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Posted on 5/16/23 at 12:09 pm to Saint Alfonzo
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Slipper socks, medium.
Great movie. Upvote.
Posted on 5/16/23 at 12:16 pm to dyslexiateechur
My wife gave her brother a used Ped Egg full of her dead foot skin.
Posted on 5/16/23 at 12:19 pm to dyslexiateechur
When my sister was ten years old our uncle gave her a ventriloquist dummy for Christmas. She took one look at it and burst into tears.
Posted on 5/16/23 at 12:22 pm to AwgustaDawg
We all have better insight into why you are the way you are.
Posted on 5/16/23 at 12:29 pm to dyslexiateechur
My mother in law gave me hair clippers for my birthday once - so I could cut her son’s hair (my husband)
Not necessarily a bad gift - but it wasn’t really for me
Not necessarily a bad gift - but it wasn’t really for me
Posted on 5/16/23 at 12:31 pm to Jim Rockford
I've received a few odd ones over the years. My grandmother would keep a gift closet. She would buy things throughout the year, I guess when she found stuff on sale, and at Christmas would start wrapping gifts for the family. She was also known to play pranks with gifts. I think I was either in college or maybe late high school, and I opened a gift from her. It was a retractable clothesline that suctioned to the tiles in the bathroom. I started to laugh at first, thinking it was a prank, but I think she thought I would get good use out of it. I've never hung anything of my own up to dry. Plenty of the delicate stuff my wife and daughter wear can't go in the dryer, but if I can't wash and dry it I'm not buying it.
As far as the worst gift I've given, that would have been one Christmas I bought my wife some perfume. She was reading some magazine in bed one night, this was before smartphones and tablets, and I was probably reading a book or magazine as well. She made some comment about Celine Dion perfume. I clearly didn't pick up on the sarcasm. I thought maybe she had sniffed one of those samplers and actually liked the scent. I set off to the mall, probably on December 23rd, to do my Christmas shopping. They didn't have it at Dillard's. They didn't have it at Macy's. I tried Parisian's, no luck there either. I finally found it at the McRae's department store. I should have known when 3 of the 4 anchor stores in our mall didn't even carry it. Not that they were sold out, they didn't stock it at all. She opened it on Christmas morning, actually laughed in my face, and was wondering why I had bought her this. I retell the story of her mentioning it in bed that night, and she said she was clearly joking when she said it. I'll never live that one down.
As far as the worst gift I've given, that would have been one Christmas I bought my wife some perfume. She was reading some magazine in bed one night, this was before smartphones and tablets, and I was probably reading a book or magazine as well. She made some comment about Celine Dion perfume. I clearly didn't pick up on the sarcasm. I thought maybe she had sniffed one of those samplers and actually liked the scent. I set off to the mall, probably on December 23rd, to do my Christmas shopping. They didn't have it at Dillard's. They didn't have it at Macy's. I tried Parisian's, no luck there either. I finally found it at the McRae's department store. I should have known when 3 of the 4 anchor stores in our mall didn't even carry it. Not that they were sold out, they didn't stock it at all. She opened it on Christmas morning, actually laughed in my face, and was wondering why I had bought her this. I retell the story of her mentioning it in bed that night, and she said she was clearly joking when she said it. I'll never live that one down.
Posted on 5/16/23 at 12:38 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
It's a joke from Charlie Brown Christmas.
---ERRRRRK! Nope, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
---ERRRRRK! Nope, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
Posted on 5/16/23 at 1:33 pm to cypresstiger
My step mother in law and wife's dad always try to get me OSU themed things. They gave me a crystal OSU football paperweight for my desk one Christmas. 
About as useful as a screen door on a submarine.
About as useful as a screen door on a submarine.
This post was edited on 5/16/23 at 1:37 pm
Posted on 5/16/23 at 2:01 pm to dyslexiateechur
My grandmother used to give me Brut cologne every Christmas.
Posted on 5/16/23 at 2:03 pm to dyslexiateechur
This post was edited on 5/21/23 at 9:37 pm
Posted on 5/16/23 at 2:07 pm to Kingpenm3
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We bought my dad a cur puppy from a lady in Lafayette. I was living in New Orleans at the time, had to setup an whole plan to get the dog and supplies on the way to Lake Charles to surprise him with the dog. Everything worked out until the puppy wouldn't eat anything the next day. Ended up having Parvo. We tried to save it with fluids, but had to put it down 2 days late
a friend of my FIL passed away and had a bird dog that had not yet been trained to be a bird dog. His kids didn't want it but knew my FIL used to raise them so they gave it to him. He put it in bird dog school; I learned about raising quail and built a Johnny house to keep some in at our deer lease. Bird dog got trained, quail were purchased, and that weekend we were going to have a grand time and relive the glory days when there were still quail in that part of the world. He calls me on Wednesday to tell me he just had to put the dog down. Its been long enough I can't remember the reason other than there was nothing to be done.
