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1. Back in June, we put together a mental_floss summer reading list, where various _flossers each recommended one book. We’re going to do something similar with holiday gifts, but this time, I’d love to get some reader suggestions. Got any unique, offbeat or extra-imaginative holiday gift ideas? If you want to link to something, just leave off the ‘http://www’ part and links should show up in the comments. I’ll round up the staff picks next week and we’ll post a lengthy guide in early December. I promise at least a few of the gift ideas will not be mental_floss t-shirts.
2. I’d like to give people credit for their suggestions, so my second question is this: what’s your two-sentence bio? You don’t have to use your real name, and even if you don’t have a gift idea, it’ll be fun to learn a little more about who’s actually attending these Friday Happy Hours.
3. Let’s stick to the gift theme. What’s the strangest gift you’ve ever received at work? This doesn’t have to be a holiday gift. Anything you’ve been given for your birthday or as a reward is acceptable conversation fodder.
4. Get it on the record early—what do you want most this holiday season?
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I’m obsessed with perpetualkid.com for gifts. They have weird, random, hilarious stuff for literally everyone on your list.
I also think Zippo lighters make very cool presents, even if the recipient is not a smoker. Somehow you just feel cooler with a Zippo in your pocket.
posted by Christine on 11-21-2008 at 3:55 pm
1. OK, I dont know how i found this on ebay, but who wouldn’t want a 1978 TV Guide with a cover story by Carl Sagan titled “Why Science On TV Could Be Exciting”?
cgi.ebay.com/TV-GUIDE-SCIENCE-ON-TV-COULD-BE-EXCITING_W0QQitemZ180306702009QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMagazines?hash=item180306702009&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318
2. Kyle J. is a college student who should be working on a final British Lit paper right now. Instead, he’s taking quizzes about vitamins and screwing around on eBay.
3. Worked at a pharmacy in high school and I’m a valet at a restaurant a few nights a week now. Never got a gift either place.
4. Need a new laptop. Mine died three weeks ago.
posted by Kyle on 11-21-2008 at 4:03 pm
2. I’m Nate, a Jr. Account at an Ad Agency and a Stand Up Comic who is addicted to Mental_Floss.
3. Strangest gift I ever received was when I was a kid. An old lady in our church was cleaning out her garage and found something she thought my twin and I would enjoy – 1 bear paw slipper. Not 1 pair, just 1 slipper…for four feet. I’m not sure why she thought of us, but she did. My brother and I even took turns trying it on. The only upside is that the old lady didn’t give it to us herself, it would have been very hard to fake loving the gift.
4. Number 1 gift I want this year is my recently acquired student loans paid off, any mental_flossers out there want to give a donation?
posted by Nate on 11-21-2008 at 4:27 pm
For the breakfast lover on your list, how about a transparent toaster?
thisnext.com/item/BC173D73/Transparent-Toaster
Liz McGraw teaches the fourth grade, has been to 57 countries and is married with twin girls. Mentalfloss.com is her homepage.
posted by Liz on 11-21-2008 at 4:29 pm
4. Justice
posted by Joe on 11-21-2008 at 4:33 pm
1. For all the old school gamers out there, http://www.80stees.com has a Yobo Nintendo Clone system that will play all of the original NES games on it. I’ve also seen them on ebay. They also make them for Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo.
2. Andy P works as a marketing manager at a bank. He never has any money.
3. I worked for a public works department during the summers of college and on my first day, a coworker gave me a hat. I cant remember what the hat said, but when i looked up the company online, i found out it was a company that made urinal cakes. I ended up wearing th crap out of that hat all summer. by the end, it was falling apart
4. I would like a new laptop because mine crapped out on me about a month ago. A Yobo NES clone or Xbox 360 would be sweet too. I would not be mad if someone got that for me.
posted by andy on 11-21-2008 at 4:35 pm
1. Goldfish Training equipment. Who knew your goldfish could learn tricks? Click on my name for a link.
2. I live just outside Houston, I am a computer programmer for a fortune 500 downtown. I have one son and another on the way in July.
3. I work with a guy who truly believed every John McCain attack ad. He thinks his taxes are going up to the point he can’t pay his mortgage, he is worried that the Weather Underground guy will get picked for the cabinet. So, my friend and I are chipping in for a Barack Obama commemorative plate, we are going to hang it in his cube.
