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Get any really awful Christmas gifts?
Topic Started: Dec 26 2007, 10:26 AM (844 Views)
RosemaryTwo
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Well?

"Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua
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ivorythumper
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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DivaDeb
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only wondrous things this year!
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RosemaryTwo
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Gotta be someone out there?

Well, I got a few sweet but somewhat odd gifts from my young boys.

The older one found my high school letter jacket at my mother's house and wrapped that up for me. Not sure if he expects me to wear it, but since I live in the district that I grew up in -- well, it would be odd on a number of levels.

I also gave my boys $$ to shop at a secret santa shop at school. The older one came home with a paperweight for me. It's a clear sports call, full of floating gold plastic coins. It's just odd that anyone makes such a thing, it's a lot of plastic bling on my desk. :unsure:

Of course I love it. Visitors may think I'm a bit odd, but they probably already thought that.....
"Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua
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dolmansaxlil
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Nothing awful - but I did get a delicious box of cookies from a student (one whose family I trust enough to actually EAT the homemade treats). There were delicious squares packed with oatmeal, peanut butter, and unknown to me, walnuts. Immediately, my mouth felt like it was on fire and I spent a couple hours feeling horrible.

(But the cookies were REALLY good!)
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Optimistic
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R2, I remember the Santa Secret Sales at my grade school, and the wondrous assortment of plastic items that could be acquired for mom and dad with the money they had given you that morning.

Enjoy. :biggrin:
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dolmansaxlil
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Oh! I got a gift from the Gingerbread shop at school as well. A "silver" chain with a "silver" dangly thing that says "World's Best Mom". :D
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In years past, Plays would find my old high school jock strap and wrap it up as a gag gift. I finally put an end to that nonsense by hiding it. She has not found my hiding place yet.

(You may ask, why not throw it away? Improv does not throw anything away. I'm a pack-rat. The minute I throw it away, I'll need it. :P )
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RosemaryTwo
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:lol:

Good stuff.

Dol, I got a "gold" chain with a "gold" and "diamond" angel a few years ago.

I also got a mug once that says "I [heart] Mom." The bottom of the mug says, "Not intended for use as a mug; for decorational purposes only."

Opti -- you're right, those gifts are so much fun to open up.
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DivaDeb
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R2...what did you letter in?

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sue
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Dec 26 2007, 11:51 AM
Improv does not throw anything away. I'm a pack-rat. The minute I throw it away, I'll need it.  :P )

My soul mate! :lol:
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DivaDeb
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Dec 26 2007, 02:29 PM
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Dec 26 2007, 11:51 AM
Improv does not throw anything away. I'm a pack-rat. The minute I throw it away, I'll need it.  :P )

My soul mate! :lol:

you might need Improv's high school jock strap??

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DivaDeb
Dec 26 2007, 11:15 AM
R2...what did you letter in?

Oh, Deb, I wish I could say it was something that demanded great amounts of talent.

I was a Pantherette.

Please don't tell anyone.

:leaving:
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DivaDeb
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YES!!! A DRILL TEAM CHICK!!!!


I love you sooooooo much!

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sue
Dec 26 2007, 02:29 PM
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Dec 26 2007, 11:51 AM
Improv does not throw anything away. I'm a pack-rat. The minute I throw it away, I'll need it.  :P )

My soul mate! :lol:

You can't ever put two pack rats together. You end up with one of those houses you read about every now and then where the old magazines and newspapers are piled floor to ceiling and in every room there is a single, foot-wide path to the next room.

You need balance.

I love to throw stuff out. If I didn't prevail (or just do it) some of the time, my pack-rat wife would never throw anything away.

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Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.
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sue
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Dec 26 2007, 01:12 PM
sue
Dec 26 2007, 02:29 PM
Improviso
Dec 26 2007, 11:51 AM
Improv does not throw anything away. I'm a pack-rat. The minute I throw it away, I'll need it.  :P )

My soul mate! :lol:

You can't ever put two pack rats together. You end up with one of those houses you read about every now and then where the old magazines and newspapers are pile floor to ceiling and in every room there is a single, foot-wide path to the next room.

You need balance.

I love to throw stuff out. If I didn't prevail (or just do it) some of the time, my pack-rat wife would never throw anything away.

jf

:biggrin: You are so right. My husband is a throw-outer, and I know I need him. :baby:
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Dec 26 2007, 12:06 PM
YES!!! A DRILL TEAM CHICK!!!!


I love you sooooooo much!

:lol:

Well, thanks. :blush:

I swear, I did other things of significance. But, alas, yes, I was a drill team chick. Pom poms and all.

I have the jacket in my closet to prove it.
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RosemaryTwo
Dec 26 2007, 03:15 PM
DivaDeb
Dec 26 2007, 12:06 PM
YES!!!  A DRILL TEAM CHICK!!!! 


I love you sooooooo much! 

:lol:

Well, thanks. :blush:

I swear, I did other things of significance. But, alas, yes, I was a drill team chick. Pom poms and all.

I have the jacket in my closet to prove it.

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RosemaryTwo
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Oh, if I could find and scan a photo of me in my skirt and boots, you would all see the big hair and blue eye makeup, and any ounce of respect that you have for me would melt away like butter on a hot iron skillet.

No, I'll let the fantasy stay as it is....
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RosemaryTwo
Dec 26 2007, 02:46 PM
The older one found  my high school letter jacket at my mother's house and wrapped that up for me.  Not sure if he expects me to wear it, but since I live in the district that I grew up in -- well, it would be odd on a number of levels.

When my dad was a teenager, he got quite a few odd gifts for one of his birthdays. He actually liked every single gift his friends gave him... the problem is, he already had everything!

Evidently, while he was out earlier that day, his sister and all of his friends had raided his bedroom, wrapping up everything they could find.... books, clothing, toys.... The jig was up, as they say, when someone gave him a really nerdy book that he *knew* nobody would ever buy for him, that he already had. :biggrin:
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Chocolate covered cherries.

BLECH!!!!!
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pianojerome
Dec 26 2007, 05:51 PM
RosemaryTwo
Dec 26 2007, 02:46 PM
The older one found  my high school letter jacket at my mother's house and wrapped that up for me.  Not sure if he expects me to wear it, but since I live in the district that I grew up in -- well, it would be odd on a number of levels.

When my dad was a teenager, he got quite a few odd gifts for one of his birthdays. He actually liked every single gift his friends gave him... the problem is, he already had everything!

Evidently, while he was out earlier that day, his sister and all of his friends had raided his bedroom, wrapping up everything they could find.... books, clothing, toys.... The jig was up, as they say, when someone gave him a really nerdy book that he *knew* nobody would ever buy for him, that he already had. :biggrin:

That's brilliant, PJ! I may have to do that at some point to some unsuspecting victim!

When I was in college, I had a buddy who use post it notes on EVERYTHING. I love post its, but his use was borderline obsessive. So one night, a friend and I broke into his room and labelled everything he owned with post its. SHIRT. DRESSER. COMPUTER MONITOR. BED. PILLOW. CURTAINS. DESK. FLOOR. CEILING. etc.

The best part was when he came home with his girlfriend that night, and she opened the dresser drawer to grab the EXTRA SMALL CONDOMS we had so conveniently labelled. Tee hee.
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dolmansaxlil
Dec 26 2007, 06:38 PM
The best part was when he came home with his girlfriend that night, and she opened the dresser drawer to grab the EXTRA SMALL CONDOMS we had so conveniently labelled. Tee hee.

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