If no one else is going to...
what is your opinion on regifting? Like some of you I'm sure, my more mainstream friends and relatives have no idea what my interests are therefore end up with "alternative gifts" e.g. table books on body art, banksy prints... so many banksy prints, vouchers etc. I tend to regift some of it throughout the year. Is it scabby or fair enough?

ALT: Best/worst gift received?
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:40, 77 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

As long as you don't give it back to them.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:44, Reply)

near the top.
this was linked to by the guardian.
danwootton.tweetboard.com/my-personal-statement-on-news-of-the-world-phone-hacking-i-m-not-going-to-lie-having-a-column-in-2465909435/
With this comment "The second comment underneath Wooton's statement suggests readers have taken this in the spirit it was meant"
(PsychoChomp, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:07, Reply)

I'll have your books on body art for Christmas thankyouverymuch.

( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:44, Reply)

no worries. I want a generic action figure in return. Your choice of genre.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:46, Reply)

*raides nephew's toybox*

( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:47, Reply)

unwrapping action figures was such a cool feeling as a kid.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:48, Reply)

It still is, mate.
The missus got me the 11 Doctors figure set for Christmas and I was happier than a dog with two cocks unwrapping it.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:49, Reply)

I used to buy little manga robots and stuff in my early twenties but moved house and forgot them.
never bought any more.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:50, Reply)

I was so about to stomp you.
I've only done it a time or two, mostly when I'm in a pinch.
My mom tends to buy gifts for other people, from "me" so I don't do gifts unless it's to my friends, and they're so shit at giving gifts [i.e. they fucking don't give any] that I'm just going to stop gift giving all together.

My cousin always buys me gawdy jewelry that I can't wear, and even if I could I wouldn't. Because it's all ugly.
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:45, Reply)

what was your stomp? whack it in here for multi thread madness.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:46, Reply)

it was about food, dinner parties, etc
a mate of mine has asked to get together for dinner and my roommate has sectioned herself into it by offering to make something, on sunday or monday, when I won't be there.
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:48, Reply)

what a whore.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:48, Reply)

I think I'm starting to hate her.

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:50, Reply)

But you seem so tolerant!

( Kroney, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:53, Reply)

of what? she's the most inconsiderate person I know.

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:55, Reply)

I've never done it
Too worried about the recipient telling Facebook about my gift. The people I would buy for are fairly close-knit so word would creep back to the original buyer.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:46, Reply)

I almost gave a framed Banksy from my brother to my mate for his wedding as I hate it
but decided not to as it would def get back to my brother.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:47, Reply)

Good call mate
If you hate it you should offer your brother it, he must like it to have bought it in the first place
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:52, Reply)

no he just thinks I like that shit
he is a proper hooray henry.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:57, Reply)

How did that happen?
I was about to make some unkind comment about you being related to a posho but then realised it's probably to do with your being adopted
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:02, Reply)

My folks are posh, he is posh. I can be posh if and when I need to.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:03, Reply)

I find that phenomenally hard to believe
and would thoroughly enjoy the chance to witness being proved wrong
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:08, Reply)

It's fair enough
As long as you're not a complete shit for brains, and regift it to the person that gave you it in the first place. As my former stepmother did with my sister, the stupid fucking bint.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:47, Reply)

Regifting is entirely fine
as long as there's no way the person who gave it to you originally is likely to find out and be hurt. I get given a lot of useless tat, and whilst I appreciate the thought, most of it goes straight down the Oxfam shop or to other people I think will appreciate it more.
(berk, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:49, Reply)

I don't really see a problem with it.
As long as you don't try to gift it back to the person who gave it to you. Having said that, the problem I have with shit gifts is that they're usually too shit for me to pass on, as I wouldn't like anyone to think I had actually seriously bought them for another person. Does that make sense?

Anyway, my presents are usually ace. I put a lot of thought into what I think a person would like, and choose accordingly. I don't go "Oh, she likes Dr Who, therefore she will be happy with any old tat that has Dr Who on it." Which apparently is the thought process that goes into choosing presents for me.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:53, Reply)

I try and think hard about giving gifts.
I find that with most people I know, it's not the cost of the thing but how appropriate it is to them that is important.
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:55, Reply)

^ this
I have had friends actually go teary-eyed with the thoughtfulness of a gift that cost £5, and been deeply unimpressed with the lack of originality or indeed thought process that has been put in to a gift that costs 10 times that.
(berk, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:57, Reply)

oh this this, I've only gotten teary eyed once from a gift and it was the thought that mattered most
one friend of mine goes crazy for christmas and birthdays and spends so much money it's ridiculous but most of the time I could care less about what she gets me because it's all crap
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:01, Reply)

was it mace?

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:04, Reply)

no. twat.

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:07, Reply)

twot

( Kroney, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:10, Reply)

twaht

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:11, Reply)

I made my mum cry once
Her first birthday after her mum died, I took a load of old photos of her family (mum, dad, brother, sister, and her) and made them into a really cool montage thing. When she unwrapped it she cried, and I felt dead guilty.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:11, Reply)

after my cousin died my dad had his picture lasered onto a plaque
one for us and one for my aunt, and he made me give it to her and she let out a little squeally cry and I felt horrible and it made me cry too
gawd, why are we always crying? crying is shit
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:13, Reply)

Because women are weak.

( Kroney, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:25, Reply)

*shakes fist*

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:27, Reply)

^This
I've been given stuff that cost nothing that choked me up and extravagant gifts that I'd rather not have had, because they were what the giver would have wanted, rather than what I want.

Best recent gifts I can remember were a Bike saddle, a Mug and a tiny little badge.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:00, Reply)

what did the badge say?

