This thread is hilarious!!
Okay, my dad used to be a horrible gift giver. now that he's married, SHE does the gift shopping (gift cards!) except once in awhile-- like yesterday in the mail, i got an 18 pack of frozen burgers.
In the past, he has given me --- - a rifle for deer hunting along with that bright orange vest (i've never shot a gun in my life and certainly don't hunt!). once xmas he gave me a diet book from some dumb diet/natural guru dude. one bday he got me a book of poetry from Jewel. Now i like jewel ok, but not like that. One xmas he got my 7 yr old son a 3 foot tall HOLLOW chocolate SANTA! he was SO proud of that. like what were we supposed to do with THREE FOOT TALL chocolate santa! it was around until march then we pitched it. a couple years ago, for some reason Dad thought i LOVED allison kraus & her band, so he spent months and looked high and low for like TEN of her cd's and gave them all to me. he was proud to get all MY FAVORITE cd's...um, no. she's alright & all, but Really? 10?! they are still wrapped and i'm going to put them on ebay (Any takers?). 3 years ago he bought my son and i all weirdo books, like one for me was why the unions were taking down america. now seriously! he got my son some book on tractors or something odd. we took all the books back to a Barnes & Noble hoping that's where he got them. i got some great cookbooks instead. lol! One year he got my son a framed set of 5 $2 bills. i think my son was 6 at the time. the most embarrassing gift dad got me (I'm like xl size) was a bright red bra & panty set from victoria secret -- for mother's day!! i didn't know what it was so i opened the box at the restaurant in from of all the fam! OMGosh, i was horrified! i returned it for $75 credit. OY! lol!
A couple years ago, Dad did come thru with a good gift --- he got me an outdoor smoker. now, i've never been into smokers, but his nephew liked to smoke meat, so he thought i would too. it turned out to be useful and i'm glad he got it.
Oh Good Times & Goofy Gifts!!
