Last thread was getting long
so on the same line as FlimFlam what was the last thing you got for free?

Alt Q: What was the last present you gave?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 16:55, 101 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

as it is Mrs V's birthday today
this morning I gave her a silver torc necklace

last thing I got was a t shirt from my bro saying "I can't hear you over the sound of how epic I am"
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 16:59, Reply)

the necklace sounds nice!
Got a special evening planned?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:00, Reply)

it is lovely
I was pleased with my selection.

I'm cooking her dinner, then we are chilling out. Both got colds and are pretty knackered and skint. We went out to dinner last friday for both of our birthdays and to celebrate her results. Hosting a bbq this friday for the same reason.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:01, Reply)

Have a lovely evening then
sounds well and truly relaxed
edit: and happy birthday to your missus of course as well
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:02, Reply)

thanks :-)
she will start getting a bit weirded out by well wishers from the internet I think. I had to high five her on Lab's behalf the other day...
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:04, Reply)

*prouds*

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:05, Reply)

Haha she's vaguely met me

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:06, Reply)

Yeah, well did you high-five her?
I did. VICARIOUSLY.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:07, Reply)

I love that word
mainly because I love the song
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:07, Reply)

Aaaaand changed my sig

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:08, Reply)

I didn't highfive her
vicariously or otherwise. Opportunity missed :(
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:11, Reply)

probably a good thing
she's been learning from the Vipros school of high-fiving. You'd have left with a shattered hand.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:12, Reply)

I have strong hands
and vicious intent
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:14, Reply)

good job you sat outside when we were at Sonisphere then

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:15, Reply)

*throws 2 drums and a cymbol off a cliff*

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:16, Reply)

*fist pumps*

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:17, Reply)

:( sad times

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:30, Reply)

You're hosting a barbecue because you've both got colds and are skint?
You country-folk are just fucking weird.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:10, Reply)

You have deliberately misconstrued that.
For shame.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:12, Reply)

I managed to get my hands on an old, semi-ruined snare drum
And a free fairly low quality crash cymbal. Not much, but still something. Oh, and someone gave me a bottle of champagne yesterday.

alt q: Very dull: towels as part of a wedding present.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:00, Reply)

As it was Vipros' fiancee's birthday today
I gave her the AIDZ. I felt a bit bad. It was second hand you see, i'd already given it to his mum.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:01, Reply)

you realise that that AIDZ is the one that I gave your mum and wife right?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:01, Reply)

Oh man, I was wondering who left it round at theirs
That's so embarrassing.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:07, Reply)

I know
red faces all round
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:09, Reply)

It's the gift that just keeps on giving

(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:02, Reply)

The last thing I got for free was a book
and the last present I gave was for a friend's bithday, just some DVDs
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:02, Reply)

Last present I gave
Was a nice bunch of flowers and some chocs for my gf's mum. She loves me.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:03, Reply)

lucky you
boyfriend's parents never like me
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:03, Reply)

I'm charming and delightful company
Despite lookin' a bit weird.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:05, Reply)

I'm none of the above

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:06, Reply)

don't be so hard on yourself
you are weird looking
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:09, Reply)

haha
this is revenge for the wet noodle comment isn't it?
You're right I was telling lies. I'm weird looking but also charming and wonderful
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:10, Reply)

I'm not petty
I just like insulting people.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:11, Reply)

+r

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:12, Reply)

I don't think anyone would argue with that

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:13, Reply)

*tumbleweed*

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:17, Reply)

A bag full of wild plums and I'm going back to where I found them again this weekend for a load more. Most of the blackberries around here are a bit naff though.

Alt answer: A huge cookery book as a birthday present for a friend. She claims to finally understand why her "swing like a lumberjack" approach to dicing vegetables makes my mind boggle now.
( Labmonkey last thought about having another coffee on, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:04, Reply)

Look, it was a just one-night stand, OK?
Keep your hands off my 'bag full of wild plums' in future.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:12, Reply)

*denies everything*
( Labmonkey last thought about having another coffee on, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:16, Reply)

8 minutes between a post mentioning plums and a response. I expect better than this from you.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:18, Reply)

It's not good, is it?
I'll try harder.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:19, Reply)

In other news... I have been thinking about trying to run a supper club as mentioned a couple of weeks ago - thoughts?

