Christmas pressies?

Come on you lot...what did ya get??

Got a big fuck-off ASHDOWN Bass Amp,and money to buy a ZOOM bass effects pedal,Little Britain DVD game,Borat book,other books,and.....an OPTIMASH PRIME Potato Head!!!

I got a set of SGT.Pepper fridge magnets......... nice!!

Aside from the usual clothes, shoes, etc., I got this from my sister:

A Super Mario Mushroom Coin Bank.

It has the usual sound in the Mario Bros. game whenever you drop a coin.

Indeed!

bah humbug.

edit: I almost forgot. I got a $2000 tax bill which I shall pay today, :( so don't even talk to me about the post Christmas sales.

edit: I did score three bottles, of red, a crystal bottle stopper, a Sports Illustrated Calender, a DVD and some pix of my niece.

Not at liberty to say specifically, but wife finally purchased an outfit that I've been begging for her to get for years

A digital camera, CDs, clothes, bath stuff, books etc. Nothing really strange.

A tie and and a hawaiian shirt.

Miss Disco wrote: A digital camera, CDs, clothes, bath stuff, books etc. Nothing really strange.

You sound disappointed...

Kitchen floor, Kitchen sink, Interpol CD, Peter Saville Soundtrack, Dior lip gloss/necklace, perfume, chocolates and got my best present today :)

Presents

Littleinoil got the same potato head thing as Monty.

I did pretty well this year.

EDIT: I too got a £2000 tax bill. But mine is a mistake so I won't need to pay it.

A nice load of NO/JD related books, including the Factory Graphic album, Hammers shirt, some new headphones and a lot of nice cheese... And no socks...

Snorri xxx

A DUSTER

No Mr Sheen with it?

Missy Jem wrote: No Mr Sheen with it?

No the neighbours came round and polished it all off!

Denims,cardi,aftershave,book and dvd

No boxers

New sketchbook and new set of coloring pencils [yay!]. Blank c.d.'s so I can make more mixes [another yay!]. New lip gloss [cherry-coca cola-flavored--yay again!]. Long-johns [for the trip to indiana on friday]. *and yes, i will be needing that.* Gift card to Pizza Hut [er... thanks grandma? ]. New charm bracelet [thanks mom!].

But my favorite this year was from my brother, who thought his older sister could use something like this for the apartment...

I got an iPod:D I finally have one! I won't feel retarded anymore (I mean about it, lol)

i got a gift voucher for a tattooist

A USB powered rocket launcher

Missy Jem wrote: Kitchen floor, Kitchen sink, Interpol CD, Peter Saville Soundtrack, Dior lip gloss/necklace, perfume, chocolates and got my best present today :)

Is it hard to cook floating?

The usual crop of sweaters and Oregon hoodies, some excellent homemade preserves and assorted goodies from my aunt and sister, and some gift cards for Borders cause no one knows what kind of books or music to buy for me. That is, except from my dear brother, who thought that I might enjoy the tome pictured. Dunno why, I'm not usually like that, though U.S. Arsenal fans in this area are the most annoying people ever, even worse than Oregon State fans.

BOOKS

1. "My 75 Years With The Pittsburgh Steelers" by Dan Rooney
2. "Letters From Nuremberg" by Senator Christopher Dodd
3. The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 by Anthony Beevor

MUSIC

1. "Cornell 1964" Charles Mingus Sextet
2. "Bringing It All Back Home" Bob Dylan
3. "Angst" KMFDM
4. "Naive" KMFDM
5. "These Songs For You, Live" Donny Hathaway
6. "The Future is Unwritten"
7. "Music For Pleasure" Monaco (some of the Best New Order songs that NO never recorded)
8. "Eight Miles High" (single) Husker Du
9. "The Stooges" The Stooges
10. "Raw Power" The Stooges

oh and my baby sister got us tickets to this Sunday's NFL game-Pittsburgh Steelers at the Baltimore Ravens.

"umm Eddie do you wanna go to see The Steelers?"

me-*shakes head* YESSSS!!!

I got a sudden slap in the gob with the realisation that even armchair racing gets a bollock load hardr when you have a clutch and an H pattern shift to deal with.

More Ralf than Michael More Kate than Stirling More wall than win

The wheel is bliss however, even if I am total shite with it.

Also got a Fac51 t-shirt, one of them digital photo frame dealies,books, socks etc etc

I call Col's usb launcher as coolest toy.

stuff i didn't want. again!

a lump of coal and an old chesnut and bloody grateful I was for it too

Noone likes a boaster, Minx...

Snorri xxx

Snorrimon wrote: Noone likes a boaster, Minx...

Snorri xxx

I used to DREAM of a lump of coal for Christmas!

