"Oh, You Shouldn't Have!!!" (No, You Really Shouldn't Have.)

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seoulsearch

seoulsearch

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Hey Peeps!

From ugly sweaters to that 8th pair of argyle socks, we are almost all guaranteed to receive a Christmas gift that was well-meant, but... doesn't quite hit the mark.

I'm curious: what do you do with gifts that just aren't "you"?

Whether it's something you'll never use or something you just don't like, what do you do?

* Do you tell the person you loved it, just so that you won't hurt their feelings? Do you then feel like like you have to wear or display this item if you'll be around this person in the future?

* Do you then shove the gift in the abyss of the back of a drawer or closet, never again to see the light of day?

* Do you donate or re-gift the item, giving it to someone else?

Forget "The Island of Misfit Toys".

I'd like to know you all do with "The Gift You Really Shouldn't Have Bothered to Get."

Hope everyone had a great Christmas!
 
Fran123

Fran123

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My Mum got me a blue plaid dress with a matching hat, beret and gloves. I hate them all, but guess what I am wearing now :confused:
 
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Ultimatum77

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Sell it on ebay/amazon for profit :p
 
Lenardzw

Lenardzw

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A few Christmases ago I received a late gift from a married couple at a Boxing Day barbecue at their home. In front of at least a dozen other guests I unwrapped my gift and discovered a bottle of Amarula, a creme liqueur. I don't drink. Amarula is made using the Marula fruit found in my part of the world. Its popular with elephants which often walk up to a tree, shake it and then gorge on the fruit that falls on the ground. They can get quite drunk on the fermented bits they eat.


The other item in that box was a Manchester United football jersey. I have been a Liverpool Supporter since I was 8.

I love them dearly but eish :( they really shouldn't have. I gave the soccer top to my nephew. I can't remember what I did with the Amarula (...hic...:p​)
 
Lynx

Lynx

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This is an easy one: Spongebob tie. What an insipid show, what a garish tie. I have asked around for WEEKS to find somebody who wants it. Finally found a taker last night.
 
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wwjd_kilden

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I got a very ... uh ... strange- looking clock once.
It ended up in a drawer. I don't even know where it is now.
Thankfully I haven't met the person who gave it to me after that so .... :p
 
seoulsearch

seoulsearch

OutWrite Trouble
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Ultimatum77 said:
Sell it on ebay/amazon for profit :p
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Leave it to you, Ult, to turn an ugly sweater into a business opportunity. :p

I was originally going make a poll for this thread--"What Do You Do With Unwanted Gifts?"

My list of answers would have included things like:

* Thank the person and pretend I like it.

* Stuff it in a drawer and never let it out again.

* What's that? Is the garbage can full? Well, it soon will be.

* Now I know what those "roaring Christmas fires" are for.

However, I can honestly say that I would have totally missed, "Put that puppy up for bids online... and make a killing off it." :rolleyes:
 
seoulsearch

seoulsearch

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wwjd_kilden said:
I got a very ... uh ... strange- looking clock once.
It ended up in a drawer. I don't even know where it is now.
Thankfully I haven't met the person who gave it to me after that so .... :p
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Yeah, talk about an awkward moment. I confess that I have hung on to some things, sometimes for YEARS... Just in case I should to run into that person or they happened to stop by.

Fortunately, I've never had anyone ask me why I never wear (that camouflage-patterned, slime-green scarf) or why I never put out (that knick knack that's so old it looks like it belongs on my great-grandmother's mantle.)

And, I've never had to confess to someone, "Are you kidding? I threw that thing away as soon as I got to the car."

Not yet, at least.

I suppose there's always next year.
 
seoulsearch

seoulsearch

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Lynx

Lynx

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I also have a Looney Tunes tie that I have never found a place to ditch. Maybe I should sell it on ebay. I love Bugs Bunny but the tie is just too, too garish.

And I have somehow accumulated a collection of knives with cheap, easily dulled blades that I never bought. I'm a nerd, why do I need 40,000 pocket knives? And when they get dull so easily, who has ever heard of a nerd sharpening a knife blade? We have better things to do, like splicing two controllers together so we don't have to swap one out for the other all the time. Who is making all these knives with cheap metal anyway? There should be a law that you are only allowed to use surgical stainless steel or something better in knife blades.

No joke, I have left a cheap pocket knife at work in a high traffic area where good tools vanish all the time. It sat there for a SOLID MONTH and nobody picked it up. I finally threw it away. Even thieves saw at a glance how worthless it was.
 
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Miri

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seoulsearch said:
Hey Peeps!

From ugly sweaters to that 8th pair of argyle socks, we are almost all guaranteed to receive a Christmas gift that was well-meant, but... doesn't quite hit the mark.

I'm curious: what do you do with gifts that just aren't "you"?

Whether it's something you'll never use or something you just don't like, what do you do?

* Do you tell the person you loved it, just so that you won't hurt their feelings? Do you then feel like like you have to wear or display this item if you'll be around this person in the future?

* Do you then shove the gift in the abyss of the back of a drawer or closet, never again to see the light of day?

* Do you donate or re-gift the item, giving it to someone else?

Forget "The Island of Misfit Toys".

I'd like to know you all do with "The Gift You Really Shouldn't Have Bothered to Get."

Hope everyone had a great Christmas!
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Well.... be thankful someone bothered to think about you, to go to the trouble of
getting a gift, wrapping it etc with you in mind. :)

As a person gets older, especially a single person. The number of people who "bother"
diminishes or reduces to a box of chocolates if you are lucky.
 
Lynx

Lynx

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*perk*

Did someone day chocolates?

I'm in!!
 
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Miri

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Ps I get so many boxes of chocolates I could build a chocolate mountain.
So I usually buy something for myself that I know I will like and use.

This year I got this for myself in the hope of strenthening up my leg and back,
which are still a little weak from having a trapped nerve and pulling my back in August.

I tried it out yesterday, it seems to be ok and easy to use.

If it works maybe I can change my user name to "Miri-with-abs" lol

WonderCore® Smart - Home Gym | Thane Direct UK
 
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wwjd_kilden

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:p

I keep telling myself I should do some exercises for my (non-existent) abs, then I realize I'm too lazy to try.
 
Lynx

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Miri said:
Ps I get so many boxes of chocolates I could build a chocolate mountain.
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For some reason my music nerd brain just cued up a song about a big rock candy mountain...
 
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Ultimatum77

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seoulsearch said:
All I can say is, if the fruit on the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil had been glass apples, we might have all been spared.

A glass apple would have been pretty hard for Adam and Eve to bite into.
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B/c the apple was so clear Adam would have busted out his rendition of "I can see clearly now this fruit is wrong"....
 
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Ultimatum77

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wwjd_kilden said:
:p

I keep telling myself I should do some exercises for my (non-existent) abs, then I realize I'm too lazy to try.
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I would hope you have abs on your car at least :p Anti-Lock Braking System lol
 
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Miri

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Lynx said:
For some reason my music nerd brain just cued up a song about a big rock candy mountain...
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I almost do have a chocolate mountain. :)
 
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