insulting xmas presents

PTH2009

mcdonalds vouchers

cards with coins in it

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

It's the thought that counts.

smash

Paternity tests

chanelfreak

A fcuking Gok Wan book. Dunno how we are still married to be honest.

whiskeyman

Charitable donations on your behalf.

paulers06

anti wrinkle cream

Senna

A donation has been made on your behalf to the Human fund.

You're an ugly christmas present.


Am I doing it right?

The_Valeyard

Fruitcake

howamidifferent

A months gym membership

and or a bottle of head & shoulders shampoo

Ken.

paulers06 wrote: »

anti wrinkle cream

2 years ago I was scratching around for something to get my mother and was going to get a gift set of anti wrinkle stuff from the chemist. My step father informed me that under the rules of parenthood my mother brought me into the world so she could take me out of it too.
I took the ever so subtle hint.

esforum

second hand phone that had obviously been found as it didnt even come with a charger.

back before smartphones and stanard USB chargers as well so had to actually buy a charger so I was seen using the brick

howamidifferent

howamidifferent wrote: »

A months gym membership

Could have been worse, could have been a year.

You can't have been that out of shape :P

Ping Chow Chi

Someone once brought me a beginners guide to badminton, even though I had been playing badminton against him for years and years (it wasn't even a P-sstake gift either)

Valetta

Gym membership.

A book, titled 'How To Increase Your IQ'.

Not that I've been given anything like that.

PTH2009

esforum wrote: »

second hand phone that had obviously been found as it didnt even come with a charger.

back before smartphones and stanard USB chargers as well so had to actually buy a charger so I was seen using the brick

or a recyled present unwanted by the owner so they move it on

etoughguy

PTH2009 wrote: »

mcdonalds vouchers

cards with coins in it

I always welcome donations of cash, coin or paper!

redbel05

More shocking than insulting- Heard if a trainee vet nurse given a gangrenous amputated puppies leg for Christmas by the head vet at the practise. He had bandaged the leg too tight cutting off circulation and the owners hadn't realized until they came back two weeks later to get the bandage checked.

Horror story all round.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I know a lady who was regifted the present she bought her sister the year before and it wasn't even in her size.

To say she was furious is putting it mildly.

Last year I got my insanely fundamentalist christian nut job neighbour a 2 foot version of the "buddy christ" from the film Dogma. Dunno if he liked it - since he never talks to us so much as hisses at us when we pass him. And I did not notice any significant difference in the tone of his hiss following the purchase.

I have always wondered at the practice of buying gift hampers with things like deodorant in it for people though. I wonder if the message that sends is ever intended.

Adelina Quiet Cord

Adelina Quiet Cord wrote: »

I know a lady who was regifted the present she bought her sister the year before and it wasn't even in her size.

To say she was furious is putting it mildly.

I'd think that was hilarious! I'd never let them live it down.

Sam Kade

A foot spa
Mouthwash

Eleysian

Don't know if this qualifies but as a forty something my OH gave me Kylie Minogue body glitter.

MilesMorales1

I wouldn't mind a months gym membership. Might get me off my arse to do it properly.

redbel05

redbel05 wrote: »

More shocking than insulting- Heard if a trainee vet nurse given a gangrenous amputated puppies leg for Christmas by the head vet at the practise. He had bandaged the leg too tight cutting off circulation and the owners hadn't realized until they came back two weeks later to get the bandage checked.

Horror story all round.

I don't buy that story! First of all the pup would have been in agony which the owners would surely have acted on, and secondly a gangrenous limb would have stank to the high heavens, so even if they ignored the puppy in agony, the smell would have driven them to the vets.

RobertKK

I was asked if I would like boiler suit for Christmas as it would be useful for work, I never wear a boiler suit, the person was being dead serious too, and was surprised I wasn't very enthusiastic.
I have to work on Christmas day and no days off for Christmas, the last thing I need is to be reminded of is work, when relaxing and receiving a present.
Hopefully the disappointment in my voice was taken seriously and I avoid a boiler suit...same person said they would like a voucher to spend in a specific shop, doubt it will be to buy themselves a boiler suit.

FionnK86

Christmas crackers for cats.

Duggy747

The GF got a present from her mother, which was the very present she gave her for Xmas the year before hand.

DEFTLEFTHAND

It's obvious sometimes that no thought has gone into buying the gift. It was bought in a mad panic on xmas eve, I've received books on things like cycling in the past, something which I've no interest in.

dodzy

I bought the wife a Dyson way back. It's still a topic of conversation 7 yrs later. Great bloody hoover, and touching that she remembers the gesture.

Dirty Dingus McGee

paulers06 wrote: »

anti wrinkle cream

My sister told me that was what my mother wanted for Christmas this year so I bought her some.