4. I’ll settle for a check from my homeowner’s insurance. Ike hit September 1, the adjuster FINALLY came out in late October promising me a new roof and fence. I fixed the fence out of my own pocket, but I need the roof and I can’t pay for that on my own. If anyone knows someone at Allstate can you tell them it is time to cut Witty Nickname a check? Thanks.
Also, if you know someone from FEMA… oh, nevermind, I gave up on them.
posted by Witty Nickname on 11-21-2008 at 4:43 pm
2. S loves to nap and also loves mashed potatoes. But never at the same time.
4. to see my sweetheart, and a gps system.
posted by s on 11-21-2008 at 4:44 pm
I am not sure if I usually use any imagination in gifts. I would use imagination mainly in hiding them… and waiting for them to TRY to find them =).
I am currently completing a certficiate program
The best gift I possibly got at work was 2 slices of pizza. (I could have chosen lasagna but chose pizza and pop. it was general appreication)
Currnetly I am hoping ofr a better career changes..
Happy thanksgiving to all
posted by N.V on 11-21-2008 at 4:46 pm
1) I have the perfect gift idea: the book _Office Haiku_. You can get it at Amazon. Here are my reasons for why it’s a great gift:
1a) Because it’s a collection of funny haiku about office work.
1b) Because the Boston Globe has already called it “a delightful little book” and the Chicago Sun-Times said “it’s easy to like.”
1c) Because it will make the perfect gift for co-workers. Scott Adams is a genius, but really, how many Dilbert calendars can you give in a lifetime?
1d) Because my husband wrote it, and if you met him, you’d know why he’s the love of my life.
1e) Because of haiku like this:
Knowledgeable staff
Has done this job for years…still,
Toner everywhere.
and
Real reason we’re not
Chained to desks? Health plan won’t pay
For own limbs gnawed off.
2) I work as a grantwriter for a Shakespeare theatre, and I love Buddhism, NASCAR, poker, Shakespeare, and Futurama. Next year, you’ll be able to buy MY first book, which is actually about how NASCAR can help illustrate principles of Buddhist wisdom (I kid you not — and I was ASKED to write this book!).
3) At the theatre, we had a gag gift party: 1 gag gift, 1 real. Someone got a very elegantly wrapped pound of cooked spaghetti, and I gave a set of small ethnic kids’ instruments, which I still hear used as sound effects offstage.
4) I got my wishes fulfilled on Election Day!!!!
posted by Southern Buddhist on 11-21-2008 at 5:24 pm
1. I like to always appropriate Zombie survival Guide : Complete Protection From The living dead book by Max Brooks.
2.Caroline is a certified medical coder / biller and is fond of cheese. She spends inordinate amounts of time on Mental Floss and rocks at trivial pursuit.
3.I have gotten broken witch statues (a hint possibly?) and once a box lunch at work. I seem to get a lot of crappy figurines and statues at work. blech
4. I want an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle!
posted by qt314159265 on 11-21-2008 at 5:31 pm
1. Hop on over to Neatorama.com and check out their USB gifts. (neatorama.com/2008/11/21/10-usb-gadgets-to-keep-you-warm/)
2. Heather Dawn is a single mother of two beautiful kiddos. This mom believes that any dish can be improved with the addition of gravy, cheese or chocolate.
3. I didn’t get the gift, my ex did. When he worked at the Sears distribution plant, all of the employees received a gift-wrapped box, which, they were told, contained their “Christmas Bonus.” When they got the boxes home, they contained mis-matched women’s shoes. He received a hot pink woman’s pump and a black patent clog…both for the left foot.
4. I want a man who is more mature than my 7 year-old.
posted by Heather Dawn on 11-21-2008 at 5:48 pm
1. I’m giving everyone on my holiday list “Karma Sutra Gingerbread couples”, which I’ve designed my own cookie-cutters for. I’ll probably make a few of the old fashioned kind to give to parents and bosses though. Not only is it fun to make and give, but it’s economical too!
2.Cora tries not to define herself by her job, lest she fall into a pit of depression that can only be alleviated by reading stacks of Discworld books and creating suggestive baked goods. On the weekends she self medicates by performing in the Rocky Horror Picture Show, drinking too much, and buying organic fair-trade goods to trick herself into believing her rabid consumerism is good for the planet.
3. I work for a company in the food service industry, so I’m forever receiving strange promotional items. I once got a lapel pin that looked like a realistic nacho chip with cheese, salsa, etc.
