Unexpected presents

castletownman

Posting this from my new iphone.never thought I'd see the day that I'd be writing from an iphone given my aversion to modern technology but yeah it's a surprise!!so what's the biggest shock ya ever got for christmas?

In before ur ma, my first born etc.

TeddyTedson

If its a 4S I'll offer 200euro and can collect tomorrow.

Jesus Wept

How do you know someone got an iphone?
As above.

castletownman

TeddyTedson wrote: »

If its a 4S I'll offer 200euro and can collect tomorrow.

****** please

MrPirate

It was last Christmas, a few of my friends pitched in together to get me something. T'was a riot shield! A genuine U.S. Police riot shield! Completely un-f*cking-expected!

castletownman

The-Rigger wrote: »

How do you know someone got an iphone?
As above.

I was part of the jokey crowd as well until I realised the advantages!#unreal

cloneslad

I only had the sega mastersystem for 6 months, when (very f**king surprisingly) I was given the megadrive for christmas along with a new bike and a sh*t load of other presents.


Still didn't get Mr. Frosty that year either!!!:mad:

Kadent

I got one this year, unexpected in the sense that I wasn't expecting to get any at all and someone gave me one.

pickarooney

Kaden wrote: »

I got one this year, unexpected in the sense that I wasn't expecting to get any at all and someone gave me one.

Not sure if or or just :eek:

:pac:

abouttobebanned

Thinly veiled I have an iPhone thread.

Kur4mA

TeddyTedson wrote: »

If its a 4S I'll offer 200euro and can collect tomorrow.

Pffft, call that an offer. [adverts] I offer the crusts off 2 slices of toast, a half eaten jaffa cake and 3euro 47cent! Ah come on man that's a bleeedin deaadly offer. [/adverts]

In all seriousness f*ck the iphone, I have a Galaxy S2 and all my iwanker friends get so jealous of its shiny goodness. I got tons of unexpected presents this year including a kindle. WIN!

phasers

Ah seriously, this is a really poor excuse for an "I have an iphone" thread

Posted from my Toaster

phasers

Ah seriously, this is a really poor excuse for an "I have an iphone" thread

Posted from my Toaster

thebostoncrab

This year, a long out of print book that I have been looking for for years

Snakeblood

phasers wrote: »

Ah seriously, this is a really poor excuse for an "I have an iphone" thread

Posted from my Toaster

Be fair, your toaster is ****, it makes you double post.

Snakeblood

Snakeblood wrote: »

Be fair, your toaster is ****, it makes you double post.

they always have two slots

Cicero

I hear Darth Vader always feels his presents....so nothing unexpected for him...:p

leposean

This Christmas, I got an N64. How Epic is that!!!!

Voodoomelon

That someone bought you a present in a Charity Shop? Not so bad I suppose...

mackg

Snakeblood wrote: »

Be fair, your toaster is ****, it makes you double post.

You think that's bad? Try using it in the bath.

Herb Powell

leposean wrote: »

This Christmas, I got an N64. How Epic is that!!!!

??????

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFlcqWQVVuU

leposean

Herb Powell wrote: »

??????

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFlcqWQVVuU

I was pretty close to this to be honest.

And while it may have been a charity shop present (Athough I believe it was bought via ebay) it is still an amazing one.

I got one (again second hand) in 2003, WWF No Mercy is the best wrestling game ever made IMO and I loved it even though I was a playstation man. My mam took weeks to find that game.

I was so emotional when I got it cause she knew how badly I wanted it. When we moved house 2 years later I donated it to a youth club but have been wanting one again for ages, mainly for no mercy.

My Dad n Sister got it for me this year. Again emotional

44leto

I got 2 packs of duty free cigs , but I gave them up a few months ago, so my sis got an unexpected 400 JPB off me.

Swampy

I got a Nespresso machine this year off a very generous cousin. I was not expecting any present at all.

baldshin

This year, from my brother, I got a candy floss machine, a skeleton onesie and a yoyo........I'm 25.


















