Top 10 Rejected Ideas for Freebies from Exhibition Hall Booths
10. Lanyard warmers
–David Fisher Fast: Elkhart, Ind.
9. Menno Simons bobble head dolls
–Jon Burkholder: Litiz, Pa.
8. Martyr’s Mirror action figures
–Sam Cook: Toledo, Ohio
7. Convention meals
–Mike and Marlene Bogard: Newton, Kan.
6. Mouse pads from recycled bonnet material
–Duane Hershberger: Boyertown, Pa.
5. Tattoos of MC USA logo
–Don Garber: Goshen, Ind.
4. Swords (so you can beat your own plowshares)
–Danny Row: Shickley, Neb.
3. Darts with college names
–Les Gustafson-Zook: Goshen, Ind.
2. Tongue screws
–Rachel Nafziger Hartzler: Goshen, Ind.
1. Gently used plastic baggies
–Michelle Slate: Ritzville, Wash.
OTHER ENTRIES:
Mennonite Mission Network Hummer raffle
–Michael Sherer: Goshen, Ind.
Anabaptist martyr action figures
–Ken Shenk: Findlay, Ohio
Baptism by immersion water slide
–Carol Honderich: Goshen, Ind.
Bluffton giving away free, live beavers
–Hannah Martin: Greencastle, Pa.
Limb insurance (for those pesky farm accidents)
Discount misprinted sweatshop shirts of “Mennonite … and proud”
St. Francis bobble head dolls
–Thomas Neufeld: Lancaster, Pa.
Menno Simons action figures
–Danny Row: Shickley, Neb.
Frisbee dried road apples with green painted Mennonite Church USA birds
–Leona Gingerich: Alberquerque, N.M.
(Christopher) Columbus bobble head dolls
–Janeen Bertsche Johnson: Goshen, Ind.
T-squares
Friz-be-gone hair product
–David Fast: Elkhart, Ind.
Water balloons
–Marriah Martin: Greencastle, Pa.
A booth on martyrs and how to become one
–Alex Ruth: Walkersville, M.D.
Shirt inside an EMU egg
–Nate Welsh: Hagerstown, M.D.
A used hammer (by the consortium of Mennonite colleges — trying to lure Mennonite youth into applying)
–Paul Brubaker: Lancaster, Pa.
Kissing booth
–Nathaniel Riegsecker: Middlebury, Ind.
Coupons to a gun store
–Matthew Fenton: Lancaster, Pa.
Amish horseshoes
Water pistols
Autographed pictures of president
Paisley print scarves
Imprinted thongs
Flip-flops
Martyrs Mirror etchings
Cell phone skins
Bald-head polish
–Don Garber: Goshen, Ind.
Menno Simmons Bobblehead
Dutch Blitz Card
Menno Simmons Tatoos
Dance Dance Revolution games
–Christina Martin: Lancaster, Pa.
Ben and Jerry’s ice cream
–Glen Guyton: Hampton, Va.
Doctrine Droid (insect-sized robotic surveillance gadget for detecting theologically incorrect comments in seminars)
–Sarah Pelagius-Conner
Sheldon Good - hails from Telford, Pa., a small suburb of Philadelphia settled by Mennonites in 1719. Good graduated from Goshen College in May with a double major in communication and business. He was the editor-in-chief of the Goshen College Record, the college’s student newspaper. Good enjoys watching the Phillies win, drinking black coffee, and running, all of which he hopes to do while living in D.C. next year through a one year internship with Sojourners.
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Ha! Great idea for a post. T Squares and Frizz be gone hair product had to be a tough one to cut.
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