4. Moon shoes? My parents refused to buy me these when I was a child for fear of broken ankles.
REcaptcha: Savings South…you can say that again!
posted by mandragora on 11-21-2008 at 6:14 pm
1. I’m a big fan of the stuff from Thinkgeek. My secret Santa from last year got one of their wooden catapult kits (thinkgeek.com/geektoys/warfare/81e6/).
2. Ben Smith is a former Mental Floss intern and current software engineering student and blogger. When not dominating at Trivial Pursuit, he can be found doing homework or sleeping.
3. A yellow sweatshirt from an aunt who knew that yellow was one of my least favorite colors. Perhaps it was supposed to convert me?
4. Sleep and Doctor Who dvds.
posted by Ben Smith on 11-21-2008 at 6:20 pm
1. I always enjoy browsing the store at http://www.despair.com for some fun gift ideas for the office worker in your life.
2. Brucey lives a bit south of upstate NY, and is a Senior Engineering Manager for a BIG computer company (take a guess). Father of 2, married for about to be 14 years, and known amongst the extended family as “the guy who can find ANYthing on the internet”.
3. I was once given a hand-made oak porch swing for my going-away present at my final job in the US Navy. It still graces our front porch from April-October every year!
4. I’m a tech / audio-video geek, so I want a BluRay Player for Christmas.
posted by Brucey on 11-21-2008 at 6:24 pm
1. It’s not really unusual, but I enjoy giving people fair trade gifts. They are unique, handmade, AND help people.
2. Andrea is wildly in love with her husband, enjoys napping in the sunshine like a cat, and photographing the ocean. Someday she’ll publish a book so she can be her own boss.
3. I was given a Jack ‘n the Box antenna topper. And a tissue box with “Girl Friday” written on it.
4. This year for Christmas, I want my husband to clean the desk, the perfect pair of black heels, and the school I work at to be restored. Oh, a new SLR and to be starting grad school. I would settle for just one of those things. : )
posted by andrea on 11-21-2008 at 6:44 pm
1. A bunch of people on my list are getting Butt Stations this year. What is a Butt Station, you may ask? Why, it is a desk organizer that looks like a guy sitting on a toilet! It is quite hilarious. (my name links to it)
2. Sandy is a college student and aspiring scientist who loves to play with chemicals. Besides cluttering her mind with random knowledge (chemistry-related and otherwise), she enjoys shopping, cooking, playing the piano, and most embarrassingly, watching terrible reality TV shows.
3. At a Secret Santa gift exchange at my former place of employment, I received a flamingo-shaped feather duster. WTF? I was so mad. I gave a nice gift to my recipient (Godiva chocolate bars and a neat clock from Brookstone), and I got some piece of crap in return. Since then, I have opted out of all Secret Santa exchanges.
4. I hope I get a new iPod. The one I currently have is 4 years old and it looks like a cinderblock compared to the teeny ones they sell now. It’s gotten to the point where I don’t use it anymore because I’m embarrassed to be seen with it. It is to iPods as the Zack Morris phone is to a Blackberry.
posted by Sandy on 11-21-2008 at 7:32 pm
There goes another post idea out the window…
posted by Miss Cellania on 11-21-2008 at 8:07 pm
On the weird gifts: for my 11th birthday, I got……
a lawnmower! Yes.
posted by Isaac on 11-21-2008 at 8:50 pm
1. This year I’m getting a tonne of mugs and filling them with baggies of home-made hot drink mixes. (do an internet search) I was thrilled to see the mug-in-a-cup somewhere on here last week. That’s now going in too.
2. Joanna teaches at a small Christian school in South Korea. When she grows up she wants to own a coffee shop.
3. A student gave me an undershirt for my birthday my first year of teaching. It was Korean-size and I am NOT Korean size.
4. To have my school bill paid off.
posted by Joanna on 11-21-2008 at 8:52 pm
1. I think ModCloth.com has some really cute and offbeat gift ideas, ranging from a staple-free stapler to some giant earbud headphones to adorable looking flashdrives. Check out their apartment section to see more. And yes, I discovered the site by clicking on ads. (:
2. Myleti wastes too much time reading all-too-enjoyable blogs [like this one, and every other one that MissC writes on, to be honest]. When not reading blogs, she’s probably working or watching movies. She’s pretty boring but knows a lot of random facts. (:
3. This weird guy I work with left apples for us the other day. If he didn’t give me the creeps, the gift wouldn’t be so weird.
