once this guy got me a sack of smashed assholes.
turns out the sack had a stomp box in it.
thanks, steve.
(also, scott, that pedal ruled. unfortunately i left it on the roof of the car after band practice. it fell off once we got onto the interstate. weird, since that was like 4m from the practice space. anybody wanna sell me a boss ds-1 for like $25?)
The 2007 Bad Gift Thread
22there was a secret santa for some people at school, my roommate was part of the group, and I convinced him give the gift of 30 feet of coaxial cable we had laying around the house.
he drew pretty much the nicest girl in the world and he got a decent present, I forget what.
she wasn't too thrilled.
he drew pretty much the nicest girl in the world and he got a decent present, I forget what.
she wasn't too thrilled.
The 2007 Bad Gift Thread
23Rachi wrote:DrAwkward wrote:enframed wrote:in fact. maybe EA should do a gift exchange. sender pays postage. one rule: if you receive a gift you must send a gift, though not necessarily to the same person. in a separate thread, simply post what the item up for exchange is and when that gift is requested enter a new post that says "sold."
We should do this secret santa style instead. Anyone wanting to participate says so in this thread, with some sort of deadline to ensure that everyone who wants in bad enough is in, but it doesn't get cumbersome. Then one person volunteers to draw names for everyone and notify people via PMs. Everyone also PMs the organizer their mailing address. Then everyone sends their person a handoff "shitty" present. Huh? Huh?
Since my present probably won't reach the recipient till next year, I volunteer to draw names.
If everyone PM's me who wants in and their address's say by Sunday evening, in what ever time zone you are in, I'll let people know on the Monday.
Yeah? Agree?
Brilliant. PM on the way!
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Marsupialized wrote:Thank you so much for the pounding, it came in handy.
The 2007 Bad Gift Thread
24DrAwkward wrote:enframed wrote:in fact. maybe EA should do a gift exchange. sender pays postage. one rule: if you receive a gift you must send a gift, though not necessarily to the same person. in a separate thread, simply post what the item up for exchange is and when that gift is requested enter a new post that says "sold."
We should do this secret santa style instead. Anyone wanting to participate says so in this thread, with some sort of deadline to ensure that everyone who wants in bad enough is in, but it doesn't get cumbersome. Then one person volunteers to draw names for everyone and notify people via PMs. Everyone also PMs the organizer their mailing address. Then everyone sends their person a handoff "shitty" present. Huh? Huh?
good idea. this is gonna be fun. i'm in.
To me Steve wrote:I'm curious why[...] you wouldn't just fuck off instead. Let's hear your record, cocksocket.
The 2007 Bad Gift Thread
25My dad gives out gag gifts just about every year. He usually targets my mom, but my brother and I are not exempt. Sometimes they backfire though, and the recipient ends up really liking the gift.
One year he gave my mom a huge boulder. He led her outside on Christmas morning and there next to the driveway was a giant rock weighing approximately 1½ tons, with a big red bow on top. He'd picked it up from a nearby farm a few days earlier and had stored it in the back of his van until the night before, then my brother and I had helped him unload it onto the lawn. My mom loved it. It ended up going into her large garden in the back yard.
Then there was the time he gave her a toy plastic toilet that made obnoxious scatalogical comments and then a flushing sound when you pushed the handle. It also sang this awful blues song about taking a shit. I think she threw that one in the garbage.
One year he gave me a deluxe set of genuine Ginsu knives wihch he'd ordered off the TV. Though they were intended as a gag gift, they were actually really sharp and I did use them occasionally for potluck parties and cookouts.
A couple years ago my dad gave me a 6-pack of Skullsplitter Scotch Ale, intended as a joke. Before opening it, I could tell it was a 6-pack and I thought, "Aw geez, he went and got me some cheap, shitty beer as a gag." But as soon as I ripped the paper, I was astounded. I couldn't believe he bought me a 6er of awesome ale! I was amazed that he could even find that stuff in the Joliet area. There are only 1 or 2 stores in the entire city that might carry Skullsplitter. Turned out, he'd seen it on a Web site and bought it for me just because he thought the name was funny.
