Naff Presents
I'm 53, and my brother is 49. Other than him opening my head with a lump hammer when he was 18 months old, for reasons unknown, we've got on pretty well. He doesn't interfere with my life, I don't with his. We see each other occasionally, and have a good time. For my 50th birthday he even bought me a helicopter ride over Trent Bridge whilst a Test Match was on, which was a pretty ace present. Usually presents are ok without setting the world on fire. A dozen golf balls for a golfer of my (lack of) calibre is a pretty decent gift, I'd say.

So imagine my surprise when I opened my pressie this Christmas to find a fibre glass birdfeeder, adorned with fibreglass robins, with holes so tiny that a goldcrest would struggle to get through, neatly labelled "Not For Use Outdoors"!!!!!!!!!!!

Big dilemma! Do I say something or not? However, my mum's present was even worse taste, although similarly themed with the aforementioned fibreglass robins, and I think she'll be having a word......................

This would make a good question of the Week, methinks!
( The Lone Groover has mal des nuts., Tue 30 Dec 2008, 12:49, 2 replies)

So, what're you planning on getting him for his 50th?
It better be bloody good, to trump a helicopter ride
(Pavlov's Frog figures no-one really reads sigs anyway, Tue 30 Dec 2008, 15:12, closed)

50th
I'm looking at a Ferrari/Lambourghini challenge, as it 'appens! Or a full blown day's Rallying. Can't decide!
( The Lone Groover has mal des nuts., Tue 30 Dec 2008, 16:17, closed)