Christmas Nonsense

[andysocial]

The radio the other day had an entertaining piece about bad presents. They started with lists of things to never get for men/women, then asked for examples of other things not on the lists.

So, LJ friends and strangers, I ask you:

What is the worst present you have received from a close friend or relation?

Of course you get bad presents from people who barely know you, but folks that should know better sometimes give you crap. What's a good one from your past?

Comments

[kittles.livejournal.com]

I can't think of anything specific, but probably knickknacks. I'm not a knickknack kind of girl.

[eyean.livejournal.com]

some useless gadget. i think it was a golf-ball cleaner.

[darkmoon.livejournal.com]

ye gods like I can remember... my mom seems to have a talent for picking out things that I like in designs that are absolutely horrendus.

[talitha-oy.livejournal.com]

The number one worst present I can ever remember getting was a box filled with what what supposed to be goodies, but turned out to be beer from the back of the giver's fridge, and a bag of some sort of weird beer snacks that had come out of a gift basket that had been given to the giver. The second worst I ever got was a jewelry chest with a large cross engraved on it. (Odd thing to give a known atheist.)

I'm going to keep the identity of the giver to myself. :)

[tdj.livejournal.com]

A gift certificate for ham. I'm a vegetarian. :)

[andysocial]

From someone that should have known better, eh?

Could have been worse - they could have gotten you a membership in a steak of the month club or something. The gift that keeps on getting worse. hehe

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[tdj.livejournal.com]

It wasn't so bad! I gave it to my mom one year and my co-workers the next. Honeybaked ham is hot stuff, I suppose, if you're so inclined.

I'm not pompous enough to think that people should have a spider-sense regarding what I eat and what I don't, and I certainly wasn't insulted by the gift, but it ranks up there with 'any article of clothing purchased for me by my grandmother' in the Things I Just Can't Use category.

[andysocial]

See, I could never be a vegetarian because I'd miss ham. At least you're not a nutcase vegan. Those guys scare me. At least they're usually so scrawny they can't lift the bucket of paint to splatter fur with.

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[tdj.livejournal.com]

I'm convinced that PETA is a plot by the meatpacking industry to make vegetarians look like complete assholes.

gotta love that ol' over-compensation

[aimingforpeace.livejournal.com]

the year i stopped doing the god thing, my father gave 500 copies of the new testament to russian children in my name.

Re: gotta love that ol' over-compensation

[tdj.livejournal.com]

Hoping that in twenty years, they'll all start pestering you until you return to the fold?

Devious!

Re: gotta love that ol' over-compensation

[aimingforpeace.livejournal.com]

oooh! far more cunning than I gave him credit for.

that just might explain all the missionaries who've been pounding down my door....

[dementia.livejournal.com]

My sister in law used to buy me t-shirts with cutesy fluffy cats and shit on them. Used to annoy the shit out of me.

Then there's the gifts my kids would buy me from the school store... 1.00 gold and turquoise earrings (I only wear silver), but those don't count. My oldest is 12 now so she has no excuse ... it better be something good this year >:)