Things you absolutly DON'T want for Christmas - Page 2

SteveDallas · 11-30-2006, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by rkzenrage

Sweaters that are too small for me. I get them every year.

Yeah I hear you... Even though I've put on some pounds as I've got older, it's still true that many "small" shirts and sweaters would hold 2 or 3 of me. So what do I get for Christmas? Large... Large.. Large...

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Originally Posted by rkzenrage

Brianna may not want some help with her policeman-problem... but we may have to anyway.

Make sure it's the Grammar Police. She just looooves us, err, I mean, them.

glatt · 11-30-2006, 12:29 PM

I don't want Sting's newest CD where he plays ancient instruments and sings ancient songs.

I thought I did, and even put it on my list before listening to samples on Amazon. But boy, it's a stinker. Unfortunately, in the 24 hours between putting it on my list and taking it off again, my mom three states away had gone out and bought it for me. She was at my relatives' for Thanksgiving, and later tried to pawn it off on all my cousins there, but was met with much mocking and ridicule. Actually, I imagine the mocking and ridicule was directed at me. She finally had to return it. She gets major point for the ordeal I put her through.

Elspode · 11-30-2006, 01:09 PM

I saw Sting on Public TV last night, a typical "give us money" special, designed to drain funds from Baby-Boomers like myself. Sting, playing an ancient instrument (which sounded like a cheap guitar but looked like something Mr. Spock might have played), singing a James Taylor song, in whose honor the entire shebang was being thrown...and filmed.

Looked good in HD, though, and there were many *killer* performances therein...Dr. John and Taj Mahal, Keith Urban (yeah, I was amazed, too, and with Nicole looking rather fine in the audience, too) and Allison Kraus.

We do not have a "don't want" problem at our house as we sort of wrapped up the gift issue in one fell swoop by buying the 42" plasma tv on Black Friday, using windfall money that had been in custody of the state for the last 18 years without my knowledge...until Selene discovered and liberated it.

Cool, huh?

Shawnee123 · 11-30-2006, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I don't want Sting's newest CD where he plays ancient instruments and sings ancient songs.

I thought I did, and even put it on my list before listening to samples on Amazon. But boy, it's a stinker. Unfortunately, in the 24 hours between putting it on my list and taking it off again, my mom three states away had gone out and bought it for me. She was at my relatives' for Thanksgiving, and later tried to pawn it off on all my cousins there, but was met with much mocking and ridicule. Actually, I imagine the mocking and ridicule was directed at me. She finally had to return it. She gets major point for the ordeal I put her through.

EEEKS, just listened to some samples on Amazon. I used to love Sting back in college but he has just progressively grated on my nerves since. So full of himself.

glatt · 11-30-2006, 01:25 PM

I like Sting, and I like classical music. I saw Sting perform Fields of Gold on his mandolin thingy on "Studio 60" and thought it sounded great. I assumed the album was old Sting songs sung with accompanying ye olde tyme instruments. But it's not. Not at all.

Spexxvet · 11-30-2006, 02:00 PM

For Christmas I don't want

A stick in the eye
lingerie
a gift certificate for a colonoscopy
Boy George
A steaming heap of groat custard
Rock Hudson's rotted corpse
a handgun
An 8X10 glossy of U.G.
more debt
ingrown toenails

I could go on, and on....

dar512 · 11-30-2006, 02:50 PM

a draft card

Shocker · 11-30-2006, 03:00 PM

a bj... oh wait this is what we don't want for Christmas... never mind then

limey · 11-30-2006, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

...I'm not getting any presents this year as I can't afford to give them....

My brother tried saying that to us in the past, "I'm too poor to get you presents, so don't get me one". I have never bought anyone a present because I expected them to give me a present, I have always bought them as a symbol of my affection. So I regularly ignored my brother's exhortations. I'd like to think he understood.

skysidhe · 11-30-2006, 07:05 PM

I love to give. Even if it is a batch of cookies or fudge. The best cooks I know are male friends and have taught me the value of such overtures. Or at least how to make them better.:p

11-30-2006, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl
I'm not getting any presents this year as I can't afford to give them.

Which has nothing to do with those who want to give gifts to you.

JayMcGee · 11-30-2006, 07:49 PM

mmmm....... last year I had a couple of collapsed lungs and spent Christmas & New Year in hospital.... if it's all the same to you, I'd like to pass on that one this year.

Other than that, I'm grateful for whatever. It's nice to know that some-one thought of you.

Sundae · 12-01-2006, 06:03 AM

My parents are coming up to see me the weekend before Christmas. So they're spending the money on petrol and a hotel instead of a present, which benefits all three of us instead of just me. And of course for me spending time with them is a better present anyway.

My brother isn't as into presents as the rest of us. If you say to him, "No presents this year" he'll just go along with it.

And that's it on the present front - I don't have hordes of people queuing up to shower me with gifts.

I'm making cards for the above, which I hope shows more love than spending the money/ vouchers they would send me on presents to send back to them.

As I was typing this, my Mum called to say she's booked the hotel. I have something to look forward to now

Shawnee123 · 12-01-2006, 07:52 AM

Yep, SG, that is what it is all about. Even in the past, when I have fretted about not being able to get for people what I want to give (and I also tell my family I don't want anything...but they don't listen) Christmas comes and I am with my family, laughing and joking...that's the best gift I could ever get, and I count myself extremely lucky for having it.

