Worst present you've received? - Page 2

alisonmonster · 12-02-2006, 06:44 PM

did you collect those x file cards?

drmoon · 12-02-2006, 06:45 PM

every INXS album ever recorded, all at once. the year michael hutchence died, my mom really went to town.
a scorpions cd
a ticket to go see billy idol live . . . in 2005. women my mom's age were throwing panties at the stage and screaming

Future Boy · 12-02-2006, 06:45 PM

I still have 2 full sets of season 1.

blackfaerie · 12-02-2006, 06:47 PM

i would have gone to see billy idol.

and my mom would love a set of season one. which is odd. she's only recently been getting into x-files.

alisonmonster · 12-02-2006, 06:47 PM

was it a game or just collectors cards? A surprisingly large number of people collected them in my highschool.

Future Boy · 12-02-2006, 06:50 PM

There were 2 different things, one was a straight trading card set, and there was a seperate Card Game, which I dont know what its called, I only ever bought one pack of that.

brendo_91 · 12-02-2006, 06:52 PM

EDIT: Future Boy beat me to it, probably because he's in the FUTURE.

I believe there were both. Photo cards for the collectors, and the collectible card game for the pimply faced virgins.

brendo_91 · 12-02-2006, 06:53 PM

http://www.endlessworld.com/XfilesC.htm
http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue38/games.html

The Pashing Smumpkin · 12-02-2006, 07:04 PM

About 5 years ago, clothes were always the worst. Not because they were ugly (it was usually a mixed bag - some nice, others not) but because everyone that bought clothes for me always misjudged my size. This was back when I was "violet Beauregard after eating forbidden Wonka chewie" fat...

Its weird how people do that... Can they honestly go into a store and buy something for someone and say to themselves "Yeah this will fit!" when they are about ten sizes too small from the mark...? Is it that hard to judge someone's clothing size when Im sure you can pretty much tell (or should be able to tell) that they dont shop in normal people clothes stores..?

Co-incidently, I never buy people clothes for gifts unless they are with me to try them on first.

teh b0lly!!1 · 12-02-2006, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucy Sky Diamonds

A pretty bad one was a car FM transmitter for an iPod. I don't drive.

I'm sure there's been worse, but I *still* don't understand that one. The person who gave it to me knew damn well I don't drive.

why dont you drive?
who was the person who got it for you?
did you say anything?

Sandra · 12-02-2006, 07:22 PM

Shit, I got an even worse lamp and I just ran down to the garage to take a picture of it, but I guess I must have gotten rid of it already...

The base was like this porcelain shepherd lady, in pink and white, and then there was this gross neon green cloth shade that someone obviously halfassedly made and stuck on there... My father bought it at a yardsale for me and said "It's just so you!"

It's so great when people get you a shitty present and them say IT'S SO YOU. It's like adding insult to injury.

My boyfriend bought me a fucking pair of converse for my birthday. WTF? Granted, I did need a new pair, but I made him a cake and a card and I bought him like 3 presents for his birthday... and I get sneakers.

My mom bought me a teddy bear dressed as a unicorn and embroidered in pink with my name...

alisonmonster · 12-02-2006, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Sandra

My mom bought me a teddy bear dressed as a unicorn and embroidered in pink with my name...

ugh. my b/f's mom likes stuff like that, thinking its adorable. For wedding gifts she buys these ceramic type angel wings for people to hang on their wall. She told ryan to go give them to his cousin and he absolutely refused to so we gave cash instead. I have so much clutter like that- mostly butterfly candle holders and shit like that.

Oh one year his aunt gave him ONE oven mitt for christmas. His brother received the other. I'm not kidding, she was pretty cheap.

Trotskilicious · 12-02-2006, 08:38 PM

i got a hulk hogan teeshirt for a secret santa once. that was impossibly bad.

