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redsfandan · 12-27-2009, 05:47 PM

So did noone receive any bad, or weird, gifts for xmass this year? Hard to believe.

dougdirt · 12-27-2009, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by redsfandan

So did noone receive any bad, or weird, gifts for xmass this year? Hard to believe.

I didn't this year, but my brother did get a dual gift from his gf and my mom. Fortunately its a gift where he can actually use both eventually.

KoryMac5 · 12-27-2009, 05:59 PM

When I was little I had some stuffed animals that I always kept by my bed in case I got scared at night. My mother kept all of these stuffed toys and wrapped them up and gave them to me for X-mas one year. So Basically she regifted my gifts back to me.

She also gave me a Football for Dummies and Baseball for Dummies books. Could be because I root for the Reds and the Bengals.

KoryMac5 · 12-27-2009, 06:02 PM

I almost forgot my mother knitted my wife a pink baby bonnett for Christmas 2 years ago. We are not expecting and don't want children right now. The look of horror on my wife's face as she realized that all the stories I told about my mom were true.

Redhook · 12-27-2009, 06:23 PM

A $50 gift card only worth $25. Ha! Found out when I got up to the register.

Redsfan320 · 12-27-2009, 10:43 PM

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She also gave me a Football for Dummies and Baseball for Dummies books.

I own the later of these books, authored in part my Joe Morgan. I've poured over it many a time for advice and knowledge, and it has never failed me. Great book.

320

LoganBuck · 12-27-2009, 11:02 PM

We have a $25 Secret Santa among my siblings and spouses. My new brother in law got me last year, and my sister got me this year. Last year they gave me a saltine box filled with spices from Walmart. A little disappointing but not without some utility. This year I got an extension cord.

camisadelgolf · 12-28-2009, 12:49 AM

My ex-girlfriend gave me a box of condoms.

Razor Shines · 12-28-2009, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Redhook

A $50 gift card only worth $25. Ha! Found out when I got up to the register.

So that begs the question: Do you tell the person that it was only $25? I think this would be a fantastic episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Ltlabner · 12-28-2009, 09:13 AM

Last year some dummy got me Willy Tavaras as a gift.

Worst.Gift.Ever.

BRM · 12-28-2009, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Ltlabner

Last year some dummy got me Willy Tavaras as a gift.

Worst.Gift.Ever.

Hey, it's a gift that will keep on giving in 2010!

PedroBourbon · 12-28-2009, 11:11 AM

My mother in law got me a framed Pete Rose "rookie card." It came complete with stats through 1977 on the back.

Redhook · 12-28-2009, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Razor Shines

So that begs the question: Do you tell the person that it was only $25? I think this would be a fantastic episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

That would be a fantastic episode.

Here's another one. I just found out today that my brother-in-law got a $2.99 bag of trail mix and a bottle of bug spray from his father-in-law for his Christmas gifts. Nothing more, nothing less. Classic.

Kingspoint · 12-29-2009, 07:09 AM

I never liked clothes as a kid for a gift.

My kids loved clothes when they were kids as gifts.

Must have that being used to wearing salt-and-pepper pants and a blue sweater 5 days a week. What was the point of getting any clothes? I might have gotten to change the shade of white on my collar?

Actually, in 3rd grade, the rules got more lenient and we could wear the shirt of our choice, so we did have a say on the color of our collars. Whoo Hoo!!!

12-27-2009, 05:47 PM	#31
redsfandan Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,355	Re: Bad gifts So did noone receive any bad, or weird, gifts for xmass this year? Hard to believe. __________________ "Now that's a real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that."

12-27-2009, 05:59 PM	#33
KoryMac5 Kmac5 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Waterloo, NY Posts: 3,661	Re: Bad gifts When I was little I had some stuffed animals that I always kept by my bed in case I got scared at night. My mother kept all of these stuffed toys and wrapped them up and gave them to me for X-mas one year. So Basically she regifted my gifts back to me. She also gave me a Football for Dummies and Baseball for Dummies books. Could be because I root for the Reds and the Bengals. __________________ If you have a losing record at Reds games, please stop going.

12-27-2009, 06:02 PM	#34
KoryMac5 Kmac5 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Waterloo, NY Posts: 3,661	Re: Bad gifts I almost forgot my mother knitted my wife a pink baby bonnett for Christmas 2 years ago. We are not expecting and don't want children right now. The look of horror on my wife's face as she realized that all the stories I told about my mom were true. __________________ If you have a losing record at Reds games, please stop going.

12-27-2009, 06:23 PM	#35
Redhook Miami Redhawks Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cincy Posts: 2,247	Re: Bad gifts A $50 gift card only worth $25. Ha! Found out when I got up to the register. __________________ "....the two players I liked watching the most were Barry Larkin and Eric Davis. I was suitably entertained by their effortless skill that I didn't need them crashing into walls like a squirrel on a coke binge." - dsmith421 www.kylevoska.com - Golfer? Check out my blog for golf tips.

12-27-2009, 11:02 PM	#37
LoganBuck I hate the Cubs Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 5,584	Re: Bad gifts We have a $25 Secret Santa among my siblings and spouses. My new brother in law got me last year, and my sister got me this year. Last year they gave me a saltine box filled with spices from Walmart. A little disappointing but not without some utility. This year I got an extension cord. __________________ Whenever you get mad over a called strike or ball on a close pitch, it's the equivalent of being mad at the QB pump-faking one time before throwing a pass in your average NFL game. ---Caveat Emperor

12-28-2009, 12:49 AM	#38
camisadelgolf Vampire Weekend @Bernie's Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 11,311	Re: Bad gifts My ex-girlfriend gave me a box of condoms.

12-28-2009, 09:13 AM	#40
Ltlabner 2009: Fail Join Date: May 2006 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 7,441	Re: Bad gifts Last year some dummy got me Willy Tavaras as a gift. Worst.Gift.Ever. __________________ a super volcano of ridonkulous suckitude. I simply don't have access to a "cares about RBI" place in my psyche. There is a "mildly curious about OBI%" alcove just before the acid filled lake guarded by robot snipers with lasers which leads to the "cares about RBI" antechamber though. - Nate

12-28-2009, 11:11 AM	#42
PedroBourbon Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: georgetown, KY Posts: 454	Re: Bad gifts My mother in law got me a framed Pete Rose "rookie card." It came complete with stats through 1977 on the back. __________________ "Trying is the first step towards failure." Homer Simpson "I wasn't looking too good but I was feeling real well." Keith Richards

12-29-2009, 07:09 AM	#44
Kingspoint Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: All over Posts: 6,940	Re: Bad gifts I never liked clothes as a kid for a gift. My kids loved clothes when they were kids as gifts. Must have that being used to wearing salt-and-pepper pants and a blue sweater 5 days a week. What was the point of getting any clothes? I might have gotten to change the shade of white on my collar? Actually, in 3rd grade, the rules got more lenient and we could wear the shirt of our choice, so we did have a say on the color of our collars. Whoo Hoo!!!

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