Weird presents

That is incredibly cool. I wanna be your brother.

I gave my parents a big framed portrait of Tom Selleck (circa Magnum PI) last year. If they ever decide to pull the, "oh, I don't want anything" crap again they're getting Higgins.

Is she a teacher? Did she need glue sticks? Depending on whether they were Elmer's or not, I might like that.

But I've got to say the half a bill is wierder than all the other stuff. Where was the other half? Is there more to this story? All of a sudden, I've got to know!

What's the idea behind that? "I wanted to get you this so here's a picture and a kick in the ass?" Is it to say they're going to be getting it for you when they can? Or are you S** out of luck? If I totally mis read this, oops, otherwise, those are times little white lies are made for.

In the same vein, a student told me last year, "I was gonna get you the J.Lo perfume but my brother said, "she's not gonna get you anything so why are you gonna get her anything." I was all, yeah, so I didn't." And he walked away with his friends as though it was perfectly normal to tell what he didn't get.

My response to him (and to my folks if they pulled that picture crap): Um, thanks? (mutter, sigh, mumble under breath) Fucko.

Okay, re-reading it, I get it now. But it's funnier in my world.

[Edited on Dec 20, 2004 by valexis]

when i was about...11, maybe 12... i got a present from an aunt i never knew existed, it was a hairband with kitten ears on, and a plastic cat noe and whiskers on elastic.

which would have been great if i was
a) a girl
b) and 6

or

a) a woman
b) hot
c) with a boyfriend

which i wasn't.

though one year i got nothing.

POOR TINY TIM!

pity me and go buy stuff off my wishlist to make up for my horrible childhood.

Last year (my first x-mas w/ my husband) her gave me an Airplane manual he stole off the plane he was fixing. I cried.

One year, I received as my sole Christmas present a box of Fudge Rounds (the Little Debbie treats) from a coworker who felt bad that no one else had gotten me anything. Less weird than pathetic, I guess. I thought they were quite tasty.

my brother once got me a marijuana themed playing card game. it was strange because he was only 9 at the time. the next year he got me a doll that farts.

This may be the funniest things I've ever read. hahahahahahahaa.

Oh.. I'm getting weird looks in the coffee shop.. still.... hahahaha.

HOLY.BUMP!ever.

A few years ago, I gave some friends inflatable life vests that I stole from under the seats of a 767 I was flying back from florida on, as I had forgotten to get them tacky souveniers.

O.K., I think I fixed all of my typos.

[Edited on May 26, 2005 by frankjohnson]

i once got a cardboard box filled with shaving cream, blades for my razor, shower gel, a spongy thing, a bag of jolly ranchers and the ugliest sweater man could conceive of for my birthday from my mother.....she also regularly puts school supplies (i graduated 2 yrs ago, my sister stopped going 8 yrs ago), batteries (whether or not we got some kind of electronic) and hygiene product in our christmas stockings.....

My sister gives me weird gifts. She gave me a thing of pepper spray for Christmas because I had gotten into fight a couple of weeks before. She has given me denim shirts twice, cologne about three times although I am allergic to pretty much every brand and one year she got me a desk calendar featuring kittens (I had no desk or cats at the times, but I did have three dogs).