I really hope my sister wasn't taking the piss.

etoughguy

dodzy wrote: »

I bought the wife a Dyson way back. It's still a topic of conversation 7 yrs later. Great bloody hoover, and touching that she remembers the gesture.

Nothing like a bit of suction on Christmas day

Ken.

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

My sister told me that was what my mother wanted for Christmas this year so I bought her some.

I really hope my sister wasn't taking the piss.

Here lies D.D. Mcgee born xxxxx Died Christmas day 2015

dundalkfc10

I gave my sister back the present she bought me last year the same time as she gave it to me.

She found it quite insulting!

I had told her for months i didnt want anything so just returned it, She was not very happy!

Same will prob happen again this year

redbel05

Candie wrote: »

I don't buy that story! First of all the pup would have been in agony which the owners would surely have acted on, and secondly a gangrenous limb would have stank to the high heavens, so even if they ignored the puppy in agony, the smell would have driven them to the vets.

You would be surprised at how much a very tight, thick bandage would hide the odour, and how much animals can hide the exact level of their pain. Obviously the puppy was in discomfort, but as far as I remember, the owners were inexperienced and assumed that it was due to the initial injury.
I got the story from a colleague of the vet nurse and I know the vets involved so I don't doubt the story.

cowboyBuilder

Mother in law always gets me socks, find it so f*cking annoying - and I know they are practical, but just don't ****ing bother!!! - I'll buy my own socks

wrapped and all ... have to be nice and say "Thanks very much etc.." ...

sam34

I'm pretty sure I've posted this before, but my sister's mother in law gave her a DVD called "lose the fat for life". When she got divorced a few years later she got great pleasure from telling the mother in law she has lost 13 stone of uselessness!

sam34

sam34 wrote: »

I'm pretty sure I've posted this before, but my sister's mother in law gave her a DVD called "lose the fat for life". When she got divorced a few years later she got great pleasure from telling the mother in law she has lost 13 stone of uselessness!

If there was a passive-aggressiveness Oscar, this would wipe the floor with the competition!

Friend of mine's hubby got her a new wheelie bin for Christmas one year ... "well, you said you needed a new one! "

:pac::pac::pac:

mahoganygas

Deleted User wrote:

Friend of mine's hubby got her a new wheelie bin for Christmas one year ... "well, you said you needed a new one! "

I hope he wrapped it.

Or at least put a bow on it.

SMJSF

>Clothes that are too big.
> Hygiene products.
> Skin products for acne. (now, I have acne, I have had it since I was 11, but It's because of a hormone imbalance which I can't control, which shelve products are not going to do anything for!!).

uch

Just go to the Bargain Alerts forum, find the link for free sample of incontinence Pants, and send to all your friends.

Job done

Mesrine65

I've had a ZZ Top beard for nearly quarter of a century...

The amount of times I've received aftershave as a present...WTF??

Mesrine65

Mesrine65 wrote: »

I've had a ZZ Top beard for nearly quarter of a century...

The amount of times I've received aftershave as a present...WTF??

How does one even accept something like that with grace and style? Even with my over active imagination I can see no move forward for either the giver or the receiver there.

Lucyfur

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

My sister told me that was what my mother wanted for Christmas this year so I bought her some.

I really hope my sister wasn't taking the piss.

I got my mum anti wrinkle cream too. It's gonna be from my son. She never gets cross with him

topper75

whiskeyman wrote: »

Charitable donations on your behalf.

Such a con.

€850 to get the fuppin goat back. And that was just the airfare.

SAMTALK

Mesrine65 wrote: »

I've had a ZZ Top beard for nearly quarter of a century...

The amount of times I've received aftershave as a present...WTF??

My OH has a beard. One year his brother got him a hamper of mens beauty products . Moisturiser , aftershave, skin balm ets, He actually wouldnt have a clue what half the stuff was. He's a wash and go guy...

SlowBlowin

dodzy wrote: »

I bought the wife a Dyson way back. It's still a topic of conversation 7 yrs later. Great bloody hoover, and touching that she remembers the gesture.

I did the exact same, bloody good hoover.

On my birthday that following year she gave me a wrapped up present, I ripped into it, and it was a large cactus in a pot. Some blood, lots of swearing, as I pulled the thorns out.

She still says the 2 are unrelated......

SlowBlowin

SlowBlowin wrote: »

I did the exact same, bloody good hoover.

On my birthday that following year she gave me a wrapped up present, I ripped into it, and it was a large cactus in a pot. Some blood, lots of swearing, as I pulled the thorns out.

She still says the 2 are unrelated......

You're married to a passive-aggressive genius.

RayM

I haven't got my brother a present yet. He likes tea, so I think he'd appreciate this nice mug...