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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One of my mothers boyfriends......once got her an oinking faucet head that was shaped like a pig. I thought it was absolutely hilarious at the time, she wasn't so amused. That didn't stop me from installing it.
That same year, my mom got me a tie that had all sorts of computer paraphenelia on it - It was a horrendous color scheme to begin with, and on top of that it had nice comic sans lettering strewn about randomly saying things like "modem" and "data."
My favorite crap gift, which was intentional, was from my Brother, who got me a pop-up book on global warming. You could pull a tab and watch a worker club a seal - Great stuff. I still prominently display it to this day.
I've made it a bit of a personal tradition to give at least one crap gift to everyone, but this is always made up for with an actual good gift or two. My favorite was getting my sister-in-law a teletubby figure, as she was quite repulsed by them. Of course, it helps if you place it in an incredibly delicate box.
And finally, I've given my Mom a Sean Connery biography over and over again... It's kind of a running joke. I've actually been planning on re-wrapping and giving it to her again this year, as it's been long enough that she has probably forgotten again.
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