Husband Buys 36 amiibo To Jokingly Spite Isabelle-Hating Wife At Christmas

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For any fans of the series who have been patiently waiting for Animal Crossing: New Horizons to appear, Christmas probably feels like an eternity ago. Regardless, this story should still give you a little chuckle to brighten your day.

Ian Cheng decided to surprise his wife Vera at Christmas with 36 Isabelle amiibo. The problem here is that Vera hates Isabelle with a passion; she says, "Isabelle is a useless secretary and is a brazenly corrupt official who saps money from your town while doing absolutely nothing". Ouch.

The idea started when Cheng spotted the amiibo figures on clearance for just $1 each. Hiding them all from his wife proved to be tricky, but he went a step further and bought a load of tiny Christmas hats that were supposedly "for the bunnies". The big plan was about to truly unfold...

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The next step was to write 'Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year' on a selection of Post-it Notes, although a lack of scissors caused a minor blip in proceedings, and the delivery of the Christmas hats came just in time. The final result is something of a masterpiece.

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Christmas morning, Vera apparently "walked right past" the Isabelles without even noticing them (we don't know how you'd manage that, but fair enough) but eventually spotted them when returning to the living room. In an Instagram post, Vera said, "Omg [Ian] planned a Christmas surprise for me and it's horrific". She later added, "of course [Ian] had to give me a joke Christmas present cos I guess that's the person I married". Oh dear!

We feel the need to point out that everything seems wonderfully happy between our star couple, so there's no need to worry, although the story isn't quite over yet. Ian also revealed that he originally asked the game store assistant how many Isabelles they could order in, and was pretty surprised by the response:

School districts around here are telling teachers to make ten days worth of lessons in case there a district wide school closing.

I don't understand what's going on with that Animal Crossing thing above, and I'm not sure I want to.

SupremeAC said:

Well, corona is causing all sports events, but also amateur and youth matches and trainings to be cancelled.  As well as all cultural performances.

We're going to have SO MUCH TIME to spend with our family.

Good thing there's always games for much needed escapism!

Meanwhile people queuing for the start of the Grand Prix weekend are being refused entry, but the FIA refuses to announce anything lol (some sources have a statement from the premier saying it can only proceed without attendance, though). One team has pulled out so far, and Vettel and Raikkonen have allegedly run away (but this is twitter "journalism").

Foolz said:

Meanwhile people queuing for the start of the Grand Prix weekend are being refused entry, but the FIA refuses to announce anything lol (some sources have a statement from the premier saying it can only proceed without attendance, though). One team has pulled out so far, and Vettel and Raikkonen have allegedly run away (but this is twitter "journalism").

I've heard stories of soccer matches being played behind closed doors,with thousands following the game live on a large screen in front of the stadium.    I find that hard to believe though, if it were true it'd certainly have made the news.

As of midnight today all restaurants and bars will be closing for 3 weeks, and schools are closing down too, although they will provide minimal daycare for those whose parents work in healthcare or for those who have no solution at hand.

Ravenprose said:

Isabelle is annoying AF.

I'd do her*

*This statement is intended as nonsensical humour and should not be implied as anything other than a flippant joke regarding the appearance and sexual availability of an Amiibo based on a video game character. No intent to have intercourse with either a digital image, or a plastic figurine is intended by the author.

aspro said:

I'd do her*

*This statement is intended as nonsensical humour and should not be implied as anything other than a flippant joke regarding the appearance and sexual availability of an Amiibo based on a video game character. No intent to have intercourse with either a digital image, or a plastic figurine is intended by the author.

Buy yourself a Pro controller and forget all that nonsense.

Rise of Skywalker is now downloaded.  That might mean indifference to everyone, but I was pleasantly surprised.

Archangel3371 said:

travo said:

Buy yourself a Pro controller and forget all that nonsense.

Agreed, it’s an excellent controller. Of course you’re still going to have to get new joycons for portable play regardless though.

Nope. That's what the kick stand is for.

That is absolutely brilliant!  Bravo!