Posted on 5/16/23 at 2:16 pm to dyslexiateechur
I had a large family growing up; a lot of aunts, uncles, and cousins. Some had money and some didn't, so I never tried to judge or compare Christmas and birthday gifts too harshly. To that end, I can't seem to recall any "bad" gifts. All of my grandparents are gone, most of my aunts and uncles are gone, and a lot of the cousins have grown up and drifted away. I'd take a truly bad gift from any of them now if it meant spending some time with them again.
I remember in 10th grade, it was the last day before Christmas break so there wasn't much learning going on. I was in World Geography class (Mrs. Wallace at BRHS), shooting the shite just waiting for the bell to ring. She was asking us what we were expecting for Christmas and someone said something along the lines that their grandparents were probably going to give them something shitty like socks and underwear again. I remember Mrs. Wallace saying, "Now hold on. You have to remember that a lot of your grandparents grew up during the Depression. Something like new socks could have been a big deal for them back then. You got to cut them some slack." I don't know why, but that kind of stuck with me.
So anything I get I am grateful for.
I remember in 10th grade, it was the last day before Christmas break so there wasn't much learning going on. I was in World Geography class (Mrs. Wallace at BRHS), shooting the shite just waiting for the bell to ring. She was asking us what we were expecting for Christmas and someone said something along the lines that their grandparents were probably going to give them something shitty like socks and underwear again. I remember Mrs. Wallace saying, "Now hold on. You have to remember that a lot of your grandparents grew up during the Depression. Something like new socks could have been a big deal for them back then. You got to cut them some slack." I don't know why, but that kind of stuck with me.
So anything I get I am grateful for.
This post was edited on 5/16/23 at 2:18 pm
Posted on 5/16/23 at 2:17 pm to dyslexiateechur
My aunt gave me a DVD of "Eraser". It was the Spanish version.
Posted on 5/16/23 at 2:22 pm to LSUGrrrl
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As a wedding gift, my senile great aunt gave us an open package of plastic appetizer forks.
Posted on 5/16/23 at 2:23 pm to dyslexiateechur
When I graduated college, my uncle and aunt on my mom's side sent bookends. So i open the box and they are brass "teddy bear" bookends that have the words "Wuv Me" on them.
I figured it was a mixup, that the "Wuv Me" bookends were sent by mistake. So I called the company that shipped to find out if it was a mistake or if I can swap them out for something more appropriate for a college graduate....
The company tells me that they were a promotional free gift that was included when $200 or more was purchased and cannot be exchanged.
So my mom's brother and wife, gifted me for college graduation something they got free that had "Wuv Me" on it.
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I figured it was a mixup, that the "Wuv Me" bookends were sent by mistake. So I called the company that shipped to find out if it was a mistake or if I can swap them out for something more appropriate for a college graduate....
The company tells me that they were a promotional free gift that was included when $200 or more was purchased and cannot be exchanged.
So my mom's brother and wife, gifted me for college graduation something they got free that had "Wuv Me" on it.
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This post was edited on 5/16/23 at 2:26 pm
Posted on 5/16/23 at 2:24 pm to dyslexiateechur
I have a woodworking shop at my house and my wife gifted me a battery powered drill/driver a few years ago thinking she was getting me a great Christmas gift.
Damn thing won't drill 10 holes and drive 10 screws before the battery needs recharging. It is a total POS, but she doesn't know that and I just use my old faithful electric Makita power drill/driver.
Oh, and I have a hanger in my closet loaded with Father's Day ties...............
Damn thing won't drill 10 holes and drive 10 screws before the battery needs recharging. It is a total POS, but she doesn't know that and I just use my old faithful electric Makita power drill/driver.
Oh, and I have a hanger in my closet loaded with Father's Day ties...............
Posted on 5/16/23 at 2:36 pm to gumbo2176
My dad randomly gave me a tennis racket on Christmas close to a decade ago. I didn't play or watch tennis, or display any interest in tennis. He's not a "gift person." He's an Alabama redneck. Gifts are not something that he put much of thought into until us kids got older.
I thought it was a bad/weird gift at the time, but lo and behold, my gf and I started playing tennis together in the last year, and now I consider it a great gift.
I thought it was a bad/weird gift at the time, but lo and behold, my gf and I started playing tennis together in the last year, and now I consider it a great gift.
This post was edited on 5/16/23 at 2:42 pm
Posted on 5/16/23 at 2:38 pm to dyslexiateechur
This post was edited on 5/16/23 at 2:39 pm
Posted on 5/16/23 at 3:12 pm to dyslexiateechur
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