Needless to say they're the best presents ever!

44leto

The unexpected present I got this year was Senna.

I have absolutely no interest in motor sport but my bro thought I would enjoy the doco, he is mad into that "sport", if it is a sport.

I put it on last night, but more out of politeness as I knew he would ask what I thought of it.

People I can not reccomend it enough, it was gripping, it was more about the drama of the man's life, it is brilliant. Rent it, download it, buy it, it is easily the doco of the year. I cannot sing its praises enough.

some random drunk

The most unexpected gift I ever got was a hamster from Santy when I was about 10.

I was very upset about it at the time. I'd asked for a sega megadrive. I didn't want a hamster and hadn't shown any interest when my sister had one before. I knew hamsters have a short lifespan and was adamant I didn't want one as I imagined I would be upset when it died.

In the end I got to like him and a few months later I got the megadrive I wanted for my birthday. Strange thing was the same day my Mam gave me the megadrive, I went to clean my hamster's cage and found him dead .

TeddyTedson

leposean wrote: »

I was pretty close to this to be honest.

And while it may have been a charity shop present (Athough I believe it was bought via ebay) it is still an amazing one.

I got one (again second hand) in 2003, WWF No Mercy is the best wrestling game ever made IMO and I loved it even though I was a playstation man. My mam took weeks to find that game.

I was so emotional when I got it cause she knew how badly I wanted it. When we moved house 2 years later I donated it to a youth club but have been wanting one again for ages, mainly for no mercy.

My Dad n Sister got it for me this year. Again emotional

Agreed, used to set up the N64 to play that game until a few years ago.
Now we just play fifa:(

dublincelt

castletownman wrote: »

Posting this from my new iphone.never thought I'd see the day that I'd be writing from an iphone given my aversion to modern technology but yeah it's a surprise!!so what's the biggest shock ya ever got for christmas?

In before ur ma, my first born etc.

Signed Dublin Jersey and an IPAD2 which IM using to post this. My wife spoils me!!

rainbowdrop

Snakeblood wrote: »

Be fair, your toaster is ****, it makes you double post toast.

FYP

:pac:

peanuthead

leposean wrote: »

I was pretty close to this to be honest.

And while it may have been a charity shop present (Athough I believe it was bought via ebay) it is still an amazing one.

Amazing is right! Would love that present.

Kadent

pickarooney wrote: »

Not sure if or or just :eek:

:pac:

funnily enough I responded the same way

Firefox11

kyub wrote: »

Pffft, call that an offer. [adverts] I offer the crusts off 2 slices of toast, a half eaten jaffa cake and 3euro 47cent! Ah come on man that's a bleeedin deaadly offer. [/adverts]

In all seriousness f*ck the iphone, I have a Galaxy S2 and all my iwanker friends get so jealous of its shiny goodness. I got tons of unexpected presents this year including a kindle. WIN!

The Galaxy S2 is so much better the the iPhone isn't it.:D My Iphone owning brother have aurgments all the time over which is better.

Tar.Aldarion

I'm being brought on holiday and no matter how much I felt it up I had no idea what it was \o/

Stiffler2

you couldn't pay me to own an iphone.

I got a few things which suprised me, including a large portfolio of naughty pictures of the GFs that was apperently been worked on for some time. I will not be looking at the Wicklow Mountains the same way again.

Professey Chin

A George Foreman grill
Yay!

Caveman1

Deleted User wrote: »

I got a few things which suprised me, including a large portfolio of naughty pictures of the GFs that was apperently been worked on for some time. I will not be looking at the Wicklow Mountains the same way again.

You know the deal, PICS or GTFO:D

Biggins

castletownman wrote: »

Posting this from my new iphone.never thought I'd see the day that I'd be writing from an iphone given my aversion to modern technology but yeah it's a surprise!!...

I suppose they had to dump it on some poor person, just to get rid of it!

