Worst Christmas Present
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When we were young, my brother, sister and I used to buy each other small gifts for Xmas. One year, my sister couldn't be assed and didn't buy anything for either of us. My brother was the vengeful type. The next three 'gifts' my sister received in successive years were a stapler, ruler, and finally the tiny rubber attached to the end of a pencil.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel ha when I got my first full set for my birthday in my teens (thanks dad) my mother had suggested to him to get me a few clubs at a time...fortunately dad being a golfer said you cant do that!
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One of the more bizarre presents I got at a Secret Santa at work was Toilet Duck. Still not sure what to make of that.
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In the early 80s I got a video game for Xmas. One of those cool ones where it takes about an hour to load via a tape deck and you play as a ātankā ( basically a square with a gun on the end ) and try and shoot other tanks.
All well and good but we never actually had a computer to play it on. I spent all summer looking longingly at the case and imagining how exciting it was to play.
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i am trying to get over the fact someone is having a whinge because their mum bought them a set of golf clubs, but they had to endure waiting a couple of weeks without having all of them. a set of fucking golf clubs!!!
this is the epitome of the first world whinge.
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I still get shit (wait for it) from my partner for getting her a toilet seat for Xmas a few years ago....
In my defence, she had mentioned how much she would like a bidet, and this was a seat that fitted over your existing toilet with buttons that would spray your arsehole (variable spray - adjust the water temperature etc).
It even had a second spray - for the laydeeze and an option to heat the seat for those winter mornings
Not my finest hour I admit. The main issue was it was Chinese and while it did everything as advertised, it was clearly designed for a more Asian sized derriere.
Plus; it was a toilet seat - for Xmas.
I really hpe she likes the vacuum cleaner I've got her this year....
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@MN5 said in Worst Christmas Present:
In the early 80s I got a video game for Xmas. One of those cool ones where it takes about an hour to load via a tape deck and you play as a ātankā ( basically a square with a gun on the end ) and try and shoot other tanks.
All well and good but we never actually had a computer to play it on. I spent all summer looking longingly at the case and imagining how exciting it was to play.
Batteries not included.
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An old Aussie mate of mine has a birthday in November, I gave him an England rugby Jersey (it was 2003 and Jonny had recently done his thing).
Anyway got a xmas present through the post a few weeks later.
Heād wiped his arse with it, wrapped it up and given it to me for Xmas.
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@MajorRage said in Worst Christmas Present:
An old Aussie mate of mine has a birthday in November, I gave him an England rugby Jersey (it was 2003 and Jonny had recently done his thing).
Anyway got a xmas present through the post a few weeks later.
Heād wiped his arse with it, wrapped it up and given it to me for Xmas.
Poor postie, dealing with that stench
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@MN5 said in Worst Christmas Present:
@MajorRage said in Worst Christmas Present:
An old Aussie mate of mine has a birthday in November, I gave him an England rugby Jersey (it was 2003 and Jonny had recently done his thing).
Anyway got a xmas present through the post a few weeks later.
Heād wiped his arse with it, wrapped it up and given it to me for Xmas.
Poor postie, dealing with that stench
To be fair, he'd wrapped it in plastic and a ton of tape to remove the stench.
As disgusting as it was, I did have to commend him on it.
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@MajorRage said in Worst Christmas Present:
@MN5 said in Worst Christmas Present:
@MajorRage said in Worst Christmas Present:
An old Aussie mate of mine has a birthday in November, I gave him an England rugby Jersey (it was 2003 and Jonny had recently done his thing).
Anyway got a xmas present through the post a few weeks later.
Heād wiped his arse with it, wrapped it up and given it to me for Xmas.
Poor postie, dealing with that stench
To be fair, he'd wrapped it in plastic and a ton of tape to remove the stench.
As disgusting as it was, I did have to commend him on it.
You straight up deserved it, but as @MN5 not really fair on the postie.
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@MN5 said in Worst Christmas Present:
In the early 80s I got a video game for Xmas. One of those cool ones where it takes about an hour to load via a tape deck and you play as a ātankā ( basically a square with a gun on the end ) and try and shoot other tanks.
All well and good but we never actually had a computer to play it on. I spent all summer looking longingly at the case and imagining how exciting it was to play.
This is the game here.
I really missed out as you can see. The brilliance of the graphics is matched only by the amazing sound effects.
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@broughie said in Worst Christmas Present:
Soap on a rope and a wash cloth from my Nana. She was Scottish. Perhaps some bearing.
Scrubbing the back of your neck until itās red raw is something thatās expected of you if youāre Scottish, so thatāll be why.
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Fun ways to pass time
#1) Fill out ESTA form for whole family in order to transit through an American airport.
#2) Fill out NZeTA form (+ pay tourist tax) for whole family to visit NZ, of which 3 of the 4 are NZ citizens (but don't have NZ passports - expensive & time-consuming to send the documents to London...) -
So I don't expect I will get shit from my partner for the toilet seat in future after she gave me a Puck Sucker for Xmas.
Not what you dirty bastards were thinking...
A puck sucker is an electronic gizmo that does what its name suggests it seals around your portafilter and vacuums out your puck thus saving you the incredibly difficult and onerous task of knocking the puck out into a knock box.
I like gizmos and coffee was I think her thought process but when she saw the reality, I think she was already a bit embarrassed.
That embarrassment turned up the volume when she realised that she'd bought the wrong size puck sucker for my portafilter so it wouldn't fit so although you could activate it, there was no seal and thus no suck.
Her face dropped and she said, 'Fuck I've bought you a dragon present, haven't I?"š¤£
I did buy her a vacuum cleaner BTW - and she loves it - robot.
One of the other things I got her was a gin advent calendar, so she drowned her disappointment by sharing with me 24 gins from round the globe.