joint presents.... ...
 

  You don't need to be an 'investor' to invest in Singletrack: 6 days left: 95% of target - Find out more

[Closed] joint presents.... feigning delight... share your crap present stories here.....

18 Posts
16 Users
0 Reactions
137 Views
Posts: 12993
Free Member
Topic starter
 

perhaps i'm being selfish, but i don't want to share.

just been round the (almost) in-laws and the GF and i recieved a jar of chilli sauce, a calender (the sort your mum got from the milk man years ago and used to hang on the fridge) and a "brunch" for two.

how are you meant to feign excitement upon seeing a 150gr jar of chilli sauce...?

bit gutted. 🙁

what crappy, disappointing presents have you recieved?


 
Posted : 18/12/2011 6:45 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

You've done the inlaws a week before xmas and you're complaining... ?


 
Posted : 18/12/2011 6:47 pm
Posts: 25815
Full Member
 

you grumpy sod - seems they're either not into presents in a big way or else they hate you and are disowning their daughter along with you


 
Posted : 18/12/2011 6:51 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

[img] [/img]


 
Posted : 18/12/2011 6:55 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

ill take the chilli sauce of you if you want?


 
Posted : 18/12/2011 6:58 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

what did you buy them?


 
Posted : 18/12/2011 6:59 pm
Posts: 12993
Free Member
Topic starter
 

what did you buy them?

a decent bottle of red, a spinning top that has a pencil in the end so it draws nice little swirly lines (her mum has one next to the phone and stands there spinning it when she talks) and a weekend away for the pair of them at a 4 star spa/health place down south in the alps.


 
Posted : 18/12/2011 7:11 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

Oh dear... they just don't like you 🙁


 
Posted : 18/12/2011 7:12 pm
Posts: 21016
Full Member
 

They really, really hate you, don't they? 😀

Best thing to do to even up the present ratio is just to steal something you like next time you visit.

Or if you don't like theivery, just break something they like.

Hope this helps.


 
Posted : 18/12/2011 7:14 pm
Posts: 5935
Free Member
 

You can play on the obvious guilt they'll feel to wring a 5* honeymoon out of them. Good plan 😆


 
Posted : 18/12/2011 7:15 pm
Posts: 27
Free Member
 

that's just not cricket.
there's only one answer.
set their hair on fire.


 
Posted : 18/12/2011 7:15 pm
Posts: 341
Free Member
 

They may have a sence of humour and your big pressiw will be delivered on xmas day.

or,

theyre real saddo tight miserable types, who dont believe in spending money.

You decide.


 
Posted : 18/12/2011 7:17 pm
Posts: 5688
Free Member
 

own with bombers and wee in their shoes?


 
Posted : 18/12/2011 7:19 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

9 Posts and not a single threat of "Marzocchi's finest"?

What is STW coming to?

I once got a toaster, from my mum. It deemed a bit odd, as I still lived at home, and er, we already had a toaster in the kitchen.


 
Posted : 18/12/2011 7:20 pm
Posts: 5559
Free Member
 

yes you are not their favourite or they are crap at presents

next year post up a thread november time for crap present advice.


 
Posted : 18/12/2011 7:20 pm
 jhw
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

asked for some chrome goggles, they didn't have to be expensive (the ones I asked specifically about were £20) but did have to be completely reflective

got some super super expensive Oakleys (over a hundred quid) but with translucent red lenses, not shiny chrome ones

I know it's silly but gah!

especially as they were scratched to shit after one ride...my trails have many holly bushes that you have to ride through...which is why I asked for not expensive ones...mtbing destroys goggles!


 
Posted : 18/12/2011 7:21 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

I got a vice one year and a torch the next.


 
Posted : 18/12/2011 7:21 pm
Posts: 33325
Full Member
 

Not so much a crap pressy, but friends of mine like to give odd and unusual things, sometimes a bit cheesy, sometimes really delightful, and one year they gave me an insulated mug. Sat in its box for ages and ages until I started my present job, and I found myself making a mug of tea, carrying on working then remembering it, only to find it cold after twenty minutes. Suddenly remembered the insulated mug, and I must say its possibly the most used pressy I've ever had. Keeps my tea drinkable for about an hour and a half, after two hours it's time for a fresh brew.


 
Posted : 18/12/2011 7:32 pm
Posts: 0
Free Member
 

I once got a toaster, from my mum. It deemed a bit odd, as I still lived at home, and er, we already had a toaster in the kitchen.

Perhaps it was a hint.


 
Posted : 18/12/2011 7:33 pm

6 DAYS LEFT
We are currently at 95% of our target!