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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my grandparentshave always been particularly crap/selfish at buying presents for my family, and we're always bought things that they can get while on the weekly shop. anything that's buy one get one free is usually a prime candidate for a present. in fact there are so many years of awful presents that it's hard to single any out, but two do come to mind.
the first was for my mum; she received a bottle of talcum powder, for men.
and the other was a gift for my brother; one pack of ready salted crisps, and one pack of chocolate raisins. the thing was that my brother had given up chocolate and had not eaten it for 3 years, a fact that my grandparents were well aware of, so i got to nab the raisins while he ended up with just a packet of crisps.
what always makes it worse is the way that our dad makes us phone them up to thank them for the shite that they've given us.
(, Fri 24 Sep 2004, 0:16, Reply)
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