Injektilo · 12-02-2006, 10:15 PM

My family usually has these huge extended family christmas dinners, with relatives who don't always really know eachother... a while back they'd have a gift exchange for the little kids, and when I was seven, I received a set of toy jewlery from a family who obviously didn't realize that "julian" wasn't a female name.

And when i was fourteen or so I recieved a Maple Leafs sweater from an aunt. I think I would have rather worn the jewlery.

wHATcOLOR · 12-02-2006, 10:53 PM

http://www.bluefly.com/pages/product...&Nu=Product+ID

i don't actually know anyone who has this, i just wanted to post a link to it and this thread seems as good a place as any

benjamin619 · 12-02-2006, 10:55 PM

It doesn't have diamonds, even.

alisonmonster · 12-02-2006, 11:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Injektilo

And when i was fourteen or so I recieved a Maple Leafs sweater from an aunt. I think I would have rather worn the jewlery.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/08...1.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

spring · 12-02-2006, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by alisonmonster

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/08...1.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

OH MAN

i love the hilarious house of frankenstein. when can i move in?

Injektilo · 12-02-2006, 11:19 PM

hah, cute....

but yeah, that's pretty much how it went.

alisonmonster · 12-02-2006, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by spring

OH MAN

i love the hilarious house of frankenstein. when can i move in?

as long as you bring a pet for Igor!

spring · 12-02-2006, 11:22 PM

i got two turtles. 'bout this big. oh wait, you can't see that. ok, really tiny turtles. i got them for a friend of mine but i have a feeling he won't want a live present for his birthday. anyay, in his honour i named them Monster and Magnet (the girl). then i renamed them to Iron Monster and Maiden Magnet. ('cause my friend likes Iron Maiden more than Monster Magnet...apparently)

anyway, can you please ask Igor if those would be good pets?

alisonmonster · 12-02-2006, 11:26 PM

you're going to have to take that up with the monster thing that lives in the basement first (not just me- the one in the cage). He doesn't let Igor have too many presents

You can live upstairs with Vincent Price.

spring · 12-02-2006, 11:38 PM

who's Vincent Price?

is he hot?

is he a netphorian?

alisonmonster · 12-02-2006, 11:40 PM

i really hope he's a netphorian

Ever · 12-02-2006, 11:53 PM

All I've ever received is boxes of chocolates and wine but I love that. The few times I've received something different it was good too. I got a bike and a hi-fi system. I guess the worst thing was this substitute lego set that didn't work with my other lego sets so I was sad.

Lucy Sky Diamonds · 12-04-2006, 01:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teh b0lly!!1

why dont you drive?
who was the person who got it for you?
did you say anything?

I don't drive cause I don't have a car. I live downtown, I don't need one. It would be pointless to have one, there's nowhere to park in my area, nor near my work. I have a valid license, but I never drive.
The person who got it for me was my boyfriend of 4.5 years at the time. He always gave really weird presents that showed he wasn't listening to a word I said.
I said, "Why honey? Neither of us own a car..." and he said, "But you're going on vacation in a month, I thought you might rent a car and want to use it..." So I brought it with me and used it in the shitty rental car. I used it all of... oh... twice since then.

myosis · 12-04-2006, 10:14 AM

three years ago my mom got me a PDA. expensive thing i have no use for and don't want to carry around with me. so i'd say it's the worst because it got me wondering how well she knows me. it's the only present i've ever exchanged (i feel like a clown doing that), because i thought that all this money might as well go into something i might use.

teh b0lly!!1 · 12-04-2006, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lucy Sky Diamonds

I don't drive cause I don't have a car. I live downtown, I don't need one. It would be pointless to have one, there's nowhere to park in my area, nor near my work. I have a valid license, but I never drive.
The person who got it for me was my boyfriend of 4.5 years at the time. He always gave really weird presents that showed he wasn't listening to a word I said.
I said, "Why honey? Neither of us own a car..." and he said, "But you're going on vacation in a month, I thought you might rent a car and want to use it..." So I brought it with me and used it in the shitty rental car. I used it all of... oh... twice since then.

