topic Re: funnest or silliest present ever received! in Off-Topic

funnest or silliest present ever received!

Martin-O2 — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 14:27:22 GMT

Hey everyone,

Love it or hate it a big part of Christmas is giving and receiving gifts. Some gifts are really personal and thoughtful from a significant other and you also get the generic, shower gel and socks from your grandmother!

This time around we want to hear of the funnest gift you've ever received or given to someone else! The reasoning can be anything from a running joke in your family or something more topical.

Re: funnest or silliest present ever received!

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 16:51:15 GMT

One year i asked for a coat.. i got a printer... (i didn't even have a computer)

The following year I asked for a coat, I got a travel bag. (I don't even have a passport)

I totally gave up on Christmas after that.

Not funny or silly, but it still rattles my cage after all these years..

Re: funnest or silliest present ever received!

Martin-O2 — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 17:21:00 GMT

Oh dear @Anonymous! I hope you managed to get that coat in the end!

Re: funnest or silliest present ever received!

TheSaddestGirl — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 17:25:34 GMT

This friend bought a group of us - 8 people or so a Xmas present all around the 20 pound mark. Decent thoughtful stuff.

I got a spinning fork you are supposed to use for pot noodles.
"Oh I knew with your sense of humour you would just love it"
Did I fig!
Next year, same thing... Good stuff all around. Me? Two little lights that slip over your thumbs you do magic tricks with.... I hate magic.
Given nothing I would have been neutral, content, neither up nor down.

I hope she likes her family size jar of Marmite and 3 pack of wood chisels (budget) she's getting this year.

Re: funnest or silliest present ever received!

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 18:03:30 GMT

I got the message @Martin-O2 & bought my own!

Marmite & chisels.. sounds like the perfect revenge @TheSaddestGirl

Re: funnest or silliest present ever received!

Cleoriff — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 18:11:48 GMT

@TheSaddestGirl wrote:
This friend bought a group of us - 8 people or so a Xmas present all around the 20 pound mark. Decent thoughtful stuff.

I got a spinning fork you are supposed to use for pot noodles.
"Oh I knew with your sense of humour you would just love it"
Did I fig!
Next year, same thing... Good stuff all around. Me? Two little lights that slip over your thumbs you do magic tricks with.... I hate magic.
Given nothing I would have been neutral, content, neither up nor down.

I hope she likes her family size jar of Marmite and 3 pack of wood chisels (budget) she's getting this year.

That's the best thing I have heard @TheSaddestGirl

Re: funnest or silliest present ever received!

TallTrees — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 19:45:13 GMT

I do know a teenager who after enjoying shopping for self all day ran out of time to buy Dads xmas present and last shop open was a music 🎶 shop so raced in and bought a Child's Recorder🤓
Caused so much laughter it was probably the best ever🤣

Re: funnest or silliest present ever received!

Martin-O2 — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 09:48:21 GMT

Love that story @TheSaddestGirl! It sounds like you'll be getting your revenge this year!

I used to play the Recorder (badly) @TallTrees!

Re: funnest or silliest present ever received!

Titanium — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 09:58:45 GMT

Toilet rolls have become a common gift in our family now... It started as a joke a few years ago but of course they always come in handy!

Of course, at this time of year they're always the festively decorated ones too!

Re: funnest or silliest present ever received!

welshsteve76 — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 12:19:53 GMT

Daftest I had was probably this as a stocking filler one year:

[Removed]

Re: funnest or silliest present ever received!

Cleoriff — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 12:20:06 GMT

@welshsteve76 wrote:

Daftest I had was probably this as a stocking filler one year:

[Removed]

I love it @welshsteve76 I suspect you have to press it everytime you hear a lot of BS?

Re: funnest or silliest present ever received!

welshsteve76 — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 11:45:27 GMT

LOL yeah. My son has inherited it now

Re: funnest or silliest present ever received!

pgn — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 15:29:14 GMT

Oh, Stress Ball Paul (link here) has to be one of the funniest I have seen - Secret Santa can be so cruel...

Re: funnest or silliest present ever received!

gmarkj — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 08:03:44 GMT

Got a beauty of a secret santa a few years ago.
Ginger/orange curly wig and a mug with "I'm too sexy for my hair which is why it isn't there" on it.
Liked the mug, the wig not so much...

Re: funnest or silliest present ever received!

TallTrees — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:01:05 GMT

Would love to see that @gmarkj

(maybe not!) great fun though

Re: funnest or silliest present ever received!

gmarkj — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:10:06 GMT

Can't find one of the wig, but here is the mug...

Re: funnest or silliest present ever received!

TallTrees — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:13:01 GMT

That is so funny ! thanks for the photo @gmarkj

Re: funnest or silliest present ever received!

welshsteve76 — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:58:39 GMT

My other picture got removed, so here's another button I received also. I think this one might have been a birthday present though, not a xmas one, can't quite remember now as it was years ago. It has various noises/voices when pressed and works through them. One of them just being a scream, the other being Corporal Jones if I remember rightly

Re: funnest or silliest present ever received!

TallTrees — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 12:18:20 GMT

Very nice present ~ helpful too! @welshsteve76

other post photo probably wasn't pc but I saw it and it was ok, I thought.

Thanks for continuing makes this thread interesting!