(December 12, 2014 at 10:13 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: 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
I gave my partner one of the production used prosthetic masks worn by the actor who played 'Gentleman 1' in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Episode 'Hush'. She's a huge 'Buffy' Fan.
Best pressie I ever got was my signed copy of The Winter of our Discontent by Steinbeck.
MM
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" - Leonardo da Vinci
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
