ratioci nation
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Re: my first christmas present..........
December 11, 2003 at 08:06 PM UTC
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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
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Re: my first christmas present..........
December 11, 2003 at 08:31 PM UTC
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My grandmother gave me a case of beer each Christmas for three years in a row.
ruthann
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Re: my first christmas present..........
December 11, 2003 at 08:39 PM UTC
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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
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Re: my first christmas present..........
December 11, 2003 at 08:40 PM UTC
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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
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Re: my first christmas present..........
December 11, 2003 at 08:46 PM UTC
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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
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Re: my first christmas present..........
December 11, 2003 at 08:48 PM UTC
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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.
Rhett Miller
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Re: my first christmas present..........
December 11, 2003 at 08:48 PM UTC
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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
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Re: my first christmas present..........
December 11, 2003 at 08:54 PM UTC
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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=" - " />
ratioci nation
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Re: my first christmas present..........
December 11, 2003 at 09:07 PM UTC
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Originally posted by grotty:
what if the soap is handmade by you? Is it still a lame gift?
depends, is it made from the waste from plastic surgery?
ruthann
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Re: my first christmas present..........
December 11, 2003 at 09:13 PM UTC
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I wrote:
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.
Then Rhett wrote:There's several good jokes in there, but I'm going to be nice to a newbie!
RA again:
I didn't ride last night, though, so that may ruin one of the jokes. It was actually the hair on my head that was horsey smelling. It was a big barn dirt booger evening, though. (Yep, lots of dust/dirt in the air.)
Rhett Miller
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Re: my first christmas present..........
December 11, 2003 at 09:15 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Ruth Ann:
I wrote:
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.
Then Rhett wrote:There's several good jokes in there, but I'm going to be nice to a newbie!
RA again:
I didn't ride last night, though, so that may ruin one of the jokes. It was actually the hair on my head that was horsey smelling. It was a big barn dirt booger evening, though. (Yep, lots of dust/dirt in the air.)
thenotebookgirl
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Re: my first christmas present..........
December 12, 2003 at 02:17 AM UTC
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I always get a religious things from my extended family. My immediate family no longer gives me Christmas gifts. It's quite pathetic because I always buy everyone else gifts, but on Christmas day, Laura receives nada.
However, I recall that one year I received a book called "To My Dear Slimeball," which, according to the blurb, was some sort of update on C.S. Lewis' "Screwtape Letters", except updated for todays modern teen, i.e. much much much lamer. I think I also got "Stomping Out the Darkness" that same year. I have no idea what that's about. I also received a compilation CD called "WOW 2001" which is the best that Christian pop music has to offer. At age 11, I received Psalty's Children's Bible. Other gifts I've received over the years: a yellow polyester towel, a polyester towel set with teddy bears and "Home Sweet Home" written on them, a small bear filled with potpourri, a mug with a bear on it (sense a trend?), a freaky stuffed tiger that roars, an XL batik Indonesia t-shirt, and an XL "Jesus Lives" t-shirt. And they wonder why I don't go to church.
Sometimes I get soap. I fucking hate soap.
Why don't they just write me a note that says "LOSE WEIGHT, SHOWER AND ACCEPT JESUS, FATASS"?
Luckily, some relatives have started giving me money now. Of course, there's not a whole lot I can do with Singapore dollars, but hey, at least they aren't books about the state of my soul and what I can abstain from in order to redeem myself and go to heaven which, from extensive research, doesn't sound too fun anyway.
poorlulu
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Re: my first christmas present..........
December 12, 2003 at 03:12 AM UTC
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hey laura if i got gifts like that i'd have been sending them divorce papers……………thats f@cking awful
and before everyone starts……. yes, christmas IS ALL about the receiving of presents so they had better be good………..
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Re: my first christmas present..........
December 12, 2003 at 05:38 AM UTC
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Like Ruth Ann, I like soaps too, as long as they are halfway decent soaps and not stinky Coast or some other extremely cheap, stenchy soap. French milled are the best. Most are nice enough. I see them as pampering gifts and not hints. I love buying nice soaps for myself.
If anyone wants to unload their unwanted soap gifts on me, I'll take them. :D
Flawd, check out Hickory Farms. Their stuff is pretty bad and almost tastless and cheese will bind them up. Something old people don't want happening.
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Re: my first christmas present..........
December 12, 2003 at 09:08 PM UTC
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I also like soaps. I think they are nice presents if chosen well, and especially if handmade. I have an aunt who is always broke, but every year gives everyone in the family a little something. A couple years in a row she got all the women in the family sample size Victoria Secret bodywash, and lotion. I have a big family, and even if she spent $2 on each gift, she probably spent a total of about $100 or more. Everyone knew she didn't have money, and we were happy with what we got. She a is sweet, and thoughtful person. My sister made home made chocolates, and soaps one year, and it took her time to make them. She also wanted to give everyone a gift, and I know they were made with love. She's a very good person too. For a long time I didn't give any gifts to people, not even a card because I was too embarrased that I didn't have money to buy them nice gifts. I even almost didn't show up to the family party once. Then my mom called, and she just wanted me to come. It can be pretty boring (except when some of them get drunk), but the family just wants to see the family they love, but almost never get to see. The next year I bought tons of boxes of insensce for $1 (nag champa), and wrapped it up all nice so everyone would know it was given with love.It was cool. Mostly only the real little kids care about what they get. The rest of us are just there to hang out, drink, and play poker. They love poker! Now I like my family gatherings, and even miss them when its been a while.
flawd101
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Re: my first christmas present..........
December 13, 2003 at 03:03 AM UTC
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chicks love soaps. like my aunts…..
last year i got highliters…..
they got cheap nasty fruitcake……normaly who ever gets them throw them away and they send an email thanking us.
i'm so happy get get christmas presents…..my moms family gives me 50 each except my aunt gives me100….(5ppl)…which is my only income for the year….
