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Worst gift you ever gave?

Posted: 12/25/05 at 1:31am

As I was setting up the Karaoke machine I got for my family a while ago, I realized - this was probably not the best gift. I'll likely be the main one using it, and the only one else that would be all that excited about it I had to tell her about it (I needed a few extra dollars and someone to help carry it out of the store). I ment well, but hey, we'll see how they like it - I'll get back to you on their reactions. In any case, that got me thinking - what are some bad gifts YOU gave?

Oh, and Merry Christmas, and so forth.

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#2

re: Worst gift you ever gave?

Posted: 12/25/05 at 1:33am

BTW, I just realized, I've been on the board for 8 months now - and I'm still not a legend. I better get to work!

"Who is Stephen Sondheim?" -roninjoey
"The man who wishes he had written Phantom of the Opera!" - SueleenGay

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#3

re: Worst gift you ever gave?

Posted: 12/25/05 at 2:15am

When I was 9, I gave my mom something called Doggie Fart Extinguisher. We didn't have a dog or anything, I just liked that it looked like a real extinguisher.

(I probably butchered that word, didn't I? I'm too lazy to look it up)

Literal tacos! Sheesh. Y'all are nasty....

#4

re: Worst gift you ever gave?

Posted: 12/25/05 at 10:54am

I gave my mom a pot pourri butterfly for her underwear/sock drawer. I was seven and thought it was the prettiest, most useful gift ever.

#5

re: Worst gift you ever gave?

Posted: 12/25/05 at 11:08am

We had an "elf shelf" at school when I was little - basically the PTA bought a bunch of junk from a catalogue and the kids could shop w/out their parents ... I got my mom a pink Elephant Trinket box ... it was bright pink and the bottom was a holder for whatever and the lid was an elephant head - there were holes in the ears to keep your earrings on and the trunk curved to hold rings. Wow was it ugly and I thought it was the greatest!

#6

re: Worst gift you ever gave?

Posted: 12/25/05 at 11:26am

I left someone a gift tied to their door, a plastic bag with a goldfish in it. They were out of town (which I didn't know) and they came home to a bag of water with a dead fish in it. I never admitted to leaving the gift......

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story... AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956

#7

re: Worst gift you ever gave?

Posted: 12/25/05 at 11:37am

JLS, my first elementary school had something like that too, except it took over the entire library! I bought my parents their share of junk.

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#8

re: Worst gift you ever gave?

Posted: 12/25/05 at 1:07pm

I saw something that I loved and thought my brother would love it too. It was a pink diary that said "I Love Boys" in sparkly print. I was only 5 or 6, and he was 3 or something.

And.....SCENE!

#9

re: Worst gift you ever gave?

Posted: 12/25/05 at 2:18pm

Elphaba, that gift takes the cake. I don't think anyone could top that.

Worst gift I ever gave was a box of chocolates for an office gift exchange. Problem was the recipient was a brittle diabetic... which I didn't know, but whatever

Ostriches are rad. Like, really.

#10

re: Worst gift you ever gave?

Posted: 12/25/05 at 2:31pm

Elphaba, you just made me laugh harder than I have in a month. That was the greatest! Sucked for the fish, but LOL it really makes for a great story now, doesn't it?

Literal tacos! Sheesh. Y'all are nasty....

#11

re: Worst gift you ever gave?

Posted: 12/25/05 at 2:33pm

It wasn't the gift, but the card. I made Christmas cards (well, the ones that attach to the gifts) with Peter Lockyer in rainbowy colors and a Santa hat.

That's such an inside joke. But there you go. We laughed until we cried, and my friends had shrieked with terror when they opened their envelopes.

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#12

re: Worst gift you ever gave?

Posted: 12/25/05 at 4:29pm

Elphaba, I have a similar story.

I left two bags on my friend's porch, each containing a male fighting beta fish.
I sorta slipped and dropped one of the bags on the way to the porch, leaving that fish swimming funny.
I forgot to tell my friend that you're not supposed to put betas in the same bowl with each other.
He found them and put them in a bowl.
The fish that was dropped got attacked by the other, totally healthy fish.
Eventually, he had the sense to separate them.
He named them "Killer" and "Gonna Die".

I didn't tell him that I left the fish until about a year later.

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Updated On: 12/25/05 at 04:29 PM

#13

re: Worst gift you ever gave?

Posted: 12/25/05 at 7:46pm

Flowery, I love it Killer, and Gonna Die.......that's priceless

when I heard the goldfish had died, ie the person told me some "idiot" left a dead fish tied to their door....I took them to dinner saying the dinner was their Xmas present......

it's part of a short story I'm writing

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story... AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956

#14

re: Worst gift you ever gave?

Posted: 12/25/05 at 8:02pm

This Christmas I gave my mom a $25 gift card to Petsmart so she could get more fish for her 55 gal aquarium.

I had forgotten, however, that she is moving to Florida in a month or two and I am inheriting the aquarium.

Oops. It's the thought that counts...right?

"You just can't win. Ever. Look at the bright side, at least you are not stuck in First Wives Club: The Musical. That would really suck. " --Sueleen Gay

#15

re: Worst gift you ever gave?

Posted: 12/25/05 at 8:06pm

gives her a reason to buy an aquarium in Florida!

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story... AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956

#16

re: Worst gift you ever gave?

Posted: 12/25/05 at 8:08pm

Yea, $25 isn't going to get her anywhere near an aquarium. Even the 10 gallon kits are $50 and that's without gravel, decorations or fish...

She'll probably spend it on cat food.

"You just can't win. Ever. Look at the bright side, at least you are not stuck in First Wives Club: The Musical. That would really suck. " --Sueleen Gay

#17

re: Worst gift you ever gave?

Posted: 12/25/05 at 11:02pm

I remember one year I totally forgot to get someone a present...and well I sort of pulled an instant regifting procedure. (Hey, it worked out nicely...no one found out, and godforbid if I actually had to own one of those hello kitty contraptions...)

#18

re: Worst gift you ever gave?

Posted: 12/26/05 at 8:53am

I sent a tin of ribbon candy to a woman this year. I thought it was a lame gift, but it was in retaliation for the gift of birdseed that she sent me last year. (She really thought she was being clever!)

I haven't heard yet whether she liked the ribbon candy.

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#19

re: Worst gift you ever gave?

Posted: 12/26/05 at 10:33am

My whole family (mom bought it) gave my uncle a nosehair trimmer for Christmas this year. The look on his face was priceless.

#20

re: Worst gift you ever gave?

Posted: 12/26/05 at 11:12am

My brother gave our neighbors who have 6 dogs) dog cookies that look like real, human cookies, with sprinkles and all. He went up to their door and gave it to them. The thing is, they came over the other day to thank us, and they were eating them. They said they were really good, but I daon't know if they were telling the truth.

And.....SCENE!

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