BTW, I like the Secret Santa idea. Count me in.
One year he gave my mom a huge boulder. He led her outside on Christmas morning and there next to the driveway was a giant rock weighing approximately 1½ tons, with a big red bow on top. He'd picked it up from a nearby farm a few days earlier and had stored it in the back of his van until the night before, then my brother and I had helped him unload it onto the lawn. My mom loved it. It ended up going into her large garden in the back yard.
Then there was the time he gave her a toy plastic toilet that made obnoxious scatalogical comments and then a flushing sound when you pushed the handle. It also sang this awful blues song about taking a shit. I think she threw that one in the garbage.
One year he gave me a deluxe set of genuine Ginsu knives wihch he'd ordered off the TV. Though they were intended as a gag gift, they were actually really sharp and I did use them occasionally for potluck parties and cookouts.
A couple years ago my dad gave me a 6-pack of Skullsplitter Scotch Ale, intended as a joke. Before opening it, I could tell it was a 6-pack and I thought, "Aw geez, he went and got me some cheap, shitty beer as a gag." But as soon as I ripped the paper, I was astounded. I couldn't believe he bought me a 6er of awesome ale! I was amazed that he could even find that stuff in the Joliet area. There are only 1 or 2 stores in the entire city that might carry Skullsplitter. Turned out, he'd seen it on a Web site and bought it for me just because he thought the name was funny.
BTW, I like the Secret Santa idea. Count me in.
The 2007 Bad Gift Thread
26I'm in too!
arthur wrote:Don't cut it for work don't cut it to look normal, people who feel offended by your nearly-30-with-long-hair face should just fuck off.
The 2007 Bad Gift Thread
27caix wrote:these people are not poor. they are practically millionaires. but they say they can't spend more than $75 on my sister and i. oh, and my step mother has 6 sisters and all their kids and husbands. of course, they spoil them. so it's pretty lame all around.
This reminds me of my future in-laws. Both sides are completely weird on gift giving. My fiance's mom and step-dad have two houses, one is ridiculously extravagant with a large bronze Pegasus statue in the den and a Benz in the garage. His dad and step mom are similar in financial standing, if not better off. He has received a hand manicure set (packaged in a garden-themed tin) from his mother and a clear crystal cat (with an orange goldfish in it's belly) from his step mother. Nobody who knows him at all would have given either of these to him. What are these people thinking?
I remember when I was younger, my aunt and uncle used to always give us the most kickass presents (gameboys, robots, etc) and one year, i must have been 11 or something, I opened my present and it was a Pocahontas (Disney movie) watch. I was trying to act like I liked it, but I guess everyone could tell that I didn't, and they returned it and gave me something else. Even at 11, I felt like a shithead. I don't even remember what I got as a replacement.
"Mostly boring with sporadic moments of terror"
The 2007 Bad Gift Thread
28Colonel Panic wrote:One year he gave me a deluxe set of genuine Ginsu knives wihch he'd ordered off the TV. Though they were intended as a gag gift, they were actually really sharp and I did use them because I had a bunch of cans that needed cutting in half.
tocharian wrote:Cheese fries vs nonexistence. Duh.
The 2007 Bad Gift Thread
29I've received a few address's!
Keep them rolling in!
Keep them rolling in!
The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, “You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done.” - George Carlin R.I.P
The 2007 Bad Gift Thread
30lemur68 wrote:Colonel Panic wrote:One year he gave me a deluxe set of genuine Ginsu knives wihch he'd ordered off the TV. Though they were intended as a gag gift, they were actually really sharp and I did use them because I had a bunch of cans that needed cutting in half.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUarASqrVnY
"Not even a tin can can dull a Ginsu!"