Cheers to everyone, whatever holiday you might celebrate, and take time to show your loved ones how much you care.

chrisinhouston · 12-01-2006, 08:34 AM

I don't want my sister's to give me anymore T shirts that are 2 sizes too small or too large and have stupid stuff silk screened on them, like "Save the Manatees" or "I Love Vancouver" (never been there anyway).

I don't want a 22 inch non stick frying pan (I returned the one they gave me for my birthday). I rarely make an omelet for 15 people!

I don't want anymore wierd flavored vinegars or olive oils from the gift shop of the Trappist Monastery in Conyers, Georgia. I haven't used the ones they gave me last year or the year before.

11-30-2006, 01:09 PM	#18
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I saw Sting on Public TV last night, a typical "give us money" special, designed to drain funds from Baby-Boomers like myself. Sting, playing an ancient instrument (which sounded like a cheap guitar but looked like something Mr. Spock might have played), singing a James Taylor song, in whose honor the entire shebang was being thrown...and filmed. Looked good in HD, though, and there were many killer performances therein...Dr. John and Taj Mahal, Keith Urban (yeah, I was amazed, too, and with Nicole looking rather fine in the audience, too) and Allison Kraus. We do not have a "don't want" problem at our house as we sort of wrapped up the gift issue in one fell swoop by buying the 42" plasma tv on Black Friday, using windfall money that had been in custody of the state for the last 18 years without my knowledge...until Selene discovered and liberated it. Cool, huh? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-30-2006, 02:00 PM	#21
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	For Christmas I don't want A stick in the eye lingerie a gift certificate for a colonoscopy Boy George A steaming heap of groat custard Rock Hudson's rotted corpse a handgun An 8X10 glossy of U.G. more debt ingrown toenails I could go on, and on.... __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

11-30-2006, 02:50 PM	#22
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	a draft card __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

11-30-2006, 03:00 PM	#23
Shocker Knight of the Oval-Shaped Conference Table Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Your Mom's house Posts: 378	a bj... oh wait this is what we don't want for Christmas... never mind then __________________ “I live only for posterity. Death is nothing, but to live defeated and without glory is to die everyday." - Napolean Bonaparte

11-30-2006, 07:49 PM	#27
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	mmmm....... last year I had a couple of collapsed lungs and spent Christmas & New Year in hospital.... if it's all the same to you, I'd like to pass on that one this year. Other than that, I'm grateful for whatever. It's nice to know that some-one thought of you. __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

11-30-2006, 12:29 PM	#17
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I don't want Sting's newest CD where he plays ancient instruments and sings ancient songs. I thought I did, and even put it on my list before listening to samples on Amazon. But boy, it's a stinker. Unfortunately, in the 24 hours between putting it on my list and taking it off again, my mom three states away had gone out and bought it for me. She was at my relatives' for Thanksgiving, and later tried to pawn it off on all my cousins there, but was met with much mocking and ridicule. Actually, I imagine the mocking and ridicule was directed at me. She finally had to return it. She gets major point for the ordeal I put her through.

11-30-2006, 01:25 PM	#20
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I like Sting, and I like classical music. I saw Sting perform Fields of Gold on his mandolin thingy on "Studio 60" and thought it sounded great. I assumed the album was old Sting songs sung with accompanying ye olde tyme instruments. But it's not. Not at all.

11-30-2006, 07:05 PM	#25
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	I love to give. Even if it is a batch of cookies or fudge. The best cooks I know are male friends and have taught me the value of such overtures. Or at least how to make them better.:p

12-01-2006, 06:03 AM	#28
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	My parents are coming up to see me the weekend before Christmas. So they're spending the money on petrol and a hotel instead of a present, which benefits all three of us instead of just me. And of course for me spending time with them is a better present anyway. My brother isn't as into presents as the rest of us. If you say to him, "No presents this year" he'll just go along with it. And that's it on the present front - I don't have hordes of people queuing up to shower me with gifts. I'm making cards for the above, which I hope shows more love than spending the money/ vouchers they would send me on presents to send back to them. As I was typing this, my Mum called to say she's booked the hotel. I have something to look forward to now __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

12-01-2006, 07:52 AM	#29
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Yep, SG, that is what it is all about. Even in the past, when I have fretted about not being able to get for people what I want to give (and I also tell my family I don't want anything...but they don't listen) Christmas comes and I am with my family, laughing and joking...that's the best gift I could ever get, and I count myself extremely lucky for having it. Cheers to everyone, whatever holiday you might celebrate, and take time to show your loved ones how much you care. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

12-01-2006, 08:34 AM	#30
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	I don't want my sister's to give me anymore T shirts that are 2 sizes too small or too large and have stupid stuff silk screened on them, like "Save the Manatees" or "I Love Vancouver" (never been there anyway). I don't want a 22 inch non stick frying pan (I returned the one they gave me for my birthday). I rarely make an omelet for 15 people! I don't want anymore wierd flavored vinegars or olive oils from the gift shop of the Trappist Monastery in Conyers, Georgia. I haven't used the ones they gave me last year or the year before.

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