Best gift someone ever gave you?

you*ess*bee

Just curious to know, whats the best gift you ever received? It can be something really small, or huge.

Mine was from my sister when I was 7 years old. She gave me $1.27 for Christmas. She saved her allowance (Of 25 cent a week), for 5 weeks, then put it in a card. To this day it still brings a tear to my eye.

Kasabian

The gift of life , Thanks Mum

Jax Teller

Were did the other 2 cent come from ?
My sister bought me a ps2 years ago was great at the time

Kasabian

keysersoze_88 wrote: »

Were did the other 2 cent come from ?

And why dollars?

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keysersoze_88 wrote: »

Were did the other 2 cent come from ?
My sister bought me a ps2 years ago was great at the time

Investments in property.

well it was years ago

Lollymcd

Drogheda United season ticket every year for my birthday. Thanks Mum!

ToniTuddle

Best gift...probably my first and so far only niece being born on my birthday.

Nothing else really tops that!

you*ess*bee

I grew up in the states. Been here for 11 years now. Not sure where she found the other 2 cents. Maybe from her piggy bank.

Teddy Chips

A birth cert.

Jax Teller

you*ess*bee wrote: »

I grew up in the states. Been here for 11 years now. Not sure where she found the other 2 cents. Maybe from her piggy bank.

Call the Feds his sister Is a robber

IrishManSaipan

When I was 13 I got a metal pellet gun with an infra-red laser beam attached to it. It took care of the "cat problem".:cool:

bazmaiden

My first guitar - a cheap strat replica, changed my entire life from that day

epgc3fyqirnbsx

The Fast Trax, really quick RC car that I really wanted and cost more than anyone elses present, had a great 4 months before I broke it.

Thanks Santa!

Abi

One that sticks to mind was when a boy I kinda liked at school doodled a love heart and gave it to
me

Materialistic gifts suck donkey balls, the thoughtful stuff rawks!

stovelid

Raleigh Chopper when I was a kid.

Abitar wrote: »

Materialistic gifts suck donkey balls, the thoughtful stuff rawks!

More decent gifts left for the rest of us non-hippies, so

tech77

People say the best gift you can give anyone is love.

Cheap ba$tards.

Archeron

A blackboard shaped like an owl. Got it for Christmas when I was 6.

And it came with four, yes, FOUR different colour chalks and a duster shaped like a mouse!!

Abi

stovelid wrote: »

More decent gifts left for the rest of us non-hippies, so

You can have 'em =P

AnonoBoy

Chlamydia.

After all it's the gift that keeps on giving.

bazmaiden

Abitar wrote: »

One that sticks to mind was when a boy I kinda liked at school doodled a love heart and gave it to
me

Materialistic gifts suck donkey balls, the thoughtful stuff rawks!

What do you mean by materialistic gifts surely how the gift is viewed by the reciever is subjective therefore a gift that you may believe to be materilistic might not be to someone else

i.e the first guitar I recieved may be considered expenive/unthoughful but to me was the greatest thing in the world and i haven't stopped playing since. I've been in bands, made great fiends through music, so all in all I see it as being the most holistic gift ever

stovelid

Abitar wrote: »

You can have 'em =P

I will. Have some sunshine.


/cradles chopper and electrical goods greedily

Funkfield

bazmaiden wrote: »

My first guitar - a cheap strat replica, changed my entire life from that day

+1

My first bass, for the exact same reason.

A black encore......<sniff>

Abi

bazmaiden wrote: »

What do you mean by materialistic gifts surely how the gift is viewed by the reciever is subjective therefore a gift that you may believe to be materilistic might not be to someone else

I mean not bought.

m@cc@

Their cherry.

stovelid

Abitar wrote: »

I mean not bought.

Actually I thought of a non-bought one that was nice.

When I was in primary school in England, there was this wildlife cards album you got with some product like tea-bags or something and this girl in my class collected lots of the cards in the album, brought them in and gave them to me because she knew I liked wildlife.

Abi

stovelid wrote: »

Actually I thought of a non-bought one that was nice.

When I was in primary school in England, there was this wildlife cards album you got with some product like tea-bags or something and this girl in my class collected them all and brought them in and gave them to me because she knew I liked wildlife.

Now thats what I'm talkin' bout

Could it have been Rice Krispies or something, sounds familiar!

jd007

Gameboy Color when I was about 7/8. My first bike is another good gift that comes to mind though.

bazmaiden

Abitar wrote: »

I mean not bought.

Ok fair enough, well i was about 7 my granny knew i wasn't into sport or anything so she (in her 60's) went up to her attic and got all of my uncle's hotspur, beano and dandy magazines so i could read them whenever I went to visit her

I loved them so much

Bog

The gift of life.













It had director's commentary and everything.

InKonspikuou2

A kidney. Thanks to Bobby Porter, a 20 year old from Billings, Montana who died in a car crash i probably wouldn't be here today.

