Best Pressies?
December 12, 2014 at 10:13 pm
(This post was last modified: December 12, 2014 at 10:13 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
In the spirit of this season of orgiastic gift-giving, what is the best gift you've ever gotten and/or given?
The best, absolute BEST gift I ever got was a pair of stuffed owls. We had an expression when I was growing up: 'I need that about as much as I need a stuffed owl'. I still use the expression sometimes - it is the equivalent of 'I need that like I need a hole in the head.' A girl I was seeing at uni gave me two stuffed tawny owls for our one Christmas together. I've still got them (Stan and Ollie).
The best gift I ever gave, based on the effort I put into it and the reaction I got, was when I gave my wife a sheaf of director's notes from 'The Gold Rush' with margin notes in Charlie Chaplin's handwriting (she's a huge Chaplin fan).
So...any gifts that stick in your mind as being unique or special?
Boru
The best, absolute BEST gift I ever got was a pair of stuffed owls. We had an expression when I was growing up: 'I need that about as much as I need a stuffed owl'. I still use the expression sometimes - it is the equivalent of 'I need that like I need a hole in the head.' A girl I was seeing at uni gave me two stuffed tawny owls for our one Christmas together. I've still got them (Stan and Ollie).
The best gift I ever gave, based on the effort I put into it and the reaction I got, was when I gave my wife a sheaf of director's notes from 'The Gold Rush' with margin notes in Charlie Chaplin's handwriting (she's a huge Chaplin fan).
So...any gifts that stick in your mind as being unique or special?
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