oh man, i figured some relative got it for you or something.
its kinda creepy that a boyfriend who knew you for almost 5 years would get you something so pointless

i would love to have something like that for a minidisc though.
i like to listen to lots of different music and i hate flipping discs around while im driving, so minidiscs are a lot better for that.
why not ipod, you say?
cause im poor nigga right now

Izzle · 12-04-2006, 10:32 AM

my dad's side of the family has a tradition of buying cheap crappy gifts at car boot sales then giving them to my family at christmas, then my family gives the same gifts back to my dad's family the following year in the guise of a new present. i think there's a shitty "executive" miniature darts set that's been going back and forth for about five years now

teh b0lly!!1 · 12-04-2006, 10:34 AM

your dad gives gifts back in disguise as a new present?
that is george constanza pettiness, man

12-02-2006, 06:44 PM	#31
alisonmonster Minion of Satan Location: gasoline alley Posts: 9,019	did you collect those x file cards?

12-02-2006, 06:45 PM	#32
drmoon Ownz Location: fuckington, new fuckland Posts: 656	every INXS album ever recorded, all at once. the year michael hutchence died, my mom really went to town. a scorpions cd a ticket to go see billy idol live . . . in 2005. women my mom's age were throwing panties at the stage and screaming

12-02-2006, 06:45 PM	#33
Future Boy The Man of Tomorrow Posts: 26,972	I still have 2 full sets of season 1.

12-02-2006, 06:47 PM	#34
blackfaerie cherrybombs, Red Bulls, and vodka. No really, I'm not a lush. Location: the liquor store, restocking. Posts: 8,883	i would have gone to see billy idol. and my mom would love a set of season one. which is odd. she's only recently been getting into x-files.

12-02-2006, 06:50 PM	#36
Future Boy The Man of Tomorrow Posts: 26,972	There were 2 different things, one was a straight trading card set, and there was a seperate Card Game, which I dont know what its called, I only ever bought one pack of that.

12-02-2006, 06:52 PM	#37
brendo_91 Minion of Satan Location: ██████████ Posts: 6,479	EDIT: Future Boy beat me to it, probably because he's in the FUTURE. I believe there were both. Photo cards for the collectors, and the collectible card game for the pimply faced virgins.

12-02-2006, 06:53 PM	#38
brendo_91 Minion of Satan Location: ██████████ Posts: 6,479	http://www.endlessworld.com/XfilesC.htm http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue38/games.html

12-02-2006, 07:04 PM	#39
The Pashing Smumpkin Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 3,128	About 5 years ago, clothes were always the worst. Not because they were ugly (it was usually a mixed bag - some nice, others not) but because everyone that bought clothes for me always misjudged my size. This was back when I was "violet Beauregard after eating forbidden Wonka chewie" fat... Its weird how people do that... Can they honestly go into a store and buy something for someone and say to themselves "Yeah this will fit!" when they are about ten sizes too small from the mark...? Is it that hard to judge someone's clothing size when Im sure you can pretty much tell (or should be able to tell) that they dont shop in normal people clothes stores..? Co-incidently, I never buy people clothes for gifts unless they are with me to try them on first.

12-02-2006, 07:22 PM	#41
Sandra Demi-God Location: Providence, RI Posts: 255	Shit, I got an even worse lamp and I just ran down to the garage to take a picture of it, but I guess I must have gotten rid of it already... The base was like this porcelain shepherd lady, in pink and white, and then there was this gross neon green cloth shade that someone obviously halfassedly made and stuck on there... My father bought it at a yardsale for me and said "It's just so you!" It's so great when people get you a shitty present and them say IT'S SO YOU. It's like adding insult to injury. My boyfriend bought me a fucking pair of converse for my birthday. WTF? Granted, I did need a new pair, but I made him a cake and a card and I bought him like 3 presents for his birthday... and I get sneakers. My mom bought me a teddy bear dressed as a unicorn and embroidered in pink with my name...