Big Black wrote:

Ah yer bugger! Got the tin box set for BLADE RUNNER but I've not seen the suitcase before.What do you get in it mate?

Missy Jem wrote: Kitchen sink,

Cool. I love pressies where you can't tell what it is until it's completly unwrapped

I'm assuming slippers, but who knows with Jeffery!

My mum used to call dressing gowns 'house coats' though

Ye,I was just thinking WTF are 'house shoes'? Do they have 4 windows,a door and a chimney on em or summat?

I got the flu,by the way! nightmare

I'm feeling your pain brother :sneeze:

Missy Jem wrote: I'm feeling your pain brother :sneeze:

Tell me afrigginbout it sister..Felt guilty as too,letting everyone down. Proper laid up xmas an boxing day.Mam saved the day,bless her..Kids only worried about me and not pissed off at me or owt,great kids.I am blessed..And I'm on the mend I'll be fighting fit by tomorrow,betya!

Just gunna open some pressies now then

Boatraceface wrote: Ye,I was just thinking WTF are 'house shoes'? Do they have 4 windows,a door and a chimney on em or summat?

I got the flu,by the way! nightmare

by flu you mean a slightly irritating cold?

I got 1)the new Argentina Shirt 2) a Pair of Boca Juniors Socks 3) a funky Barcelona Jacket 4) a Book "the secret life of Houdini"

King John Honest John wrote:

Boatraceface wrote: Ye,I was just thinking WTF are 'house shoes'? Do they have 4 windows,a door and a chimney on em or summat?

I got the flu,by the way! nightmare

by flu you mean a slightly irritating cold?

If only..I fought the cunt with everything I had on xmas eve,pretented it was only a sniff but it battered fuck out of me by xmas day..I'm winning again now.You can't keep a good Brown down,they rek! That's me

and I got a pair of adidas Ian Brown.Shhhhorted! ...they'll have to lose the gold plates on the laces,mind..well gay them!

Jeffari-al-Texani wrote:

Shug wrote:

BTW WTF are house shoes?

Shoes that you only wear while listening to gay dance music???

Slippers???

Fuck if I know what you Jocks call 'em!!!

them slippers are shite jeff!! the ones i got have backs on them.i hate the ones without with only 3 sides,they slip off too easy

those slippers are a con job. yer feet don't even go in them ones properly. i've never made it to the bathroom with them on yet.

they're basically "sit still & don't move yer feet" slippers.

Wooly flip-flops for Lapland..

What about those 'one boot' slippers that used to get advertised in Sunday supplements for OAP's. Yes proper cosy, until Grandma wants to go and make a cuppa, and she has to hop!!!

apple tv - not sure what to do with it yet though!

Give it to your teacher

Jeffari-al-Texani wrote: .

and the best gift of all (took some thought...) a fucking Rangers top...

mum says the look on my face was priceless when I opened it...

I'll bet it was Timmy..

Did ye get some nice dignified brown brogues as well

My list reminds me of the Generation Gap conveyer belt.....

Microwave (never owned one before)

Paper Shredder (presumably to shred the ridiculous tax bill I received on Xmas Eve - nice timing - so I think I deserve the £40 for that)

Money - spent wisely in my favourite clothes shop and shoe shop

Perfume, undies, smellies, cd's - one of which my big brother made especially for me.......altogether now ....aaahhh

Several bottles of alcohol surprisingly including a magnum of champagne (to be saved for a very special occasion)

and last but not least

a cuddly toy.

beers of the "fuckin world".

in a box.

AGAIN!!!!

and New Order Substance CD

Disk One had been snapped for about 8 years, and I hadn't bothered replacing it.

so, now i've got two 'woo hoo' disc two's.

Meadowhall vouchers, wont be spending those babies til at least march!

From lady

A dressing gown! a chomais leather jobber from M&S Some adidas ZX700'S And an only fools doovde

Loads of choccies n that ,eaten already :barf:

£100 from me mam which was spent mid nov in the Lacoste shop! ta mam

Thats bout it!

A grand from my kid brother He says it's for the lawyers,and won't take no for answer..reckons he owes me alot more even,practically brought him up he says. Which I did,and he does to be fair

Still,when you are on yer arse..It's a Cometh the hour Cometh the man moment.Fuckin star he is,lookin out for us! Proper touched..I always tell him,no one is better than John Brown..I was right!

King John Honest John wrote: beers of the "fuckin world".

in a box.

AGAIN!!!!

Avoided that one this year somehow... A note to spend down the boozer would be so much more appreciated...

Snorri xxx

Kath wrote:

... ridiculous tax bill I received on Xmas Eve - nice timing - so I think I deserve the £40 for that)...