Caveman1

Caveman1 wrote: »

You know the deal, PICS or GTFO:D

Its a large book of real photographs and I have no scanner. So not only am I not inclined to share them - if I was it would require you to purhacse me a scanner.

Feel free to do so and I will reconsider - but no gaurantee of the result.

digitally-yours

Just got

David Beckham perfume set. (I like it )

apart from that nothing ....

bought my self a galaxy S2 and its great (ex iphone user) surprised how refined android has become.

for Iphone world I have Ipad 2

so I have access to both worlds App store and android store


The best thing I did this year was that i had my "cheapest" ever Xmas

no crazy Pre Xmas shopping saved few grand there
No Post Xmas crazy shopping (i have changed) usually spend 500 to 600 on Post xmas sales and this year . "0" and still feel happy

Nothingbetter2d

lol my 56 year old dad bought an xbox 360 4gb with kinect and 3 games.... i never in a million years would have thought he would buy a games console.

Pretty Polly

My brother got me a HP printer one year. I really wasn't expecting it as every other year i had just got Dove sets or slippers etc from him.
Its great when you get something that you actually want and will use:)

Azureus

Got a tablet pc from the bf so that we can skype etc while he's away with work for the next three months (he'll have our laptop with him)-was very unexpected because we agreed not to spend much at all but I was very happy

saa

An engagement ring booyeah back of the net [for me at least]
Going the pick up the better fitting size tomorrow, its worth getting up really early to catch an aul bus.

EGAR

I got a car from my OH - I nearly fainted.

Karona

I got new purple GHD's ater telling my parents I didn't want anything. I was just pricing them for myself a few days before Christmas but I got a surprise Christmas morning when I opened it up.

ilovesleep

Never mind xmas presents

I got involved with a chap earlier in the year. A week or so after hooking up he asked for my address to send on a small gift he bought me. I thought that was very nice, kind and thoughtful of him and the fact that it was so unexpected too.

I ran to my postbox with glee every evening for two weeks and nothing and not even a message. I thought nothing much of it but sent him a message to see did it get lost in the post. He sent a message saying that he didn't send it yet for whatever reason and he wrote saying that he will be out my way for such a such date. That came nothing. I eventually fired him of another message where he acted the bollocks again.

What was that all about?

He messaged me a couple of weeks later suggesting another hook up where I brought up the issue on his gift and explained what that represented for me in that trust was broken. He made no effort whatsoever and sent me a half assed apology on the lines of
I never meant to annoy but I cannot find that now. (ok, was there something wrong with him at sending me a message at any stage to tell me this? Why get my hopes up to leave me hanging in the air on the issue?).

I held out a little hope for a while longer that maybe he might get his ass in gear, find it and send it to me. Nope

Like why does somebody treat someone like that? I did nothing to deserve that but like him.

Millicent

ilovesleep wrote: »

Never mind xmas presents

I got involved with a chap earlier in the year. A week or so after hooking up he asked for my address to send on a small gift he bought me. I thought that was very nice, kind and thoughtful of him and the fact that it was so unexpected too.

I ran to my postbox with glee every evening for two weeks and nothing and not even a message. I thought nothing much of it but sent him a message to see did it get lost in the post. He sent a message saying that he didn't send it yet for whatever reason and he wrote saying that he will be out my way for such a such date. That came nothing. I eventually fired him of another message where he acted the bollocks again.

What was that all about?

He messaged me a couple of weeks later suggesting another hook up where I brought up the issue on his gift and explained what that represented for me in that trust was broken. He made no effort whatsoever and sent me a half assed apology on the lines of
I never meant to annoy but I cannot find that now. (ok, was there something wrong with him at sending me a message at any stage to tell me this? Why get my hopes up to leave me hanging in the air on the issue?).

I held out a little hope for a while longer that maybe he might get his ass in gear, find it and send it to me. Nope

Like why does somebody treat someone like that? I did nothing to deserve that but like him.

Aw, dude, way to bring down the thread. We all got an unexpected TL;DR this year.