A few years ago now, i think my old man surpassed himself on the wonderfull present he bought my mother. He hadnt told anyone what he had bought for her then come christmas morning in the living room is the biggest box you have ever seen.. 6 foot tall 3 foot wide wrapped and with a bow on it, what could it be we all cried, maybe one of my mums sisters from australia hiding in the box to pop out and say happy christmas? the new power shower she had been hinting at.... sadly no.. it was a cast iron step ladder.. he was smiling from ear to ear expecting a wondeful response, he was met with "what the f am i supposed to do with this.." he then went on and explained the numerous times over the year she had stood on a chair to reach things or mentioned how she couldnt dust in the corners of the room.. the tension was awful.
this however is not the end of the saga, with family due round for dinner we had to setup the dinner table in the living room as more space, dad was busy helping me setup some lazer tag game i had been given, mum struggling carrying the ladder up to there bedroom, were down stairs, 2 mins later big thud then screaming.. mum had leaned the ladder against there bedroom wardrobe went to the loo came back in the room forgot about the ladder opend the wardbrobe and took the full weight of the ladder on her head, claret everywhere.. a brief dash to greenwich hospital a few stiches later we sat around the table having lunch.. We now look back and laugh about it, dad learnt his lesson and now asks us to help him with ma's present and whenever someone gets a naff present its met by the phase "still,, could have been a step ladder from dad"
anyone else got any funny present stories to share?
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She waited a month or so for a thanks call.
A big bag of rice, from my uncle, every year, without fail !
Thanks, Uncle Ben
My Gran used to buy all her presents from a shop in Welling called All Saves. This should give you an idea of the quality of the presents we all used to receive for Christmas.
My all-time favourite was an Airfix kit of the QE2 which had obviously left in the sun in a shop window somewhere too long. The result was a ship that looked more like a snake's forked tongue because that sun had caused the halves of the hull to bend.
Bloke I work with always buys brilliant presents for his wife - I have no idea what she makes of them but he is still alive !!.
This year he has bought her an ironing bord cover (from sainsburys) which has instructions on how to iron a shirt properly !
The other year he got her a chocolate orange - not a Terry's one but home-made .......an orange covered in melted chocolate..
Every teenagers dream that.
A mate when he was 18 got a pair of mittens and a Cub Scout annual from his Gran. He could, but only just, get the mittens over two of his fingers.
After the year that my Mum took it into her head to buy both my sister and me and iron for Christmas we now have a much more civilised arrangement where we use Amazon wishlists, ask the person concerned's spouse or buy for ourselves if it's clothes. Much better - less stress shopping, no disappointment on Christmas day, and no faffing about having to return stuff that doesn't fit.
My favourite daft christmas shopping story relates to one of my Grandad's sisters, who sent her husband out "to buy the Christmas bird" expecting him to come back with a turkey for Christmas dinner. He rolls in at 8:30 on Christmas Eve with a mynah bird that he bought off some bloke in a pub.
...news.
A few years ago my mums husbands ex wife got me a gift. A DVD, Iraq's road to the world cup, presented and narrated by Nick Hancock. About 10 years old this DVD at the time.
Still in the cellophane wrapper!
Mikita drills are awesome don't blame you for selling that Makita knock off.