The most dissapointing gift ever....

BizzyC

Just thinking back on past christmases etc, and all the gifts over the years.

Was wondering what the crappiest gift any of you have ever received was.



Mine was probably an inflateable globe (poundshop) I got for christmas one year.

Eve e

3 pack of C.D. cases

Tha Gopher

A squeezable stress relief ball

Twas my birthday and for whatever reason my mother hadnt got whatever I wanted in time,l so for a "laugh" she got me that :rolleyes:

She got me something proper the next day but still.......




I remember one Christmas there were ads on tv for this really ugly lookin big skull head thingy, with green sh1t oozing out of his nose, and it moved mechanically, it looked deadly
I got it, it was sh1te. It didnt even move too well

Dellgirl

Being promised something and never recieving it :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Also a silvery blue shiny polo neck when what i really wanted was a doll. (I was 5)

monkeyfudge

I got a Barbie and Ken gift set for my 21st birthday off my brother who is quite well off.

Gross Halfwit

An Orangutan teddy when I wanted a Penguin. I was 8. It was Xmas. I'm not letting go.

monkeyfudge

Gross Halfwit wrote:

An Orangutan teddy when I wanted a Penguin. I was 8. It was Xmas. I'm not letting go.

Tsk... The very idea of being disappointed at receiving an orangutan as a gift!

I've given orangutans as gifts on no less than 2 occasions.

Dave

Some calligraphy handwriting set when I was ten. Like I didn't do enough handwriting "practice" in school.

county

BizzyC wrote:

Just thinking back on past christmases etc, and all the gifts over the years.

Was wondering what the crappiest gift any of you have ever received was.



Mine was probably an inflateable globe (poundshop) I got for christmas one year.

was that your main presant

Ruaidhri

am i the only one thinking that any gift is appreciated? honestly never been disappointed with gettting something in gift wrapping

Hobbes

When myself and my sis were little for christmas we wanted bikes. Christmas day we are all excited went down to the open the presents.. no bikes.

We open all the presents and they are all crappy (jumpers, books, socks, etc). At this stage both of us are totally gutted and balling crying even though we are saying "Thank you for the presents". 10 minutes after they bring us to the backroom and show the bikes.

Sparky

A blank vhs tape.






but it was a joke, so i suppose it doesnt count does it?

Norinoco

On behalf of my two brothers:

I was in college,completly broke - got them 5 burned cd's each!!!

and the year before a cool mug each!!

Whatever_fools

Ruaidhri wrote:

am i the only one thinking that any gift is appreciated? QUOTE]

Yep, think you might be, also have a feeling you may not be telling the truth

Capt'n Midnight

You know those fancy boxes you use to put nice presents into, my sister got one, gift wrapped, empty

Wool scarf ( I'm allergic - but that's not their fault )

I know someone who got the same book from the same person two years in a row.


Anyone remember the Black and Decker billboard ads where yer man gets Aftershave instead of power tools ?
Eau' de dissapointment.

Funk Daddy

A new shelf.

Kolodny

Funk Daddy wrote:

A new shelf.

Very useful and practical gift, that is.

For my birthday last weekend I got food poisoning. And nothing else.

Pyr0

I got a lunchbox as a Christmas present, barrel of laughs that was :rolleyes:

Scubadevils

A set of used coasters - even still had some tea stains on them! & I am supposed to be the favourite grandson :rolleyes:

Einstein

an electric tie rack that rotates your ties for you.

I have 3 ties.

Deadwing

A savage garden CD. worst. christmas. ever.

Pyr0

Ahahah I felt the same way when I got St Anger for my birthday

blah

A shaving brush from my girlfriend.

My mother used to give me simpsons socks every Christmas but that year she couldn't find any so instead she got me... nothing.

Worst Christmas ever.

LadyJ

Hmm....I think it would have to be Valentine's day a couple of years back.
I bought a CD for my boyfriend at the time and he offered me a bite of a mars bar. Then told me it was a stupid,made up holiday and he was refusing to spend the evening with me on principal so he went out drinking with his mates.
Pretty disappointing I always thought.

Suaimhneach

From my first long term boyfriend, years ago now, a necklace that his grandmother wore, that had *real* diamonds in it.

Turned out, he was a cumpulsive liar, and a theif, and that necklace is gone all rusted.

Bastard.

Kingp35

LadyJ wrote:

Hmm....I think it would have to be Valentine's day a couple of years back.
I bought a CD for my boyfriend at the time and he offered me a bite of a mars bar. Then told me it was a stupid,made up holiday and he was refusing to spend the evening with me on principal so he went out drinking with his mates.
Pretty disappointing I always thought.

HaHa classic!!

MiamiDancer

LadyJ wrote:

Then told me it was a stupid,made up holiday

Yea i HAD a boyfriend the exact same who refused to even buy me a card! it wasnt just for valentines day though for my 21st he gave me his LAST rolo! Gee thanks honey.....
VERY VERY disappointing! :mad:

Kiera

My brother in-law got my sister (who cant swim and lives in Blanch which is nowhere near the sea), a wetsuit one Christmas. Said she could take up swimming now. Would a swimsuit/ bikini not do?????? He hasnt lived it down, bless

LadyJ

MiamiDancer wrote:

Yea i HAD a boyfriend the exact same who refused to even buy me a card! it wasnt just for valentines day though for my 21st he gave me his LAST rolo! Gee thanks honey.....
VERY VERY disappointing! :mad:

Yeah no card either! :rolleyes:

MiamiDancer

LadyJ wrote:

Yeah no card either! :rolleyes:

Arent men just soooooooooooo stupid sometimes....

zAbbo

Are we denying its a made up holiday?

