Flat Stanley 2.0?

So Lulu, my inspiration for all ideas dastardly and fun has outdone herself. We were discussing all the crazy things women do when scorned by a love and how although it can be tempting to turn your ex's favorite tee shirt that he left at your house into a pile of rags and send it back to him in the mail, the knowledge that you come across as a psycho probably would probably mitigate any satisfaction you might have otherwise felt. But what then do you do with a possession that somebody has left behind by mistake? The options are certainly plentiful. You can toss it in the trash, give it to a friend, hock it on Ebay, use it for target practice, the list goes on.

Or you can do what Lulu has suggested and go Flat Stanley on the item. As some of you may know, Flat Stanley is a popular project wherein school children send one another this piece of paper cut into the shape of a boy named Flat Stanley. Flat Stanley also comes with a journal and recipients are encouraged to fill out the journal explaining all of the fun things that Stanley did in his stay in their town, along with some fun facts about the town. The exercise is supposed to teach children that letter writing is fun, an especially important lesson in our age of emailing and instant communication. Flat Stanley is very popular and is probably even better traveled than Carmen Sandiego, a personal favorite from my own childhood. According to Lulu, what would be an exceptionally fun activity would be to send the ex's lost item to your friends in other parts of the country, or even in other parts of the world. The item could then be photographed having a grand old time on its vacation, preferably being used in activities that your ex would frown up. Of course a journal would also be included to explain the pictures, just in case your former didn't understand the significance of what was going down.

I wonder how people would react to something like that. On the one hand its slightly psycho. But its also so painfully funny its humor might actually outweigh its craziness. Does somebody want to test this out for us and tell us how it goes? We could even blog about it...