Shoddy PresentsI have an aunt who for many years would send me the same christmas present every year. A Biro. Each year I wrote inevitable "Thankyou so much for the Biro. I am using it to write this letter" letter, each year a new one arrived.
Tell us all about the rubbish that has been foisted upon you over the years.
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chthonic, Thu 23 Sep 2004, 10:14)
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For my birthday last yearMy father bought me a door-stop in the shape of a large, fluffy duck. I am 38.
In hindsight, this probably has something to do with my own reputation for shoddy present-giving which has included: a handful of walnuts (my sister), a packet of polos (my sister, again), a washing basket (Mrs Duck) and a hairnet (my mother).
In my defence, the polos were picked up at Charles de Gaulle airport as a memento of a tumultuous school trip, and the hairnet was top, top quality from Boots. The washing basket tied in with the wife's other present - an outrageously expensive washing machine which was also received with a certain amount of disappointment. There's no pleasing some people.
And while we're here, I never got the chance to thank my insanely rich great-aunt for the start she gave me in life with her annual gift of a one pound WH Smiths token.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 23 Sep 2004, 11:53,
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