Everton come good...phew

I am concious that not everyone likes football, so if you are not prone to finding yourself excitedly anticipating Super Sunday on Sky Sports of a weekend then this post is not really for you. In order not to alienate you though I have provided a nice picture of a fluffy kitten and in order to make this an accurately interactive experience please look at it for 25 seconds which is the average time it will take the rest of us to read the footy bit. If you are a particularly slow reader then you could linger a little longer on it's little button nose? After you have done this simply skip to the very last line.

OK, back to the point of this post.

I am happy to report that after my plea last week I was very happy yesterday to find 2 new envelopes in my mailbox. Judging by the thickness of the envelope from Goodison HQ I am sure that anything the reds can do the blues have done better! It did seem to take a bit of doing though, I sent the note to the main info email address and after a couple of forwards it found its way to John Howard to whom I am very grateful....and Tim Cahill's people (I am sure he doesn't do his own mail) also provided a nice little package.

It has been really interesting to see how requests for this kind of seasonal fun have been received / dealt with. It starts with the company website which may or may not have email links to a customer care group or (if I have been very lucky) a marketing / media team...otherwise it has been the "tell us what you think" form. I have tried to keep the request worded exactly the same throughout for fairness altough in some cases I have had to work within the tweetlike confines of a couple hundred characters.

You will have seen in previous posts some of the most amusing, impressive and disappointing replies...I will no doubt have more to share before the end of this jape. My single favourite however is the knockback that concluded "Dave Gorman would be v impressed"...not sure about that as when I asked him to send a copy of his DVD he replied "I don't have any at my house, it's the distributor you need to ask"...I didn't receive a further reply when I kindly offered to accept a piece of signed furniture instead.

I continue to be amazed by the amusement contained within most of the replies (positive or otherwise) I have received, it seems that I have captured a few people's imagination and the outcomes have proved well worth all of the effort.

So that is the secret of a happy marriage, a good life and continued health...hopefully more updates tomorrow!!