Strange Gifts

[wewontdie11]

It was my 19th birthday yesterday (woot) and before the binge drinking started, I had the formality of addressing the relatives and accepting presents. Some were nice or thoughtful like a diary planner or a shirt, others a bit more strange like the Jagermeister cowboy hat ordered all the way from Germany.

So, what are some of the strange or plain bad gifts that you have received off people?

Or better yet any freaky things that you've given to somebody else?

(Edit: also this may have been done before but I searched and got nothin)

 

[Novajam]

How much time do you have?

I got a wallet one year. I already had a wallet, and it was much better than the one I got. Then the next year I got another wallet.

The same thing happened with thongs. I've got about three pairs of thongs, and I never wear any of them.

I got some type of generic action figure one year from my friend. That promptly went into the closet, then a few months later to Good Sammy.

Clothes. Not too bad since I only ever go clothes shopping when Halley's Comet is nearby, but somehow it never fits properly.

But the worst was the one year that I got a pile of stuff. Just a bagful random junk that you'd find in a two dollar shop. There were water balloons, some cheap candy, a rubber snake, a toy car, some stickers, some sparklers, a shirt that didn't fit the person it was meant for (nor me), and all kinds of other rubbish. Maybe not so bad for a five year old but I got this on my 14th birthday.

Yeah, I have bad luck with gifts. Gotta spell it out to some people.

 

[rossatdi]

My mum knowing I liked lego and transformers (despite being an adult!) once gance me a lego bionicle thing, radically misunderstanding why I liked the two.

Similarly, a manga bible. (I like religion, not a christian though).

Oh yeah, my friend gave me a vial full of blue liquid. "What's this?" He replies, "The antidote." Brilliant.

 

[Downside]

I'm a celebrity get me out of here board game. I was 20.

 

[Reaperman Wompa]

Oh yeah, my friend gave me a vial full of blue liquid. "What's this?" He replies, "The antidote." Brilliant.

That's like the best cheap gift ever. Personal and funny.

 

[wewontdie11]

I also got a Krispy Kreme Doughnuts employee's hat off an auntie after she came back from America.

I think I have a hat problem...

 

[Shirahime]

My Aunt bought me a Bonsai Potato kit for christmas a few years back. I unwrapped it and instanly thought "WTF?!"

It come with this crappy plastic stand you put your potato on and some even crappier plastic scissors for "pruning" your potato. You did however have to provide your own potato; I.e. A Maris Piper that has escaped from the bag and had been left in the back of the cupboard for weeks so the bugger started sprouting.

And that is a Bonsai Potato. Joy.

 

[ZantetsukenQ]

In my 3rd year at uni, there were 3 of us living in a student house. Myself another guy and a girl. We all knew eachother and had a good laugh and such.

The girl ended up having a 12 inch double ended dildo bought for her. The best thing was the fact that the other guy went to buy it from the appropriate shop, whereby the shop assistant told him "be sure to use some lube with that". Hahaha

 

[AntiAntagonist]

A Penguin (from Batman) doll... I sat there confused.

I like giving weird gifts more... cakes shaped like penises, etc.

 

[Susan Arendt]

I enjoy watching figure skating, particularly during the Winter Olympics. So for Christmas one year, my mum gave me an enormous snow globe with Kristi Yamaguchi in it. I had no idea what to say to that...

 

[varulfic]

I got a Get Fuzzy calendar. I hate Get Fuzzy. Of course, the guy who got it for me couldn't have known how much I loathe it, but still, I'm impressed he managed to find my most hated comic and give me a years worth of it. I made it halfway through january before I threw it in the trash.

The dumbest gift I ever given was Donnie Darko, to my mother. I don't know what I was thinking, she likes thrillers and police dramas and hate anything sci-fi or supernatural. Also, she's over 50 years old. She only ever saw half of it. I enjoyed it, though.

 

[RAWKSTAR]

A kitten....
I was in awe and awwww

 

[MarcusStrout]

I got a New York Yankees towel from my grandmother. And my brother got one of the Denver Nuggets.

I live in Maine, and I am (by association) a Red Sox fan. And neither my brother nor I watches basketball.

That was an EPIC regift, since I got a sweet kettle corn kettle for it. My bro got squat.

 

[Gxas]

My friend, for his 13th birthday, received a card that said "It's a boy!", a gameboy advance, and a bag of his least favorite candy. I guess the gameboy made up for the other gifts lol.

 

[Baby Tea]

My friend, for his 13th birthday, received a card that said "It's a boy!", a gameboy advance, and a bag of his least favorite candy. I guess the gameboy made up for the other gifts lol.

Oh man, I'm laughing out loud at the 'It's a boy!' card thing. Hilarious.

On topic: My friend got me umbrella for my b-day. But then I saw that it glowed like the umbrellas from Blade Runner...then I liked it.

 

[tijuanatim]

A chia pet.
My thirteenth birthday an my neighbor got me a CHIA PET! WTF Mate?!

A few days later they come by and ask where it is....I quickly changed the subject instead of saying 'In the box....in a landfill somewhere'

 

[Random Argument Man]

Socks are a bad idea. It's like saying "Well, I was didn't want to give money and I didn't had much imagination".

 

[Evilbunny]

A cheeseburger from Mcdonalds. No, I'm not kidding

 

[Blind Punk Riot]

First, the Jager cowboy hat, AWESOME!
Now down to business,

The best/worst three.

A science kit; There wasn't the right stuff to make anything explode so that was useless. I got that when I was 10 from relatives who obviously didn't know me. At all.

A beer glass; Admittedly very nice. Crystal in the old style mug with a handle. Very good, I still have it now. But I got that when I was 17 with a birthday card saying happy 18th.

A penknife; It was the worst kind. A spoon, a fork and the world wimpiest knife. Luckily I have never found myself in an occasion when I've needed to cut anything, but even if I did, this would in a yoghurt or something with the spoon appendage out. The cheapest present ever from the cheapest rich relative I have... bastard...

 

[NeedAUserName]

A chia pet.
My thirteenth birthday an my neighbor got me a CHIA PET! WTF Mate?!

A few days later they come by and ask where it is....I quickly changed the subject instead of saying 'In the box....in a landfill somewhere'

No idea what that is, but until you said "in a landfill" I assumed it was some type of tiny Asian dog. I hope it wasn't now though.