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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Returning from holiday in Benidorm......my parents presented me with a lighter (I don't smoke) shaped like a double-bass. 8 inches tall, plastic, quite weighty. On sparking it up, lights would flash and it would play (or rather beep) 'Happy Birthday' (not the Stevie Wonder or Altered Images version!) twice.
Loudly.
Very loudly.
To light a cigarette takes what? A second of flame? The tune would last 25 seconds because once it started playing, it would continue until it had finished.
Maybe the cool crisp smoke takes your mind off the audio assault coming from the lighter, but as I don't smoke (I'll start when I'm older and more bad tempered), I had to tuck into the duty-free JD that they'd also bought me.
Admittedly, I did ask them to bring me the tackiest piece of tat they could find. I tip my hat to them!
(, Thu 23 Sep 2004, 20:37, Reply)
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