Worst present, a box of Danish Butter Cookies, gee thanks dad, see thats why i've never bought you a present since, In fact i distinctly hate bday and xmas due to the crap presents/bad times they've generally been(when i was younger)

Don't care what the present is, as long its thought out and sorta original and not something i have to tell people i want.

ambro25

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

I know someone who got the same book from the same person two years in a row.

Well, funny you should post that.

The worst ever present I got was from a distantly-related family member on my (English) wife's side, "The Official 'I hate the French' Handbook"... for the second time after he'd offered it me the year before (both at Christmas).

I am French, and don't offend easily for any reason (which is why I'm not classing the first instance as the worst - guy's a barrister and an absolute w@nker anyway), but you see the predicament... Pity Xmas was at their place that year, I remember inadvertently breaking two of their finest crystal wine glasses, once I'd (decided to-) got legless enough to give him justification for buying the book in the first place

FinalWords

Hi Miamidancer. Check your private message thing. and thanks, thanks alot

joejoem

FinalWords wrote:

Hi Miamidancer. Check your private message thing. and thanks, thanks alot

:eek: someones in trouble! Is that the fella? Nice gift!


Its the same every christmas, clothes that I wouldnt dress my dog in. What the F is the problem with getting a voucher?

FinalWords

ex fella. we were good together. I never believed in valentines day. but i worte love letters to her non stop. millions of them. i wont say anymore. im shocked she is even on this site. i was informed by a friend when he saw what she wrote on some part of this site was very very very very similar to what happened to us.

LadyJ

Eh...Ok......

joejoem

Get over it

roberteboot

I remember a mate of mine got his brother a brand Ireland jersey for christmas(This was when he was about 13 or something so it was a fair bit of money to spend.Almost unheard of.He really went out on a limb trying to do something nice.The brother was about 16.).

Anyway what did his brother get him?The Coolio single Gansters Paradise.Which was already opened.

Id say he must have been fairly disappointed with that one.

zAbbo

FinalWords wrote:

ex fella. we were good together. I never believed in valentines day. but i worte love letters to her non stop. millions of them. i wont say anymore. im shocked she is even on this site. i was informed by a friend when he saw what she wrote on some part of this site was very very very very similar to what happened to us.

Man, she's been telling everyone, behind your back, how lousy you were, heart goes out to you to find out you were a useless boyfriend. Especially on a public forum, must be a real kick in the stones, how you feel about that?

CrowdedHouse

I remember Christmas several years ago my sister gave me a plastic case that holds files like you have in an office filing cabinet.At the time I said 'thanks very much' but to myself said FFS !

Several months later I actually started to use it,it had labels for the different types of household docs - car,bank,credit cards,insurance etc and now I can lay my hand on any doc like that I need in a few secs rather than searching cupboards and drawers for hours.
Funny how something I initially thought was crap turned out to be very useful.

Deadwing

bazH wrote:

Man, she's been telling everyone, behind your back, how lousy you were, heart goes out to you to find out you were a useless boyfriend. Especially on a public forum, must be a real kick in the stones, how you feel about that?

/baseball commentator voice
well baz hes gotta be feeling pretty down now, i mean finding out your ex hates you and then the double whammy of finding out she hated your valentines day presents, i gotta say ouch to that one baz! doesnt that beat all!

savemejebus

a €10 petrol voucher.

clearly lots of thought and searching through shops went into that purchase

cashback

Got a joke-book from a friend of my mothers called 'Men are a Joke'.
I'd say it cost about a euro and the jokes were so bad. And I'm a man.
What did I ever do to her?!

crazymonkey

Gf came back from America, with a bugges bunny wearing a american flag as a jacket, considering my feelings for the yanks this didn't do much for me,,,

weemcd

Some piece of sh1t like the book of kells from my uncle when i was like 10 was probably, suppose he thought id learn or something...

Hate in when people go for like a holiday and bring you a pen or a guiness hat to wear when you are like 6, why bother?

Gross Halfwit

monkeyfudge wrote:

Tsk... The very idea of being disappointed at receiving an orangutan as a gift!

I've given orangutans as gifts on no less than 2 occasions.

I dont mind Orangutans per se but I really wanted a penguin and my folks knew it!

joejoem

MiamiDancer wrote:

Arent men just soooooooooooo stupid sometimes....

No word back from Miami, should we send out the search monkeys?

BizzyC

county wrote:

was that your main presant

from the brother in question.

I was 8, he was 16, bought him a shirt, got a £1 globe in return...

MiamiDancer

FinalWords wrote:

Hi Miamidancer. Check your private message thing. and thanks, thanks alot

FinalWords i think you most definitely have d wrong dancer! maybe you need to cool down a little bit :rolleyes:

joejoem

MiamiDancer wrote:

FinalWords i think you most definitely have d wrong dancer! maybe you need to cool down a little bit :rolleyes:

ahhh that could have made such a good thread. He should have called himself Dawsonscreek instead of final words

BizzyC

MiamiDancer wrote:

FinalWords i think you most definitely have d wrong dancer! maybe you need to cool down a little bit :rolleyes:

Must have been a good message if he needs cooling down.

Was that the worst gift you've gotten?:D