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:21, Reply)

what's a supper club?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:24, Reply)

underground restaurant "for one night only"

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:26, Reply)

do you serve coal and moles and holes?
they are the sort of things that are underground and rhyme
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:27, Reply)

Where?
As in what part of the country.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:27, Reply)

That London

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:28, Reply)

stupid London
it steals all the good things
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:28, Reply)

Good idea, where the with it people are.
What exactly does it involve?
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:29, Reply)

fixed menu. Limited number of people (I think we could seat 20 in our flat) promoted by word of mouth. Try it as a one-off evening & then maybe hold one once a month if it went well.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:32, Reply)

It's got to be a winner.
I'd like to try it.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:34, Reply)

I will gaz you once I have given it some more thought.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:37, Reply)

Merky buckets

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:39, Reply)

This could be the start
of a new form of next-level super-pimped-out elite B3ta bash.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:41, Reply)

Just you and me and the fellow in Devon then.
I don't like Congnac, but I do like single malts. Is that OK?
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:47, Reply)

It certainly is. I love the malts.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:52, Reply)

mm single malts
I currently have a head cold, and last night my mother made me hot whisky using Laphroaig. Oddest taste ever
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:53, Reply)

Good work, mater.
I do like Laphroaig, but I've I could only have one malt for the rest of my life I'd go for the 15-year old Bowmore.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:55, Reply)

I am making a bottle of Oban last until September at the moment.
Just a tiny sip at 22:00
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:56, Reply)

Mmm I like Oban

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:56, Reply)

I'm not a fan myself
I'll enjoy a cognac though. Or a good quality vodka if that sort of thing isn't frowned upon.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:55, Reply)

XO Hennessy is my all-time favourite drink.
It's £100 a bottle though, so I only buy it every fourth bottle.

I've also had £12-a-shot rum and (honestly this exists) gourmet sipping tequila and was amazed how nice both of them were. I've had expensive vodkas but cannot get excited about it as a drink.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:56, Reply)

I like the taste of vodka, simple as that
I've had a lovely thai whisky that was more like drinking chilled brandy. but nicer than that sounds.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 18:06, Reply)

vodka when a decent brand
is fine straight. But if cheap it must be mixed
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 18:16, Reply)

who would you invite?
and why not just swap and swap about?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:29, Reply)

You make it open to all but charge for the food (fixed menu published in advance). People bring their own booze.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:30, Reply)

I see
that makes sense
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:30, Reply)

It's not one of your 'swingers' nights, you know.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:31, Reply)

They're not *my* swinger nights
they're everybody's swinger nights!

/Mr Dalliard
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:32, Reply)

I love you.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:34, Reply)

I don't love her, I just say that so I can see her breasts

(Bazongaloid, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:35, Reply)

(sotto voce)
Does it work...?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:36, Reply)

no
but he still tries
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:38, Reply)

Bless his little chubby cheeks.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:41, Reply)

that was the second attempt
please don't remind me
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:42, Reply)

Haha traumatised, at all?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:52, Reply)

What supper powers do you have?

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:24, Reply)

he can leap tall yorkshire puddings in a
single bound
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:25, Reply)

Impressive.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:26, Reply)

Faster than a speeding box of micro-chips

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:27, Reply)

not that tall - I'm only 5'8"

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:26, Reply)

The power to griddle?
HARD!?
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:25, Reply)

the power to kill a yak from 200 yards away
WITH MIND BULLETS
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:27, Reply)

how about the power



to move you?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:28, Reply)

That's telekinesis, Kyle

(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:29, Reply)

Do it.
It's an excellent idea. I'd come.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:26, Reply)

I'll gaz you once I've thought it through

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:28, Reply)

Please do.
Or just have me to dinner with a menu like the one you posted before and I'll pay for the ingredients - or provide the wines and cognac...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:30, Reply)

I has silver straws

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:32, Reply)

*rubs hands together*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:34, Reply)

last thing I got free, um
a pen from the college I think

Last present I gave was a photoshop thing I made for the bf
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:23, Reply)

Hmmm...
I got loads of big bags of crisps from Tyrrells for free as I brought a big air-filled empty bag at Christmas and moaned at them... I may have blamed them for ruining my Christmas, which is slightly dramatic, but it worked! Mwahaha
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:23, Reply)

That's so unfair
you moan about crisps and get free crisps, I moan at Dagenham Motors in Edgware (fucking cunts) and get fuck all.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:32, Reply)

Were you hoping for a free car?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:36, Reply)

Well, that would have been nice
but I'd have settled for money for wasting my time.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:39, Reply)

Alt: I gave my daughter a funky little crash helmet and elbow/kneepads
for what she refers to as her 'motorbike'.

That's right - I SLIPPED A HELMET TO MY DAUGHTER LAST WEEKEND.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:47, Reply)

I bought it today, I haven't given it yet
It's for my flatmate, it's a custom made t-shirt that says 'I KILLED STUART LUBBOCK' on it. We're mature at our place.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:49, Reply)

My brother and I
regularly lament the fact that neither of us had the sense to buy 'Justice For Barry' t-shirts when Bulsara was inside.

You're my kind of fellow, young Barrington.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:54, Reply)

He had the best excuse ever
"I couldn't have killed her as I was stalking another woman at the time". My granddad was living in Fulham when it happened and everyone locally knew he was mad as a box of frogs but harmless all the same and that he couldn't have offed Dando.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 18:20, Reply)

I once got a crate of Stinger Beer out of Badger Breweries
...because I moaned at them for not having it on draught in the pub that I was in. I might have laid it on a little thick...
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 17:56, Reply)

Small companies who are flattered by your keenness on their product FTW

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 18 Aug 2010, 18:00, Reply)