Ithaca Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 So Xmas is well and truely over for another year. The odd inch (or three) has been added to the waistline, bank balances have never looked lower, mutterings of "I''ll never drink again!" have been heard the length and breadth of the country, and if anything like me, you're new year resolve has already started to fade...Now I've had some pretty shit Xmas presents in my time but this year my lovely ma and pa went all out! The distant childhood memory of disappointment of unwrapping my annual sock and pant combo from Great Auntie Julie pales in comparison to the utter pile of shite I received from my parents this year. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not normally one to 'look a gift a horse in the mouth', but this year was something truely special. This year was the year of the travel Sudoku machine!! With the build quality of a Kinder toy (though far less entertaining), the sleekness of a Fiat Cinquecento and it's 6.99 price tag still on full view, I was super chuffed. Can I count to nine? Yes I can! Thanks Mum and Dad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chops Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 meh meh meh that's really ungrateful meh meh think of all the starving kids in africa meh meh meh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest treader. Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 shut up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzdiablo Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 i'd fucking love a tiny violin for xmasi got a book on scottish military history once when i was like 14, from my grandfather. i guess that might've interested him when he was that age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hobo Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 assorted johnnies in a display case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF Scott Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 i'd fucking love a tiny violin for xmasi got a book on scottish military history once when i was like 14, from my grandfather. i guess that might've interested him when he was that age.That genuinely sounds like a good gift, you're so ungrateful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Tonsilitis and 3rd degree scolds.Well, not strictly a gift, but it made for a shit Christmas last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbroonbreed Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 I got a 40gig PS3 when I clearly wanted a 60gig one. WTF?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Once, when I was like... 9? 10? I got ...maybe... 5 different Elvis CDs?Now, don't get me wrong, I like Elvis as much as the next kid, but when you're expecting Linkin Park and Nickelback CDs, Elvis just doesn't compare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest treader. Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 I once got ONE pair of adidas socks, with the 'reduced' price tag left on it. (2.99) They were too small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 but when you're expecting Linkin Park and Nickelback CDs, Elvis just doesn't compare.Sounds like they were doing you a favour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Jo-D Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 not so much as the worst present, but the worst story to follow a present - I got a nice big warm dressing gown and a nice necklace from my boyf which were all lovely, however he then proceded to tell me how he was originally going to buy me a ps2 (new at the time) but the guy in the shop, said "you're not going to buy your g/f a ps for xmas??" so he didn't and bought me the other stuff!! evils to my boyf too for knowing me and listening to that freak! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kernel Loaf Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 "Left-handed people throughout history" from my aunt this christmas.Ah well, at least it will make some good roach paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 You're all ungrateful sods!Last christmas i gave someone my heart but the very next day they gave it away. I don't do presents anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Sounds like they were doing you a favour!I was 10!Hybrid Theory's still a good album... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennbuchan Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Last Christmas I received a book called "The Pilgrims Passage".Although it still hasn't been read I don't have much hope for it and I wasn't very impressed at the time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Back in the 80s my dear old granny (RIP) used to buy me soap on a roap, even though we only had a bath back then.Secret Santas at work seem to be a goldmine for shit presents. I normally get total crap (although one year somebody got me a Phil Collins mug after I'd ranted about how much I hate the cunt ), but I remember Mrs Bigsby got given some Northern Soul CDs despite the fact that she's a Whitney/Mariah/X-Factor kinda gal, just because the guy who got her name out of the hat was into Northern Soul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest treader. Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Wow. An edible garter...that's really an awesome gift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Jo-D Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Wow. An edible garter...that's really an awesome gift.nae if your single ha ha could be a challenge tho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Secret Santas at work seem to be a goldmine for shit presents.Agreed, I got beer goggles this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 I have had some extremely shit presents over the years from my dad.I must admit I am a terrible shopper so I just skip it and ask people what they want.One year he wanted a bread maker and the next he wanted a USB turntable. Both years I got him what he wanted. They weren't hugely expensive but still not cheap.Now I know we don't give to recieve and that it's all about giving and being generous.BOLLOCKS!!I gave good gifts in the hope I would get something decent back.The first year I got a novelty wooden clog with a can of Heineken in it and the next I got a Weird looking bottle of beer wearing a cowboy hat with a minature of tequila and a shot glass.This year I got a Guinness gift box........I stopped drinking over a year ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Jo-D Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 i got slippers n foot stuff this year which I liked from works secret santa, which was done 'buy a gift for a woman/man' rather than for a specific person, but it's way to hard to get someone something decent for 5 these days!my pal got jaffa cakes!?! WTF! then proceded to moan about it to the person who gave her them!! lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest treader. Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 I'd have been fucking delighted to get Jaffa Cakes from Secret Santa.Our office didnt do a Secret Santa, because some dumb bitch complained it was "based on office politics" or some shit. So I shit on her desk and left a note that said "How's that for politics, you ugly slut?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigsby Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Our office didnt do a Secret Santa, because some dumb bitch complained it was "based on office politics" or some shit. Fuck sake, what a cow. Yes, you usually end up getting something shit, but if people have imagination it can be a good laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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