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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Notoriously bad at buying presents...... my aunt's piss poorness was compounded by the fact that my cousin, who is one year younger, had his birthday a little over a week earlier. Every year, I would go with my Mum to help buy a kick ass present and each year I would chose sometyhing that was truly awesome and in return I would get something that was proper gash.
However, one year, that I remember distinctly well, I went shopping and bought my cousin a table top pool set, it was reduced from like £70 to £35 but having spent a lot of time playing on it before giving it to him can assure you that it was awesome.
So, imagine my disgruntlment one week later when, on my Birthday, I opened up the reciprical present to find a pair of those Tote socks with the grip on the bottom.
I know this sounds highly ungrateful and to be quite frank, I am. but at what point did she think that a 15 year old lad would appreciate a pair of socks that you can't even wear with shoes?
(, Fri 24 Sep 2004, 11:31, Reply)
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