Worst Christmas Present You've Ever Gotten
11-21-2007, 11:05 PM
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Worst Christmas Present You've Ever Gotten
Needing a little inspiration this year for Christmas, but thought I'd get people laughing about some terrible Christmas gifts they've gotten.
Jupe's dad got a nose hair trimmer from his sister one year. I'm sorry, but no matter how bad your nose hair is, that is just not a good gift.
Jupe's dad got a nose hair trimmer from his sister one year. I'm sorry, but no matter how bad your nose hair is, that is just not a good gift.
11-22-2007, 09:57 AM
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11-22-2007, 10:18 AM
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Not Christmas, but for my birthday one year, my sister gave me a weather radio AND a universal AC power supply to go with it. If you leave it on, the damn thing squawks weather bulletins at you.
"crk --- a line of thunderstorms from Columbus to Brenham is approaching the Houston area. These storms may contain high winds and hail. -- crk"
"crk --- a line of thunderstorms from Columbus to Brenham is approaching the Houston area. These storms may contain high winds and hail. -- crk"
11-22-2007, 11:19 AM
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My mom gave me a universal remote control 15-20 yrs ago. I looks like a football field. At the time I thought WTF are you giving me this funky thing for. Never used it. My mom is gone now and I still have the remote and I think about it often and fondly.
Moral: Many times the worst gifts are the best and most memorable.
Moral: Many times the worst gifts are the best and most memorable.
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11-22-2007, 12:50 PM
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11-22-2007, 10:17 PM
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I have been fortunate to not have any very memorably bad gifts to report. In the useless but well meaning category, I collected a closet shelf full of things like a football shaped soap on a rope, 27 bottles of English Leather, Canoe, etc. from my younger sisters when they were in that 9-14 age range and I was in my mid to late 20s. I never used the stuff, but never had the heart to tell them when they were very proud to have picked out a gift with their own money.
11-23-2007, 12:00 AM
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I think my father had a very good story on this subject. He was in Eastern Belgium in the winter of 1944 and was told his unit would get some R&R for Xmas. As things turned out, lots of units were replaced with new replacement to the south but as luck had it, not enough for all the units. So, his outfit, which had been together from North Africa, had to spend Xmas in the great outdoors in a very cold winter. They set about trying to make the best of the situation but were very disappointed that others were getting R&R and his outfit wasn’t.
Then events changed, quickly. The battle of the bugle started and inexperienced unit were quickly overtaken south of my father’s position, but they held their positions. The bulge was bent down to the south because units to the north didn’t bend under the overwhelming advance of the Germans. He was placed under the command of the Brits under Montgomery for a period until order was restored. That is how cut off from the US troops they were.
What a paradigm shift, one moment one is thinking the conflict is over and the next you are fighting for your survival. His only comment was that they were in the right place at the right time and were lucky that they survivied.
You could say that is a very strange Xmas present.
Then events changed, quickly. The battle of the bugle started and inexperienced unit were quickly overtaken south of my father’s position, but they held their positions. The bulge was bent down to the south because units to the north didn’t bend under the overwhelming advance of the Germans. He was placed under the command of the Brits under Montgomery for a period until order was restored. That is how cut off from the US troops they were.
What a paradigm shift, one moment one is thinking the conflict is over and the next you are fighting for your survival. His only comment was that they were in the right place at the right time and were lucky that they survivied.
You could say that is a very strange Xmas present.
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11-23-2007, 09:48 AM
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Great story Brian. It does tend to change your perspective on "gifts" when you are in a situation that causes you to realize that being able to see the day after is a pretty good christmas gift!
11-23-2007, 10:23 AM
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Brian, my father was there as well. He was wounded there by an 88mm mortar. He spent Christmas in the trenches and he turned 19 in January while in a hospital in England. There is no way we could ever repay the debt owed to them for their service.
Great story.
Great story.
11-28-2007, 03:16 PM
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No personal bad gift story, but I have a good one from a friend: my bellydancing buddy received toilet seats from her husband when their kids were being potty-trained. Believe it or not, they are still married after 40+ years marriage. I guess if the relationship can survive potty seats, it can survive anything, eh?
