Why did you think I would want that?! (Post the weirdest gift you've ever gotten.) http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296 Steampunk avi8or I got my weirdest gift on valentine's day. It was a faux leather journal with a huge ornate bow and arrow on the front (Cupid's, I'm guessing.) and a lock on the side. On the spine it litterally said DESIRE: A Private Journal. I don't want my journal saying it's a private journal! WTF is the point of that? Also I just had to open it up, and on every page there were quotes from famous authors and stuff about- how awesome sex is. I'm 14. This is from my mom, though in her defense she did think the quotes would be about love (not making love) but still. And the last quote was "If two people love each other, there can be no happy ending." Thanks Earnest Hemingway for telling me that. I have no idea to fill the journal... I can't use it for a regular diary because... it doesn't <em>want</em> to be just a diary. XD Post your weirdest gifts! Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:14:38 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1143917 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1143917 premiumcider A can of ravioli. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:07:10 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1144153 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1144153 golfgal08 My father, for the last few years, has gotten my sisters and I random things for Christmas--those instant hand warmers, gloves (which are nice, but I don't need a new pair every year), cheap scented candles, and oddest of all, potpourri. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:08:29 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1144276 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1144276 mattskywalker Before last Christmas, I jokingly sang "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" every now and then. So my mom got me a Webkinz hippo, and I don't even do Webkinz. So yeah, maybe not the weirdest gift ever, but a weird one. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:49:51 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1144615 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1144615 Bicicletta From a former boss, who should have stuck to department store gift cards: He went to some weird gift shop down the street from our office and bought me a "doll," about 18" high, that was a guy in a suit, wearing glasses, who said work-related things when you pulled a cord. That's right, my own miniature talking executive doll! I still have no idea why he did that. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:35:47 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1144714 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1144714 Bicicletta Does your mom know how uncomfortable the journal makes you? Can she return it? Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:37:27 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1144718 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1144718 Coffee_Plate I got the Bibleman DVD, a box of baking powder, and some piece of fabric that's either a shirt, a dress or scarf. I honestly don't know what it is exactly. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:07:57 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1144790 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1144790 Itzika I got a book about the ocean. This would have been a perfectly acceptable gift for any other child of the age I was at the time, and it went well with the other gifts in the package... but I was terrified of the ocean at that age. I wouldn't even touch the book because it had a sea turtle on the cover, I was that scared of it. And my mom knew this (or I thought she did) when she gave it to me. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:22:38 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1144822 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1144822 aliaswriter A plastic apple A mini silver toy car A bouquet of ugly fake roses These were all given to me on the same day, Valentine's Day when I was 23. In fairness though, they came in a big bag with other better gifts. And everything was supposed to symbolize something about me. apple = I like apple juice car = I wanted a Celica roses = because real roses would be dead the very next day under my care I still have all this junk, I don't think the Salvation Army would even want this donation. And can I just say, this thread is freaking hilarious. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:42:56 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1145310 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1145310 Cavaliere Errante My family has a serious gift-giving deficency. Gifts tend to be inappropriate, rude, or just plain weird. For my seventeenth birthday my oldest brother gave me an open box of condoms. And he made sure to poke holes in the two remaining condoms, rendering them entirely useless. My cousin lived in Japan and she brought me all sorts of weird things. Chili pepper chocolate from Korea that was surprisingly much better than it sounded, decorative socks, a pizza place menu, a newspaper clipping featuring a kitten, and rocks she collected from a rice field. She also brought me a bag of candied crabs, even though she actually recalled that I am deathly allergic to shellfish. My dad regularly gives out underwear as gifts, but not how you might think. He raids your underwear drawer and gifts you the underwear you already own. When I turned fifteen he gave me half a warm, flat beer. He even put a bow on it. And yes, he actually thinks these are perfectly acceptable gifts and his feelings are seriously and truthfully hurt if you don't like what he gave you. My grandmother likes to buy me textbooks from Amazon. Which is very sweet, but she buys textbooks that were used in the 60's and 70's. And they are medical textbooks. I am not a pre-med student. And even if I was, I'm fairly positive that forty year old textbooks are just a tad bit outdated. Oh, and for my twenty-first birthday I was given a case of beer from my uncle. Seems normal enough, right? Yeah, until I discovered he had already done me the favor of drinking them... And then refilled them with dirt and fish bait. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:27:13 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1145428 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1145428 Bicicletta We have a new champion! You do realize THIS is why you're a writer? Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:20:30 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1146213 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1146213 WritingGeek97 A decoy duck spray-painted gold with gold flowers and the like. We gave it away at a tacky gift exchange. XD Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:38:34 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1147748 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1147748 ShidaHa I got a statue of a cowboy cactus wielding a pistol and riding a horse. The cactus has a blue striped neckerchief. And a mustache. It is the ugliest thing I've seen in my life... and my friend bought it because it reminds her of me. Just... what. Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:22:51 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1149077 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1149077 alysdragon Two years ago I got a book entitled 'Pets with Tourettes' from my parents. It was a novelty book of pictures of different animals, each with a speech bubble and a swear word. I have no idea why they thought I might want that. Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:13:14 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1150039 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1150039 Steampunk avi8or That actually sounds hilarious! But yeah you probably wanted something else... :) Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:15:22 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1150761 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1150761 Angryman My family has this habit of giving at least one gag gift every year. Somewhat frighteningly, this didn't happen this past year. But for Christmas 2010, my mother bought me a pair of Santa Claus boxer shorts with bells on them. It came with a small Santa hat as well. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 02:52:31 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1151494 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1151494 Brightdreamer Isn't it obvious? That thing is CRYING to be a romance novel. A parody romance novel - the MC becomes so obsessed with finding their Perfect Mate that they tear through boyfriends (or girlfriends) like tissue paper, always blowing things at critical relationship junctions because they rely on pop culture or romance novels for relationship tips, instead of listening to their own heart. Every page in that journal could be a "diary" entry of their latest failure. In an ironic twist, at the end they find their Perfect Mate... but by then they've acquired such a reputation for being a maladjusted romance freak that the person wants nothing whatsoever to do with them. It ends with the MC burning every advice book and trashy romance novel they own before they can ruin anyone else's life. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 08:06:29 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1152529 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1152529 alysdragon I know, it should have been kind of funny, but it was just strange. I don't know, it was as though obviousness of it kind of overwhelmed the humour. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:25:48 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1152663 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1152663 brian_gott Once in the late 90s, my boss at the time gave me a "Bowling for Bunnies" game for my office. That's right, little plastic bunnies and a little plastic bowling ball to lob at them. I guess she thought it would help me get through some really frustrating times. Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:46:07 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1152950 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1152950 Spuggey Someone bought me a make up bag once, which would be great if I wasn't a lifelong tomboy who has never worn make-up. Worse, this person has known me since I was born so... Yeah, no thought whatsoever. The rest of my family and friends buy me stuff I like. My dad buys weird presents though, because he seems to only go in hardware stores... My presents have included a blow torch, an electric sander, a headlamp and a selection of multi-tools. That said, they've all been used a hell of a lot more than the make-up bag and are now part of my mad scientist kit (parents are now convinced I'll accidentally blow myself up one day.) Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:24:35 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1161790 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1161790 DarkPassenger A box of tissues. At least it was useful...right? Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:42:35 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1163989 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1163989 aliaswriter He/she is trying to hint at something. I have a tomboy friend, and for years I've wanted to do her makeup. She finally let me do it last year. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:10:16 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1164147 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1164147 Steampunk avi8or You got a blowtorch? Lucky! My parents don't even let me have fake guns to use at sci-fi conventions.... Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:12:28 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1164150 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1164150 lemming_the_lemming For my 19th birthday, I got a xylophone. A few years earlier, some of my friends had decided that I was secretly a xylophone-playing prodigy. I'm still not certain why, but there you are. Anyway, they decided that they were going to actually buy me a xylophone. Which, four years later, they did. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:57:12 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1165309 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1165309 Chestergirl28 A four foot tall walking doll. I was nine. It's one of those dolls that you hold hands with and then you can "walk" with it. It also came with a complete outfit, shoes, and a very creepy face. WHY, AUNT MARY???? WHY WOULD I WANT THAT????? Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:49:14 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1166779 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1166779 bookmonster A Hammer Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:08:41 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1174437 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1174437 thrilleraddict A toy horse and a doll. I was around 11 ( maybe 10?? ) but WHY? Ugh......not age appropiate in my opinion, I'm just not that kind of person to really play with dolls anymore. Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:19:36 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1179607 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1179607 crazygirl9310 A couple of years ago at Christmas my aunt started a new tradition of letting eveyone pick one of the gifts she or my grandma had recieved when they had been teachers, re-wrapped of course. I had to pick the biggest one and it was...a pooping elephant, the "poop" was jelly beans. Thankfully my little cousin though it was the coolest thing ever so we traded but still... Who gives a teacher a pooping elephant? Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:28:30 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1179776 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1179776 Cavaliere Errante That reminds me of <a href="http://www.simplybovine.com/images/KeyChain_Poo.jpg" rel="nofollow">these stupid key-chains.</a> Those stupid little things were so freaking popular, it was like the greatest thing ever in elementary school. Until the goo got all dirty and started looking like legitimate poop and if you squeezed it too much the 'poo' stopped going back in... Damn the 90's were weird. Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:56:59 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1181359 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1181359 Angryman Yeah, those things are rather f***ed up. Thu, 01 Mar 2012 07:35:26 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1181498 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1181498 9thcloud I'm sorry, I have to reply-- I have recieved this /exact same journal/. Which I ended up filling with Bright's idea; parody romance novel. I think I still have it somewhere. Good times. Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:18:35 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1181733 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1181733 WritingGeek97 10 year old boys give those. :P Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:21:09 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1181947 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1181947 crazygirl9310 Well, she did teach 6th grade science an social studies, but even in 8th grade my mom still bought my gift for the teacher for me. Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:22:14 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1182326 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1182326 paypete1st Hand-held analog TV - AFTER the conversion to digital. Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:52:55 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1182965 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1182965 Erin F. Let's see...my mom generally has good taste in clothing, but for some reason, every Christmas, she goes off the deep end. I've received what my sister and I have deemed: The Mexican fiesta shirt (it was bright yellow and...fiesta-ish), the fairy shirt (a pretty green-blue color with ribbon roses on it and beads, lots of beads), The Sweater (looked like my blind, senile, one-armed grandmother knitted it), the Hippie Shirt (I was ready to go star in Hair), the Chinese New Year shirt (apparently I needed something that looked like a uniform from a Chinese restaurant), the Bead Shirt (not to be confused with the fairy shirt, this thing weighed about ten pounds), The Dress (no shape whatsoever, it made it look like I had no chest or hips), the jean skirt (it was a floor-length jean skirt, I have never worn floor-length jean skirts. I can make a prediction that I never will wear floor-length jean skirts), and The Shirt (I have been given the same shapeless shirt four years in a row in the one shade of green I dislike). Oh, and the poncho. My sister once got a poncho, I believe. We live in Arizona. Neither of us have shown an interest in ponchos, and yet, there it was. Christmas morning is always quite interesting when you open something and think, "What the heck is this? A shirt? A sweater? Um..." and have to say, "Wow, this is really pretty. Thank you!" Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:49:25 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1185075 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1185075 Steampunk avi8or That's not half as weird as some of the other products on simplybovine.com. What, those keychains made me laugh so I went to their source website. There is a cow <em>jockstrap</em>. If anyone here recieves that, you win my eternal pity. Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:45:07 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1194013 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1194013 writergirl31 I once got penguin bowling. The pins are shaped like penguins and there's a little marble to throw at them. Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:33:34 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1250787 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1250787 WritingGeek97 Grandma sends us an Easter box every year and this year I got a peach, green, and white plaid shirt with the sleeves that roll up and have those hook thingies and it had two pockets and looked like a country shirt. She said it was the plainest thing where she had gone to Kohls. Mom went to one near us later that day and said that there was a rack of REALLY plain t-shirts. (She returned the plaid thing and got me a black t-shirt and a red t-shirt, which is more like what I'd wear.) I'd wear the plaid shirt if I had to, but wouldn't more than absolutely necessary. Oh well. Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:38:09 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1255720 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1255720 Arya Svit-Kona Hey, I'd wear that plaid shirt! Then again.... I like the country style shirts. Weird gifts.... lemme see.... Mostly it's clothing that I would NEVER in a million years wear. Once she got me this black dress to wear to a piano recital (she's pretty much in charge of my clothing). It had a sequined top and a bubble hem and could have been pretty cute..... if she hadn't forgotten that if get my size in the children's department then it will just get wider, not longer and if she hadn't forgotten that when I was eleven, I had a thing against short dresses. Then on my fourteenth birthday, she sent the usual good presents. Got me a new pair of dancing shoes and the shirt I'd been fawning over for weeks..... and the kind of plastic bracelet you get out of a gum-ball machine. Seriously, Grandma, I'm fourteen, not four. On my twelfth birthday, my dad got me a facial care book and a hairstyle book. Going off the deep end? Probably. Problem? I was still in my tomgirl stage and literally burst out laughing when I opened them. I actually narrowly avoided and bad gift for my twelfth birthday as well. My uncle told me that he was going to get me this Twilight makeup kit thingie since it was popular with other pre-teens/teenagers a few weeks after my birthday. I'm so glad he decided against it. Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:16:44 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1258772 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1258772 scammer My mom once got me deodorant for Christmas. Thu, 05 Apr 2012 05:33:25 +0100 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1264013 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/off-topic/threads/50296?page=2#forum_thread_comment_1264013