Panic BuyingIt's the last shopping day before the whole country shuts down for christmas. You've been looking all over for something, anything, to buy your favourite person. Something that says you care, that makes them see you in a new light.
Well, something that won't make them punch you would do. My brother-in-law once bought his wife a bin for her birthday - it was a very nice bin, but boy was he in the crud for days.
What have you bought in sheer panic and desperation? Go on, you know you do it every year.
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chthonic, Fri 23 Dec 2005, 15:10)
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Talking of panic buying...About a year ago ... my friend's birthday. Indeed I had actually bought him something and we all met up to buy a round of drinks and go to his house. Yay and ... yeah.
Unfortunately, my friend was running late and had to eat very fast then sprint to the meeting point where we were standing with a few packs of cider/beer. Then, she collapsed. There were three of us (her included). Ah fuckit. What the hell to do? We couldn't very well send her home without incurring her father's wrath. Passer'sby thought that she was intoxicated as she did look it.
THEN a stroke of luck. We spotted three friends going to the same party.
Two identical looks of relief and we rush over 'Ohmygod, will you help us take her to Rob's?'
Followed by being completely ignored.
Then they disappeared into the shop. Leaving my friend to carry ill friend over back and me with bags for 3 and drink for 20. We eventually got there, it turned out AFTER our other friends who hadn't helped.
It turned out ... and this where the story makes sense...
... they'd forgotten to buy friend's birthday present and had rushed into shop to buy a Mars Bar.
... woo.
(, Sat 24 Dec 2005, 21:17, Reply)
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