You actually brought it into your house? That's the kind of stuff I throw away right at the point of origin. I cannot abide useless crap in my house.

As for finding another one, maybe the Salvation Army or other local thrift shop?

Agreed, make a new one, even more ridiculous.

If they don't have bunco trophies, the local thrift shop will probably at least have a couple bowling and little-league ones. Maybe you could remove the little bowling ball and replace it with a die.

box, it was a big surfing trophy. The bunco babes left the surfer on top and just added to it. So, I need to find another trophy. It could be anything. Softball, bowling, whatever. It just needs to be about three feet tall. My father used to have a ton from his athletic endeavors, but he got rid of his long ago. Darn!

Will a thrift store have trophies that were issued to someone else? If so, I need to get to a thrift store before Wednesday night.

This cracks me up... :)

Yes, Lori, most thrift stores have trophies. Check your local Goodwill or Value Village. If you can't find a big one, make it really garish- I suggest safety orange spray paint.

Yes, Lori, most thrift stores have trophies.

Thank goodness! I'm going on a trophy mission tomorrow.

I will make it extra garish and buncofantabulous!

yes, get whatever trophy from a thrift store. you can print out a few copies of goatse and stick them all over the trophy so no one will notice it's a different one

it'll be a very strong distraction

Also, if there's a trophy store where you live, call them -- they might have one that nobody claimed, or that wasn't engraved correctly, that they would be glad to get rid of.

Thanks, Janetland! Great idea.

Somehow I think the goatsee thing may be too tame, matteo. ;) I'm thinking puffy paint and glitter.

I'm thinking puffy paint and glitter.

There is someone here that dislikes this improper use of the word, thinking. I always remember that little faux pas.

I am considering using puffy paint or glitter, or more likely, BP's safety orange suggestion. I will post a pic.

I love tuning in for "The Adventures of LoriFLA"! The best sitcom since "I Love Lucy"! ;-)

Somehow I think the goatsee thing may be too tame, matteo.

then add the goatses AND rename the trophy "Bunghole Queen". is it kinky enough then?

Oh, man--in my family, we had a statue that we passed around on special occasions like the birth of a baby, a college graduation, a new job, etc. It was a life-sized plaster model of a hand making the peace sign, with one finger cut off. We'd often decorate it to suit the occasion--black for someone's 40th birthday, pink for a girl baby, you get the picture. Here's what it looked like (and what I looked like) when my daughter was born:

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One part of the tradition was to disguise it, or give it at an inopportune moment. My dad's 50th birthday party was a big affair, with lots of church friends over. Dad was sitting in the middle of the crowd opening presents. He came to mine, and opened it with a flourish. Inside was a The Finger, painted metallic gold, with a little cross-stiched pillow reading "Fuck Fifty." It's also been enclosed in a large balloon at the the center of a fancy flower arrangement.

We buried it with Dad, painted in the garish blue and orange of the University of Virginia.

You're part of a beautiful tradition, Lori. Act wisely--you could be establishing a precedent! If you can't excel at making a really tacky statue, maybe you can come up with an obnoxious way of presenting it.

That's really fucking awesome, mrmoonpie.

JanetLand - new trophies are really cheap (well, here anyway). Papier mache is always an option too.

That is awesome, mrmoonpie.

I feel bad that I so flippantly dismissed the Bunco Queen trophy. Really, at the time it was funny and cute, but I didn't know it was going to be a permanent fixture.

I still haven't gone on my trophy shopping excursion. I have 30 minutes left until I'm done babysitting my nephew than I'm off to trophy land and the craft store. I'll see what I can come up with.

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