Horrible gifts

[Gryph]

My family is moving and I am helping them pack and I come across this gift my aunt sent me for my birthday many years ago. It is quite possibly the worst gift I have ever received. Behold http://freshyk.com/pics/pencilsharpenerlol.jpg

 

At least it's so horrible it is funny. I don't think she understood the real meaning of this thing.

 

What are some horrible gifts you have received?

[Inky]

lol I would love to have one of those. I'd put it on my bosses desk.

I rarely get bad or weird gifts. everyone knows what I like. and I am pretty easy to shop for.

[BlackKnight]

When I was young, and craving Sonic 3 (and everyone knew it), I considered getting Space Harrier II for Christmas the worst gift ever.

[Robert]

I was given a solar-powered radio years ago, and it also had an inbuilt generator - if you wanted to wind the handle for an hour. It sat in a corner for years, but at my new house, I've finally found it to be useful.

 

The bathroom has a heat-lamp / light / extraction fan combo, I just use the heat-lamp, it makes enough light, and it also powers the radio via its solar panel. So, ten years after getting this radio, it finally is in use.

[Mooney]

My aunt once got me office supplies (business card holder, post-it notes, envelope opener, etc) because she thought I was into them, since my mom told her to get me a gift from Office Depot or Office Max.

[Fatal Rose]

For some reason my aunt buys me over sized shirts.

[emsley]

I never get anything. I wish someone would send me something threw the post, a postal bomb or even a bottle of spicey sauce.

Gryph I feel your pain.

[Explosive Misanthropy]

My grandma used to send me underwear every year...for my birthday, and for Christmas...Hell, she'd even send it if she thought that I needed it.....weird woman. Is that what they give each other for Christmas in Italy?

[ken_cinder]

I once got a track suit from my grandparents when I was like 10 years old. It was black........and PINK!

My mother insisted I wear it when we went to their place on Christmas day, I outright refused, and I think I hid it or ripped it up.

No way in hell was I wearing a track suit with pink on it!

[Krosigrim]

I once got a Birthday card, with $2.50 in it. What an insult, don't give me ANY money please!!!! Id rather get NO money, that 2.50 in a card. It's like, we wanted to get you something, but we don't like you at all, so here. Its like giving a waitress, a quarter as a tip.

 

Oh yea, I once got a hammer. Was some cheapo hammer too. Funny thing is I worked at a hardware store at the time, so that made the gift, even more ridiculous.

 

But I gotta laugh at Mooney's story. His aunt totally missed the point. A new chair perhaps? Maybe a new ergonomical keyboard. Sometimes people are clueless. Like, when someone buys a 5 dollar gift card at Subway... I wanna ask them, "WHAT THE HELL YOU CHEAP ASS!?!" That isn't enough for most 6" meals.

[Inky]

I once got a Birthday card, with $2.50 in it. What an insult, don't give me ANY money please!!!! Id rather get NO money, that 2.50 in a card. It's like, we wanted to get you something, but we don't like you at all, so here. Its like giving a waitress, a quarter as a tip.

 

Oh yea, I once got a hammer. Was some cheapo hammer too. Funny thing is I worked at a hardware store at the time, so that made the gift, even more ridiculous.

 

But I gotta laugh at Mooney's story. His aunt totally missed the point. A new chair perhaps? Maybe a new ergonomical keyboard. Sometimes people are clueless. Like, when someone buys a 5 dollar gift card at Subway... I wanna ask them, "WHAT THE HELL YOU CHEAP ASS!?!" That isn't enough for most 6" meals.

HA HA HA! I did that to my pick in the secret santa at work. I got him a 10 dolla gift card for red lobster. if there is anything under 15.00 there I'll crap myself laughing. just my little way of rebelling against secret santa crap.