating one of these:

I'll take one with the London Eye, Big Ben or Abbey Road

I'll do it.

Quote from: WhiteClock;1242025I'd rather build my own gnome and show it on a given date -- as to when the gnome would have hit Canada. Any who, you're idea seems better. Though, much rockier.

Make your own gnome and take a picture of him and Leek's gnome together.

Quote from: Red Toon Link;1242012woah! and i always thought i am the only german here
hah, i just looked up your exact location on the clockmap and noticed that you actually live in the neighboring town, of where my sister lives (Nußloch)

awesome

I would do it, but I don't have a paypal account. I tried to make one a while back and my bank was gay as hell about it because I'm only 17 and it's a debit card.

It looks like a cool idea...but unfortunately, I don't have a Paypal account either. It's a pity, considering that as far as I know I'm the only Puerto Rican here.

I voted Silly idea before i read the topic for some reason.
I love this idea.

I would join if I had a paypal acount, really.

I think each person wanting to partake in this should put the $20 on Paypal first. That way we know who is in and who is out. People could come in later say 6 months down the line. But they would have to pay the $20 as well before they are put on the list. That way then we would insert them into the order that would best fit their location.

Also, I dunno if I would take a picture here in VA or if I would take him up to Atlantic City to do this. I guess VA and AC would do.

Dwarfinator goes to The Borgata to have a drink at The B Bar!

I'd gladly do this, it sounds like a great idea. You should send out a piece of paper with it too, and each clock can sign their name on it, just so at the end there's a paper with a bunch of signatures. Then we can sell it on ebay for a thousand dollars.

I think I'll get a paypal account for this, it sounds amazing!