I bought a herd of Elephpants
Some of you may know that this year, I started collecting Elephpants. I just find them so cool! I was planning to get a handful and then grow my herd slowly as there's not like 100's to collect, in fact there's about 70.
I was scrolling through Twitter and noticed that Vincent Pontier, the godfather of Elephpants, who created the official PHP Elephpant mascot back in 1998, had tweeted about someone who was looking to sell their herd.
(𝟏/𝟑) | It is a historic day! Yes, I said historic. I am addressing all elephpant collectors. The news I am about to announce is not likely to haPHPen again. So, do not miss this unique opportunity and take the time to read the following lines #php @official_php @MarkWalravens pic.twitter.com/UpTrXfKNO3
— Vincent PONTIER (@Elroubio) July 17, 2023
I hesitated for about 30 minutes and then send the seller, Mark Walravens a message, expressing my interest. I hesitated some more but then something in my mind came right to the front and I just though "how often does a full herd come up for sale?"
So I bought it...
Yep, I now had 21 more Elephpants to look after 🤣 Now a couple of them, I already had so I can use them for trades, however 19 of them were totally new to my collection. Most of them are extremely hard to find.
Do I regret it? Nope! Although they will have to live in a box for the time being as I don't have a proper display set up yet. Here's a better picture of them that Mark sent me:
