Best/Worst Presents You've Ever Received?

Feeky Magee · 01-12-2009 12:09AM #1

So what're the best and worst Christmas/birthday/random presents you've ever got?

I find it hard to beat the United '99 Champions League shirt with "Keane 16" on the back, probably got the most use out of it even though it's was relatively cheap compared to other gifts. An ex of mine once got me a bloody expensive phone when I lost the old one just a week before my birthday, so that was lovely too. :cool:

On the flip side, my old man got me a cheapy remote-controlled car for Christmas when I was 15, it stopped working once it got outside a range of 80-100 metres.

I used it about twice.

P.S. Birthday/Christmas sex, however awesome, does not count.

Michellenman · 01-12-2009 12:10AM

I bought my mam a sponge from Tuthills for her birthday once.

Cost me 60p.

Prof.Badass · 01-12-2009 12:15AM

I'm a guy. By default i get ok presents.

Girls on the other hand suffer a lifetime of dolls, clothes and later on those pointless soap sets.

seriously wtf??? who wants soap for christmas

?

southsiderosie · 01-12-2009 12:18AM

A professor I used to work for once gave me a video rental gift card that had obviously been sitting in his wallet for ages, since it was scratched up...and had expired the year before.

He gave another student gift certificates to a Brazilian BBQ restaurant. She was a vegetarian.

But by far, the worst "gift" he ever gave us was the day he decided to wear shorts to class. With no socks. And, judging from the clear view of his balls when he put his feet up to tip his chair back, no underwear. :mad:

brummytom · 01-12-2009 12:20AM

Either:

£5 from two mates (ie. £2.50 each)
A mini bongo drum (seriously, wtf?!)
A hug

Feeky Magee · 01-12-2009 12:25AM

brummytom wrote: »

Either:

£5 from two mates (ie. £2.50 each)
A mini bongo drum (seriously, wtf?!)
A hug

The classic "bollocks I forgot, give him something free he'll hopefully find spontaneous and cute" present.

Ickle Magoo · 01-12-2009 12:26AM

Best - A red bmx with the white star spokes when I was about 7 or 8 - I LOVED that bike!

Worst - A crucifix...as if it's not bad enough to give an atheist a crucifix, it was a piece of cheap stained wood with a small plastic baby nailed to it - has to be the ugliest piece of tat I've ever seen. :eek:

partyatmygaff · 01-12-2009 12:27AM

brummytom wrote: »

A hug

A bearhug? That would be a pretty awesome gift.

Feeky Magee · 01-12-2009 12:29AM

Ickle Magoo wrote: »

Best - A red bmx with the white star spokes when I was about 7 or 8 - I LOVED that bike!

Worst - A crucifix...as if it's not bad enough to give an atheist a crucifix, it was a piece of cheap stained wood with a small plastic baby nailed to it - has to be the ugliest piece of tat I've ever seen. :eek:

With that name and those viewpoints I'm forced to ask; are you my long-lost brother? :eek:

Ickle Magoo · 01-12-2009 12:30AM

Feeky Magee wrote: »

With that name and those viewpoints I'm forced to ask; are you my long-lost brother? :eek:

Possibly your long-lost sister?

Dartz · 01-12-2009 12:30AM

Best present:
A PS3

Worst present:
A donation of 10 euro has been made in your name to Bóthar.

In otherwords, "I ****ing hate you and would rather give this money to starving Africans"

Yes, I am a selfish goit

southsiderosie · 01-12-2009 12:34AM

A value-pack of cotton Granny panties that 1) were two sizes too big and 2) I was forced to open in front of my entire family.

mad m · 01-12-2009 12:35AM

Cigarette plugin hoover for car....Gutted.....Wife didnt understand why I lost the head....:D

Duggy747 · 01-12-2009 12:35AM

The best? A kick-ass formula 1 scalectrix track that kept me entertained for years.

The worst? For the past 6 years I just get a toiletry bag with shower gel, just gimme the bloody tenner so I can use it for booze or fags.

I just treat myself to some techno gifts; A new laptop for myself this week, a smart phone last year, an MP4 player the year before and a sound system the other year.

Last years shower gel was funny though cuz when I took it out it looked like a pretty well-built vibrator. :eek: We all started to burst our holes laughing not really sure if if everyone got the joke.

bertie4evr · 01-12-2009 12:36AM

Best:

Gameboy Colour,wasn't my main gift but it was all I used.

Worst:

Fecking Halloween signs on sale for €1 in Dunnes:mad:

cloneslad · 01-12-2009 12:38AM

best present: Hewlett Packard Laptop from my dad when I was 21

Worst Present: The fact that I never got mr. frosty for christmas...ever..despite the number of times I asked for it.

Those of you that received it and feel like you should tell me it was crap can take their comments elsewhere, I have heard it all before and my response is always that "you're an unappreciative ass who doesn't deserve the fun that mr frosty makes for everyone"

Danbo! · 01-12-2009 12:42AM

Feeky Magee wrote: »

On the flip side, my old man got me a cheapy remote-controlled car for Christmas when I was 15, it stopped working once it got outside a range of 80-100 metres.

Could you even see it 80-100 metres away?

Feeky Magee · 01-12-2009 12:43AM

Ickle Magoo wrote: »

Possibly your long-lost sister?

Ah. I must incest on less of that winking though, or this'll go down a bad road. :rolleyes: :P

Feeky Magee · 01-12-2009 12:45AM

Stee wrote: »

Could you even see it 80-100 metres away?

Perhaps that was a bit of an over-estimate. There was a car park about the length of a football field where we used to race 'em and mine would always give up about 1/3 - 1/2 way down.

Alicat · 01-12-2009 12:47AM

There was something like this mentioned in the Indo Lifestyle & Health today. It was a piece on mothers and online communities and they were talking about the worst presents their husbands had given them.

One woman, for her birthday, was given a burial plot. But her husband didn't tell her about it until she got a letter in the post from the cemetery giving her her plot reference number! :pac: His excuse was that the plots were on special and that he thought he was getting a bargain :pac:

Another woman was given four brake-pads....but she didn't own a car...

Windscreen Wipers....

I can't remember the rest but those ones stuck out for me

southsiderosie · 01-12-2009 12:48AM

cloneslad wrote: »

Worst Present: The fact that I never got mr. frosty for christmas...ever..despite the number of times I asked for it.

Those of you that received it and feel like you should tell me it was crap can take their comments elsewhere, I have heard it all before and my response is always that "you're an unappreciative ass who doesn't deserve the fun that mr frosty makes for everyone"

I felt the same way about the Eazy-Bake oven. Every year I asked for one, and every year my mother told me "but we already HAVE an oven"... :mad:

Blush_01 · 01-12-2009 12:48AM

cloneslad wrote: »

Worst Present: The fact that I never got mr. frosty for christmas...ever..despite the number of times I asked for it.

I wanted one (and never got one) too! I also really wanted Baby Born. I remember telling the woman fitting me for school shoes in December one year that Santa was bringing me Baby Born. Never happened.

Best present: My pearls. Got them for my 21st.

Worst: An open tub of Carmex and a mix CD with someone else's name crossed out and mine written in. Lovely.

ErinGoBrath · 01-12-2009 01:26AM

Feeky Magee wrote: »

my old man got me a cheapy remote-controlled car for Christmas when I was 15, it stopped working once it got outside a range of 80-100 metres.

You think 80 metres is a bad range for a RC car? Jesus, when I was a kid they were wired so had to practically stand over it and the battery life was shorter than Gary Coleman...

...and don't get started on the bit of string I had to carry my school books or my oversized shoes I was apparently going to 'grow' into...

stovelid · 01-12-2009 01:29AM

I wanted a Golf GTI when I graduated and my parent had the nerve to get me a Polo. Some bullshit excuse about the cost of remortgaging. I reported them to Childline and haven't spoken to them since.

rafared · 01-12-2009 01:35AM

My wife bought me a Gretsch hollow body electric guitar for my birthdar recently and its *****ing awesome. By far the best pressie I've ever got.

Cant remember any realy ****ty pressies except fpr the usual socks, jocks or cheap shower gel crap you get at crimbo.

jd007 · 01-12-2009 01:58AM

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

BlackMamba · 01-12-2009 02:55AM

cloneslad wrote: »

Worst Present: The fact that I never got mr. frosty for christmas...ever..despite the number of times I asked for it.

Those of you that received it and feel like you should tell me it was crap can take their comments elsewhere, I have heard it all before and my response is always that "you're an unappreciative ass who doesn't deserve the fun that mr frosty makes for everyone"

Don't listen to those people!!! I got Mr. Frosty and it was brilliant!! He really was fun!! Think I might have him stored somewhere...

Best Present: either the bike I got when I was 5 (was so cool!! All pink and white!:D). Or my lap-top.
Worst present: shower gel from the pound shop. Why could they have given me the euro??

*damn now the Mr Frosty ad music is in my head...:mad:

cloneslad · 01-12-2009 06:37AM

BlackMamba wrote: »

damn now the Mr Frosty ad music is in my head...:mad:

you think that's bad, I just found out the truth about mr. frosty, I feel violated

Jesus Wept · 01-12-2009 06:43AM

Worst: A pillow gift

This is where someone sh1ts on your pillow

brendansmith · 01-12-2009 06:47AM

Best: A friendship embrace from the tribesmen of the Kwolowi settlement in North Africa

Worst: A death grip by the Warmbini clan warlords of Outer Mongolia

Needless to say i had the entire village napalmed shortly after

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 01-12-2009 07:30AM

Best: either the Little Mermaid doll I got when I was three or four or the 96 albums somebody dowloaded, burnt to CD and wrote out the track listings for for me a couple of years ago (just for effort that was a great present, though some of the albums were a bit ****).

Worst: When I was 15 my dad got me and my sister tickets to see P!nk. He's normally amazing with presents but he just really badly missed the mark this time and we had to pretend to be all excited

oh and some strange things from my granny. Obviously used manicure set, thanks. Anne Summers bra that's not my size, wtf Granny.

Can never decide whether this was a great or a crap present: a kilo bucket of peanut butter and a pair of green shoelaces from my housemate last christmas.

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