12-02-2006, 08:38 PM	#43
Trotskilicious Banned Location: I believe in the transcendental qualities of friendship. Posts: 39,602	i got a hulk hogan teeshirt for a secret santa once. that was impossibly bad.

12-02-2006, 10:15 PM	#44
Injektilo twenty some years.... Location: the isle of the cheetah Posts: 5,066	My family usually has these huge extended family christmas dinners, with relatives who don't always really know eachother... a while back they'd have a gift exchange for the little kids, and when I was seven, I received a set of toy jewlery from a family who obviously didn't realize that "julian" wasn't a female name. And when i was fourteen or so I recieved a Maple Leafs sweater from an aunt. I think I would have rather worn the jewlery.

12-02-2006, 10:53 PM	#45
wHATcOLOR THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! Location: \|\| MY NAME IS KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID ROCK!! Posts: 46,831	http://www.bluefly.com/pages/product...&Nu=Product+ID i don't actually know anyone who has this, i just wanted to post a link to it and this thread seems as good a place as any

12-02-2006, 10:55 PM	#46
benjamin619 Apocalyptic Poster Location: West Coast Posts: 4,296	It doesn't have diamonds, even.

12-02-2006, 11:19 PM	#49
Injektilo twenty some years.... Location: the isle of the cheetah Posts: 5,066	hah, cute.... but yeah, that's pretty much how it went.

12-02-2006, 11:22 PM	#51
spring die 'til it doesn't hurt Posts: 7,475	i got two turtles. 'bout this big. oh wait, you can't see that. ok, really tiny turtles. i got them for a friend of mine but i have a feeling he won't want a live present for his birthday. anyay, in his honour i named them Monster and Magnet (the girl). then i renamed them to Iron Monster and Maiden Magnet. ('cause my friend likes Iron Maiden more than Monster Magnet...apparently) anyway, can you please ask Igor if those would be good pets?

12-02-2006, 11:26 PM	#52
alisonmonster Minion of Satan Location: gasoline alley Posts: 9,019	you're going to have to take that up with the monster thing that lives in the basement first (not just me- the one in the cage). He doesn't let Igor have too many presents You can live upstairs with Vincent Price.

12-02-2006, 11:38 PM	#53
spring die 'til it doesn't hurt Posts: 7,475	who's Vincent Price? is he hot? is he a netphorian?

12-02-2006, 11:40 PM	#54
alisonmonster Minion of Satan Location: gasoline alley Posts: 9,019	i really hope he's a netphorian

12-02-2006, 11:53 PM	#55
Ever Minion of Satan Location: ☆.。.:*・゜`★ Posts: 8,203	All I've ever received is boxes of chocolates and wine but I love that. The few times I've received something different it was good too. I got a bike and a hi-fi system. I guess the worst thing was this substitute lego set that didn't work with my other lego sets so I was sad.

12-04-2006, 10:14 AM	#57
myosis Minion of Satan Location: the institute Posts: 6,431	three years ago my mom got me a PDA. expensive thing i have no use for and don't want to carry around with me. so i'd say it's the worst because it got me wondering how well she knows me. it's the only present i've ever exchanged (i feel like a clown doing that), because i thought that all this money might as well go into something i might use.

12-04-2006, 10:32 AM	#59
Izzle Banned Posts: 6,212	my dad's side of the family has a tradition of buying cheap crappy gifts at car boot sales then giving them to my family at christmas, then my family gives the same gifts back to my dad's family the following year in the guise of a new present. i think there's a shitty "executive" miniature darts set that's been going back and forth for about five years now

12-04-2006, 10:34 AM	#60
teh b0lly!!1 Braindead Location: PROWLING THE BADLANDS Posts: 16,215	your dad gives gifts back in disguise as a new present? that is george constanza pettiness, man