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What's the strangest presents you have ever receiv

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Catherine from Manchester

Catherine from Manchester Report 19 Mar 2006 18:45

I have 2 good friends (one was at the manchester meet yesterday) they buy me for birthdays, but even more so the strangest presents ever for Christmas. This christmas gone I got mens aftershave. You know HELLO!! I have had all sorts of weird and wonderful ornaments over the years, even though they know I don't do ornaments. Just wondered what everyone else's might be. Catherine x

Debi Coone

Debi Coone Report 19 Mar 2006 18:47

I think you've got fantastic friends.......... to get something so wrong as a present is just so right LOL Its the ultimate pressie that you really really didn't want!!!

Alek

Alek Report 19 Mar 2006 18:51

actually, it was my husband. Years ago, I had had an operation and back home and bored I decided to wash the kitchen floor. My aunt called in and asked if she could help. Jokingly, I said she could finish the floor. She looked shocked but said nothing( I hate people who offer help but don't mean it). Two days later, it was my husband's birthday. Guess wht Auntie gave him? A floor mop! I'm just glad my stitches had healed by then, his face was a picture.

Catherine from Manchester

Catherine from Manchester Report 19 Mar 2006 18:53

That's really funny teresa. Exactly the same thing I would do. Bet he wasn't impressed. My aftershave is in the loft. x

Rosi Glow

Rosi Glow Report 19 Mar 2006 19:02

Last year I received 96 Cadburys creme eggs from my daughter. When I was 11 my Aunt brought me Tea towels and Bath towels for my bottom draw?? Rosi

Alek

Alek Report 19 Mar 2006 19:05

Catherine, no he wasn,t impressed, especially as they gave him Sainsburys reward vouchers for Christmas.

Catherine from Manchester

Catherine from Manchester Report 19 Mar 2006 19:18

Rosie I wouldn't mind 96 creme eggs. Although I suppose you would get sick of em after a bit. x

Rosi Glow

Rosi Glow Report 19 Mar 2006 19:22

Cathrine I gave them all away, I dont like them!! Rosi

Alek

Alek Report 19 Mar 2006 19:25

Rosi, I think kids buy presents for parents that they would like themselves. when I was little, I bought my Dad a lovely pink address and notebook.

Sunny Rosy

Sunny Rosy Report 19 Mar 2006 19:27

When we had just bought our first small house, we had to install a bathroom, my Mum bought us the toilet for Christmmas. She was generous to a fault during her life, but always had practicality in mind! Bless her.

Catherine from Manchester

Catherine from Manchester Report 19 Mar 2006 19:28

Ah god bless her sunny, mums are like that arn't they. That's something my mum would have done too. x

Wulliam

Wulliam Report 19 Mar 2006 20:35

At primary school we were all taught how to knit. I knitted - from the scraps pile of leftovre wool - a tie for my Dad. For Father's day. It was about 2 feet long, multicoloured and very full of holes. My brother salvaged it, folded it in half, sewed it up the sides and turned it into a pencil case - without a zip along the top! Ho Hum! William