Bog

InKonspikuou2 wrote: »

A kidney. Thanks to Bobby Porter, a 20 year old from Billings, Montana who died in a car crash i probably wouldn't be here today.

I think you win the thread.

o1s1n

When I was six my grandparents bought me the Black Seas Barracuda lego ship.

I almost had a heart attack when they brought the box in.

pikachucheeks

I'll be a sap and say a pug mug my boyfriend got me.
It cost a euro and I made him buy it for me, but still
:pac:

Biggins

The wife - 4 kids.

Luno

My violin. Thanks mummy!

Mars Bar

When I was about 9, I came home from school and went upstairs to my bedroom to see that my parents had thrown out my old bedside lamp and had gotten me a new Manchester Utd one. I thought it was the greatest thing ever, I even cried with happiness. Still works almost 12 years later...

citizen_p

ps3.....probly in terms of exspense....
nothing overly sentimental

Duggy747

Besides getting the usual toiletry bags every Xmas the best pressy I got was a painting of Arnie from Terminator 1. A friend gave it to me for my birthday, was the last thing I was expecting to see but was odd getting a present I genuinely was chuffed about :pac:

It now hangs up comfortably on the wall above the TV

Melion

A framed Steven Gerrard shirt signed "To Caoimhe, All the Best, Steven Gerrard" for my daughters christening. Technically its her present but she'll never appreciate it as much as i do.

RachPie

the gifts I like the most are the stuff my nieces and nephews make - pictures they've drawn. My niece made me a really cute valentines card a few weeks ago, means a lot:)

pikachucheeks

RachPie wrote: »

the gifts I like the most are the stuff my nieces and nephews make - pictures they've drawn. My niece made me a really cute valentines card a few weeks ago, means a lot:)

Aww

My little cousin makes little pictures for me... Every time I visit, she has these hand-make drawings with "I love you" written on them.
It's really sweet!

Glico Man

Someone wrote a book for me for my birthday. One day she found out that I liked sci-fi films and it was based on the Terminator film, but based in the future. It took her a year to do it.

Thought that was an awesome gift. The most awesome gift ever.

lynski

my netbook! birthday pressie from hubbie last year totally out of the blue. love it everyday.

Bolag_the_2nd

my self confidence back, it took a hugh knock in a past relationship, my OH has spent a long time restoring it, thanks hun, u restored my faith in humanity

LenaClaire

My parent's got me a flying lesson one year for my birthday. It was fantastic! I wish I could have afforded to keep going

OutlawPete

My first Walkman in '83.

It was an unbelievable feeling to be able to control when music played and stopped.

Stop laughing kids :mad:

Second would be in '85 my Dad got me a VHS Recorder (Telefunken - this is the exact model)

Being pause and remind movies was amazing when you first did it.

I remember all my mates gathered round watching

Stop laughing kids :mad:

In '86 got my first mountain bike, Raleigh Maverick

epgc3fyqirnbsx

OutlawPete wrote: »

My first Walkman in '83.

It was an unbelievable feeling to be able to control when music played and stopped.

Stop laughing kids :mad:

Second would be in '85 my Dad got me a VHS Recorder (Telefunken - this is the exact model)

Being pause and remind movies was amazing when you first did it.

I remember all my mates gathered round watching

Stop laughing kids :mad:

In '86 got my first mountain bike, Raleigh Maverick

You got a VHS recorder before a bike! you are so spoiled Pete!

I really had to laugh at the present I got last year for Xmas, probably makes it the best present cos I seldom remember what I get from one year to the next.

My mother kept asking me what I wanted, and I kept saying nothing, cos truth is I dont really need anything at this stage, and she was really wrecking my head about it one day so I just said 'Oh, a ****ing sony psp'.

I kinda meant it as a joke cos I dont really play games anymore and knew she wouldnt remember it anyway. That was until my sister heard her on the phone to some electrical store asking them if they sold 'panasonic tst games'!

Sister set her straight and I got one, and actually loved it!

OutlawPete

Gunnar Faithful Newscast wrote: »

You got a VHS recorder before a bike! you are so spoiled Pete!

Nope, but the bike I had before the Maverick was .. not the coolest, we'll say no more

Bless my Dad, but he used to go to Garda auctions and buy Lotts, so we wouldn't have a clue what we got till we got home and took everything apart.

The video was in one.

The buttons on it you could control with your feet and you couldn't use it if people were in bed as the noise would wake the whole house, seriously

Dudess

For me, it's always been ones which indicated that the person was really thinking about me - like, really remembering stuff I'd mentioned, even throwaway comments, and this being reflected in the gift...

stovelid wrote: »

this girl in my class collected lots of the cards in the album, brought them in and gave them to me because she knew I liked wildlife.

/overwhelmed by the cuteness...

Genghiz Cohen

3 Wolf Moon shirt

Proxy

"Life"... nah, not a hope, i'm a miserable git.

Jurassic Park Jungle Explorer.