my first christmas present..........

[mankie]

Soap as a gift implies the same as a Whitmans sampler, "I don't care enough about you to make any effort on a gift, so here's some fucking soap/Whitmans sampler"
 
 They do have their uses though because you can always re-gift them to someone you don't give a rats about.

[chaz]

When I was about 10 or so some friends of my parents gave me little pillboxes for xmas.  I was so pissed.  I don't know whats worse .  Pillboxes or soap.  I remember thinking "man these people are out of it".

[ratioci nation]

My granparents once gave me and my brothers pens for xmas, because we did not write enough. When I wrote them to thank them, I made sure to use a different pen!  

[poorlulu]

Originally posted by pollard:
  My granparents once gave me and my brothers pens for xmas, because we did not write enough. When I wrote them to thank them, I made sure to use a different pen!      

ooh you rebel you................that showed them huh?

[poorlulu]

Originally posted by mankie:
  Soap as a gift implies the same as a Whitmans sampler, "I don't care enough about you to make any effort on a gift, so here's some fucking soap/Whitmans sampler"
 
 They do have their uses though because you can always re-gift them to someone you don't give a rats about.

and lets be honest who amongst us hasn't done that.........which reminds me mankie i have a present for you  

[G.Love]

<img src="http://a1055.g.akamai.net/f/1055/1185/5h/images.barnesandnoble.com/images/750000/751102.jpg" alt=" - " />
 
 The secret word is "Happy New Year" as Pee-Wee Herman (Paul Reubens) and the Playhouse gang hold a Christmas party. Things threaten to get out of hand fairly early as the increasingly disappointed Pee-Wee receives one fruitcake after another. When he complains that he didn't get anything he really wanted, our hero learns an important lesson about sharing from none other than Santa Claus. Among Pee-wee's special guests are singers k.d. lang, Grace Jones, Dinah Shore, and the Del Rubio Triplets, "Beach Party" perennials Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon (who'd recently costarred with Pee-wee in the theatrical film Back at the Beach), the outrageous Little Richard (on ice-skates!) and such pop-culture giants as Oprah Winfrey, Charo, Cher, Joan Rivers, Magic Johnson, and even Zsa Zsa Gabor. Pee-wee Herman's Christmas Special first aired December 21, 1988 on CBS. Hal Erickson

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by poorlulu:
 ooh you rebel you................that showed them huh?

I felt like it did when I was a kid, eventually they just stopped giving xmas gifts at all.  Only gave us birthday presents.  So clearly bitterness has been in the family a long time.

[ggw]

My grandmother gave me a case of beer each Christmas for three years in a row.

[ruthann]

poorlulu:
 sorry ruth ann
 but soap = crap gift..............
 not to mention what it implies............i mean really, you gave me soap because.................?
 
 RA:
 I don't think it's a crap gift. Hmmm...maybe I'm just "different." Guess I never thought someone would think I was implying something about him/her. Interesting...
 
 At least I don't buy bars of Coast as a gift, though.

[markie]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  My grandmother gave me a case of beer each Christmas for three years in a row.

She sounds like a keeper.......
 
 Does she send you  <img src="http://www.gpi.org/awards_images/Saratoga.jpg" alt=" - " /> now?

[ruthann]

Mankie:
 You sound very clean Ruth Ann...mind you, you probably stink after hanging around horses and cats all day.
 
 RA:
 HAHA! That's one of the reasons I take a bath before bed. My hair did smell kinda "horsey" last night when I got home.

[ggw]

Originally posted by mark e smith:
 She sounds like a keeper.......
 
 Does she send you   <img src="http://www.gpi.org/awards_images/Saratoga.jpg" alt=" - " /> now?

No.  Unfortunately, she's shaken off this mortal coil.
 
 Saratoga seems difficult to find around here all of a sudden.  I've been drinking that Whole Foods offering, but it's just not as crisp and refreshing.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

There's several good jokes in there, but I'm going to be nice to a newbie!
 
 

Originally posted by Ruth Ann:
  Mankie:
 You sound very clean Ruth Ann...mind you, you probably stink after hanging around horses and cats all day.
 
 RA:
 HAHA! That's one of the reasons I take a bath before bed. My hair did smell kinda "horsey" last night when I got home.

[markie]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   but it's just not as crisp and refreshing.

double bad news for GGW......
 
 You could always try this:  <img src="http://daryllang.com/dogs/day05b.jpg" alt=" - " />

[mankie]

Originally posted by poorlulu:
   

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and lets be honest who amongst us hasn't done that.........which reminds me mankie i have a present for you    [/QB]

You mean that little 'gift' you gave me at the BDB show while your hubby was in the loo wasn't my chrissie pressie?