Gag Gifts and Gifts that make you Gag |
| Posted by: oldbutafan | | Ever get, give or have an idea for a great gag gift ?
Do you know of a creative way to wrap something to fool someone ?
Ever get a gift that you had a hard time accepting with a gracious smile ?
Post them here.
In that last category, years ago someone gave me a live lobster ... and ... and ... poor thing. Guess I'm lucky they didn't give me a live cow, huh ?  | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: mystic | |
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Originally posted by oldbutafan
Do you know of a creative way to wrap something to fool someone ?
My dad used to put things in cans for me...Id have to open it with a can opener....he went somewhere in Los Angeles and had it done...dont know if people still do that.
My husband has put stuff in HUGE, HUGE boxes, and wrapped it...only when I opened it up (thinking it was a HUGE gift)...I found another wrapped box, and another, and another, till I finally got to a teeny little box....
I can never trust his boxes anymore...he's been doing that for 10 years.
Ever get a gift that you had a hard time accepting with a gracious smile ?
Once.....my mom gave me a skirt...it was really ugly...I HATED the way it was made....I couldnt pretend...my brothers knew it the minute I opened it, and started to laugh.....then she figured it out....I just had to admit I hated it......
It gets worse....a few packages later....another skirt...SAME STYLE....different color.....I just rolled my eyes, while the rest of the family was trying to catch their breath from laughing so hard....all but my mom, that is.
Gag Gift...my brother, one year, gave me an album (when we used to listen to albums) of Andy Williams.....for some reason I acted like I really liked it, so I wouldnt hurt his feelings...but I used to listen to rock and roll....not Andy Williams.....he let me think about it for a good 20 minutes before he pulled out the Bob Seger album I wanted.....what a butt head!
Okay...not a great gag, but when I was 16 it was!
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| Posted by: fuscia | | My sister always puts dried macaroni in the presents so they rattle. | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: oldbutafan | | In line with the different size packages ... try a different shaped package.
Years ago, a friend who was an amateur radio guy wanted a particular hand code "key" ... the thing you tap out Morse Code on ? ... and he was pretty sure I was going to buy it for him.
It was in a smallish cube shaped box, but kind of heavy for it's size. I disguised it as a fruitcake ! I found a round tin ... and secured the box with the key thing tightly inside with blocks of styrofoam, paper etc. and he didn't have a clue ! I kept telling him to open up the "fruitcake" ... and he kept kind of looking around/away saying, maybe later, he wasn't real hungry.  | | Reply To this Message
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| Posted by: chelktty | | One year back in highschool, I got my best friend a cowgirl hat and nice cowgirl shirt. (She was really into line-dancing). In return she got me the smoker's emergency coffee mug (with a makeshift ashtray on the side) and a keychain that read: I drink, I screw, I forget. Uh....huh.......Meanwhile this girl had boys ALL over town that she'd had "relations" with, while I had merely slept with only 2 of my previous boyfriends.
I don't really talk to her anymore... | | Reply To this Message
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