Who the fuck is this wine for?

[ApolloandDaphne]

So we got some wine delivered today. I assumed it was a Christmas gift from BIL. Here is a picture of the message. The only thing that is slightly right is the name at the beginning but nothing else matches our family. Who sent us this? Give me your best guesses??

If the outside box was properly addressed to your DH, then surely the suppliers have just mixed up the internal senders details card with another delivery?
Quick email to virgin wines should solve the puzzle for you.

So far we've had two ingestible gifts this year with no note at all. Awkward.

It says FAO D Scott which is my DH.

Seems pretty clear that your DH met and got along with a couple called Tony and Margaret. He told them that Viola (the 6 ft 2 transvestite prostitute he was with) was his wife.

I have a few questions/wonderings:

• are we jumping the gun at imagining 'scctt' is a typo for 'scott.' Has anyone, like me, searched for other options and found 'Southland/Cerritos Center for Transportation Technologies' to be a possible contender? Does this mean anything to you, op?

• where is Mammy now? Margaret and Tony say she'll be home soon. At the time of posting this were they aware of changes to tiers?

• could 'Viola' be some sort of hidden reference to Twelfth Night? I'm not sure what at the moment, but leave it with me.

@spaceghetto

I have a few questions/wonderings:

• are we jumping the gun at imagining 'scctt' is a typo for 'scott.' Has anyone, like me, searched for other options and found 'Southland/Cerritos Center for Transportation Technologies' to be a possible contender? Does this mean anything to you, op?

• where is Mammy now? Margaret and Tony say she'll be home soon. At the time of posting this were they aware of changes to tiers?

• could 'Viola' be some sort of hidden reference to Twelfth Night? I'm not sure what at the moment, but leave it with me.

These are all good questions. They mean fuck all to me, but they are good all the same.

@donquixotedelamancha

It says FAO D Scott which is my DH.

Seems pretty clear that your DH met and got along with a couple called Tony and Margaret. He told them that Viola (the 6 ft 2 transvestite prostitute he was with) was his wife.

This makes the most sense to me. In my humdrum existence this would be very exciting and spawn a whole slew of threads. In reality I just think Virgin wines are pranking us.

@JetBlackSteed

If the outside box was properly addressed to your DH, then surely the suppliers have just mixed up the internal senders details card with another delivery? Quick email to virgin wines should solve the puzzle for you.

Too sensible. In reality we will just scratch our heads a bit, drink the wine and move on.

You could just ask your BIL if he sent you wine?

I think this wine label is a code and you are mixed up in a spy drama

Call Virgin wine. They will be able to resolve it

It's obviously written in code but it seems quite clear to me.

Viola + Tony = Viola Davis
(as she has a Tony award as well as Emmy and Oscar)

Margaret + Scott = Margaret Scott
Executed in the Salem Witch Trials

I'm sure this information needs no further explanation. You're very welcome.

I'd email Virgin and ask them to go back to the purchaser to ask who the hell they meant to send it to. Don't drink it!

What a wonderful conundrum. I think I would be leading claim to it if no-one else does by xmas. Cheers

@RockinDobbin

It's obviously written in code but it seems quite clear to me.

Viola + Tony = Viola Davis
(as she has a Tony award as well as Emmy and Oscar)

Margaret + Scott = Margaret Scott
Executed in the Salem Witch Trials

I'm sure this information needs no further explanation. You're very welcome.

Are you accusing Viola Davies of being a witch???

Margaret could be Maggie, Mags, Peggy...
Tony could be an Antony, Ant...

Any of those ring a bell maybe?

My parents once had, over the course of a few months, 3 postcards sent to them. Addressed to their first names and surname. Surname is v unusual and my dad also goes by a shortened version of his middle name which was written. They didn’t have a clue who these people were and haven’t heard from them since.

Bizzare!

No, of course not!

Argh quote didn't work

But just to be clear, I am not accusing Viola Davis of being a witch

@RockinDobbin excellent work! do you mind if I ask where you did your training?

I too came up with the Viola Davis angle. However, I stretched it slightly further by linking Viola Davis and her dislike of.... wait for it... playing Mammy roles. This was reported on in 2014. 20 + 14 is 34. 3+4 is 7. 7 +2 (because there are 2 bottles) = 9. What does 9 rhyme with? WINE.

oh that's a good spot @spaceghetto
I'm proud to say I achieved my sleuthing skills by studying MN threads - there's some leading detectives on here.

I agree the message cards have been mixed up.
Although the possibility of Princess Margaret and Tony Armstrong Jones sending you ( using their oet name for you, Viola, because you love violets) wine from the beyond, is more appealing.

I got a hamper a few years ago with a totally baffling note like this one - yep it turned out they'd just put the wrong note in the wrong package. Oops.

That is not handwriting. It's the sort of fake handwriting you can print. Companies use it for advertising that is supposed to look personal e.g. when you get a 'handwritten note' on a compliment slip from an estate agent, through your door.

So, I think it's a corporate gift or promotion of some sort.

Why they're messing with your names, or talking about your Mammy, I have no idea!

If wine was ordered over phone then names could've been misheard, is your BIL called Toby?

It's from Santa. He's very busy and very old so somtimes messes up. Just drink the wine and put a note up the chimney to thank him.