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:11, Reply)

MTFU
The Mug said I *heart* Tea and the saddle was a Brooks B17
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:15, Reply)

I lost my MTFU badge on Saturday night.
Gutted.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:18, Reply)

Being gutted over the loss of a MTFU badge is like crying over spilt milk.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:20, Reply)

I suggest you man the fuck up.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:25, Reply)

But I loved that badge, man.
I think I have a spare somewhere, though.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:26, Reply)

I'm pretty good at picking gifts out for people, I think.
Conversely, I am probably the easiest person in the world to buy for, for which the missus is eternally grateful as she detests shopping with a passion.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:59, Reply)

People buy me joke presents, like zimmerframes and stuff.
The joke lies in the fact that I'm in peak physical condition.
( Kroney, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:13, Reply)

when you have some terrible
dibilitating disease next, we are going to offer no sympathy whatsoever. NOt even a *there there*
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:19, Reply)

I actually really rarely get sick,
it's the killer immune system that I'm sure I must have mentioned before.
( Kroney, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:20, Reply)

one day, kroney, one day

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:26, Reply)

Ebay.
I never ask for presents, last Christmas I asked my parents to save the money. I got some money and vouchers from family but that is all I could have wanted anyway.
(888777555, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:58, Reply)

I usually do this
'What do you want for Christmas?'
'Dunno. Get me a chocolate orange and a £10 Amazon voucher, that'll do me nicely.'

Certain exceptions are when I genuinely need something which I can't really afford, for instance, for my birthday next week I am getting a new tyre for my car. Woo.
(berk, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:04, Reply)

My former colleagues asked me what I wanted as a leaving gift last week.
I found this a bit uncomfortable so didn't offer up any ideas (plus I genuinely really didn't know). On Thursday I was presented with 12 rather nice bottles of ale and a new Zippo lighter. My immediate response was "You're trying to fucking kill me aren't you?"

Seriously though it was a nice surprise.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:08, Reply)

I got a woman a present that I thought she'd take as a joke.
A bottle of beer called "Old Growler".

Totally misjudged my audience.
( Kroney, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:11, Reply)

There used to be one called Old Fart.
Oh the hilarity...
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:17, Reply)

I bought a zippo because I thought it'd make me look like Don Draper.
My mates said it made me look like one of those weird kids at school who played with fire. Then I lost it after about three days.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:12, Reply)

I like Zippos
But the biggest problem with them is being unable to tell when they're about to run out of fuel.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:14, Reply)

It is completely scabby.

(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:10, Reply)

Says the man responsible for Tesco's hiking their prices up to cover losses.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:11, Reply)

I'm a changed man.
I'm just in a bad mood cos I skipped the gym today when my brother went and he ended up bumping into David Haye and having a pint with him.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:13, Reply)

I'm just joshing you Baz.
Are you still Newcastle based these days?
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:14, Reply)

I'm back home in London for Summer.
Move into my new place up there at the end of August. Well, now Pulp are playing Brixton on August 31st I'll be coming up in early September. Which means I'll get the shittest bedroom, but it's worth it to see Pulp again.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:16, Reply)

Did David Haye fail to finish the drink because he'd broken his toe?

( Kroney, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:15, Reply)

I just wanted to ask him what it's like to be the second hardest man in the local area.

(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:17, Reply)

"It's awful, I can never find trousers that fit"

( Kroney, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:18, Reply)

Fair enough
As long as you're putting a bit more thought into it than the original gift-giver.
If you regularly get unwanted gifts from the same people, then either tell them or drop a hint with a wish/gift list (like Amazon).

Worst gifts ever:
My dad once got me a gift set with pre-shave, shaving oil, aftershave, moisturiser from Molton Brown, obviously chosen by his then girlfriend because I'd been a beardy weirdy for at about 10 years by then.
( wakeupandsmellthebacon, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:13, Reply)

haha shave you weirdo

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:16, Reply)

It was for your balls

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:21, Reply)

I think it's fair
people buy enough shit without you contributing further to capitalism. If you've got stuff and give stuff to someone else, surely that's a good hting
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:16, Reply)

I'd like to give away my roommate.

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:17, Reply)

she's still being annoying?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:18, Reply)

yeah but I talk about her all the time so I'll shut up now
How's the Captain today?
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:19, Reply)

Interested in knowing what your roommate is doing to annoy you is my guess.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:20, Reply)

that to
I assume it's the parties and the inconsiderateness
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:22, Reply)

OK - sat through a boring 'training' course
(in which they just told us stuff and failed to be useful) and a boring meeting.

But GREAT NEWS! hoover bags have arrived!
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:21, Reply)

So things are 'picking up'!

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:22, Reply)

BADM TISH!

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:22, Reply)

You'll be pleased to know I can't think of any other hoover jokes.
This sucks.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:23, Reply)

that's because your head is as empty as a vacuum

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:24, Reply)

You're Dyson with death with those puns.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:28, Reply)

It Kirby the end of things.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:29, Reply)

Actual humour seems to be an unnecessary
electrolux-ury in this thread.
( Kroney, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:30, Reply)

well this thread is now a whirlwind of activity

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:37, Reply)

meetings suck
horrah hoover bags!
you should celebrate by sprinkling the floors with glitter
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:24, Reply)

they are already covered in a fairy-dust-like
scattering of sawdust/guinea pig poo*/hay


*just a bit of poo, in the run, I'm not that skanky
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:25, Reply)

*eyes you suspiciously*

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:27, Reply)

well soon there will be none
I am totally hoovering the fuck out of this house. It's going to look like the kind of place a real human being lives in and everything
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:29, Reply)

If someone gets you a banksy print it's a sure sign that they think you're a dick

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:22, Reply)