You too? I feel your pain. :(

I knew it was coming, but I budgeted for a substantial smaller amount as last year's bill was half of that. What happened there?

Mine was due on Christmas Eve, but I paid it three days late. Unfortunately I didn't shred it.

Until next pay. I have only a third of my usual cash to play with. Shit I've been known to blow/invest more than that on one visit to a record shop. Luckily I don't have to buy anything and my fridge and pantry are full. Yeh and I'm not going away these holidays. Thanks Mr Taxman. Well that's not too bad. I'm finally getting around to doing some long needed jobs around the house and garden and getting a good tan as well. :)

I'm getting a bit sick of eating turkey and ham though.

There's an upside though. The girl at the post office where I paid it is looking at me with different eyes, as she knows the tax office doesn't do credit and that I must have some assets.

Yeh yeh, whinge whinge. Only bad capitalist bastards like me pay tax. It sucks though. It's not like I get to see any of my nest egg anyways.

Just when and how did that happen??

Snorrimon wrote:

King John Honest John wrote: beers of the "fuckin world".

in a box.

AGAIN!!!!

Avoided that one this year somehow... A note to spend down the boozer would be so much more appreciated...

Snorri xxx

He only got that cos it was on special offer - 3 for 2 - in Boots!!!!!

NOOLigan wrote:

Kath wrote:

... ridiculous tax bill I received on Xmas Eve - nice timing - so I think I deserve the £40 for that)...

You too? I feel your pain. :(

I knew it was coming, but I budgeted for a substantial smaller amount as last year's bill was half of that. What happened there?

Mine was due on Christmas Eve, but I paid it three days late. Unfortunately I didn't shred it.

Until next pay. I have only a third of my usual cash to play with. Shit I've been known to blow/invest more than that on one visit to a record shop. Luckily I don't have to buy anything and my fridge and pantry are full. Yeh and I'm not going away these holidays. Thanks Mr Taxman. Well that's not too bad. I'm finally getting around to doing some long needed jobs around the house and garden and getting a good tan as well. :)

I'm getting a bit sick of eating turkey and ham though.

There's an upside though. The girl at the post office where I paid it is looking at me with different eyes, as she knows the tax office doesn't do credit and that I must have some assets.

Yeh yeh, whinge whinge. Only bad capitalist bastards like me pay tax. It sucks though. It's not like I get to see any of my nest egg anyways.

Just when and how did that happen??

WTF? What is "sarcasm"? Sending this kind of thing in Christmas time is completly unnapropriate. Don`t tell me they draw a Santa and wished Merry Christmas

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WTF? What is "sarcasm"? Sending this kind of thing in Christmas time is completly unnapropriate. Don`t tell me they draw a Santa and wished Merry Christmas

No, it is all true and they didn't even send me a Christmas Card. :( In a way it is my fault for submitting my tax return on the last day, as I knew there would be a bill (why give them money any earlier than you have to), but I didn't expect such a huge bill.

I have already taken steps so this won't happen again next year.

Boatraceface wrote: A grand from my kid brother

If anybody deserves it it's you

Missy Jem wrote:

Boatraceface wrote: A grand from my kid brother

If anybody deserves it it's you

Worra lovely lass you are Jemma

Ye nor avin it tho,missy! I'd give it ya in a heartbeat,rather than the leeches who are to benefit,natch.. Did I ever tell you I hate smug evil 'family'(such a deceptive job title) lawyers? Well I don't arf,as it goes.. But fuck it...Many people really love me, and it's great..don't you worry bout that!

Yes I've had a drink or two..

Chris Nash wrote: Best one I got was a text

Funny that Chris..My worst was a text My ex is a text pest Textra,textra,read all about it! One minute wants to fuck my brains out,next is going to well, nah too heavy for late night chat...Physcho! I wish her well though,I really do..I must be soft as shite! Enough about me though Chris,what was your text? Sounds beaut,tell us then..

Chris Nash wrote: Nothing unusual Dave - it just said, 'Happy Christmas x'.

Made me smile :)

Fuckin Dave Are you Trigger?

No Chris I totally geddit,mate...You are rajed.

King John Honest John wrote: and New Order Substance CD

Disk One had been snapped for about 8 years, and I hadn't bothered replacing it.

so, now i've got two 'woo hoo' disc two's.

Damn! My Disc Two skips lately...

Sometimes it happens no matter how careful are you with your collections...

Indeed!

I got a new kettle, a stick blender (both are red) and a subscription to the Sunday NY Times.

The weirdest thing was a giant framed picture of my stepson from my husband's grandma. She asked for the picture, we took it out of a frame, gave it to her, and then she gave it back in a new frame that was too big.