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, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

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)