4. There are quite a few clothing items I want for Christmas [including the "Hyperbole" women's t-shirt], but I think an iPod Touch is what I really want. I currently own an iPod Mini that works just fine, but it’s darn old. If I don’t get it, fine, but if I do, I wouldn’t be upset. (:
posted by Myleti on 11-21-2008 at 9:10 pm
3. The other questions are certainly worthy, but I had to share this story. There was a year where we did a secret santa drawing. It wasn’t until the day of the party that the gal (my boss) taking care of the gift swap realized there was a name that hadn’t been drawn…mine. So a couple hours before the party, she comes up to me and says “I have to get a gift for a guy friend of mine. Which of these would he like better?” And hands me a shower radio and a pocket knife she had just bought from the K-Mart across the street. I say “Uh, the pocket knife I guess.” Naturally, a couple hours later, guess what I open? Not a hugely strange gift, but strange circumstances nonetheless.
4. Peace on Earth. Or a new iPod. Either way.
posted by Nathan R on 11-21-2008 at 10:12 pm
2. Tanner is a 13-year old boy who lives in Kentucky, goes to a crap school, and knows a lot of stuff. He gets bored very easily and loves to watch movies and TV.
4. I would love to have a new iPod. The one I have right now I’ve had for 2 years, but there’s an internal problem with the audio jack.
posted by Tanner on 11-21-2008 at 11:13 pm
1. I’ve been trying to get away from useless gifts or giving gifts just because it’s ‘what you do’ during holidays. This year, my family might be treated to donations made to OxFam in their names.
Magazine subscriptions are good gifts too.
2. Dawn is a 35 year old tax accountant who moved from Maryland to Wellington, New Zealand 2 years ago with her husband. She hopes one day to own her own store or cafe.
posted by Dawn on 11-21-2008 at 11:45 pm
1. The trouble with gifts is that what’s perfect for one person is terrible for another. I’m hoping to have time to make a Flash animation for a friend of mine this year; that’s about the limit of my creativity.
2. M is about to finish her master’s degree in library science. She loves books, libraries, mucking about with computer programming and, most of all, ordering Chinese takeout with her friends.
3. My jobs don’t seem to believe in gifts. I did get paid to go to a biology summit once, though, and the summit/vendors gave me all kinds of awesome swag.
4. I really and truly and desperately want a copy of The Maltese Falcon. The book, not the movie (although I wouldn’t say no to that, either). I’ve neither read nor seen it, and I need to rectify this problem as soon as possible.
posted by erm on 11-21-2008 at 11:49 pm
1. I really think Lomography cameras are perfect for anyone. They are quirky, unique, and you only need regular 35mm film. There are many different cameras to choose from: some have multiple lenses, some have fish eye lenses, they are totally fun. Even amateur photographers can have fun with them because one rule of lomography is to not look through the lense, just to experiment and see what you get when the film is developed. Here is a link to the shop: shop.lomography.com/shop/
gallery: lomography.com/lab/
basic website: lomography.com
Also, USB turntables are awesome for anyone with a huge vinyl collection who would like to digitize them or put them on their iPod/Zune/mp3 player of choice:
usbturntables.net
2. I’m a former photojournalism student and a current creative writing student, who is dismayed to find that her A key is suddenly acting funny (and subsequently began working right after I typed that sentence). I believe I was born at the wrong end of the cold war: I collect and use typewriters, rotary telephones, vintage cameras, LPs, and most of my music/film interests stem from the 1960s/1970s.
3. Um. I don’t have much of a working career (A key is acting up again), so I haven’t received many gifts, only normal ones like ornaments at Christmas.
4. I’d really like a USB turntable because last January I picked up some bootleg Bob Dylan LPs at a flea market in Berlin and I’d like some digital copies. (Okay, so I’m not completely old fashioned)
posted by Jenny on 11-22-2008 at 12:27 am
1. Skeleton Flamingos, they’re a cool twist on the normal pink. I thought they were awesome when I first saw them, and even received a pair for my birthday. Here’s where he bought them
pushindaisies.com/candypress/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=572
2. I was a stay-at-home mom of 3 until my husband’s company fired all management and outsourced.
3. Never any strange, just super sweet. Sorry
4. An xbox 360, with 3 extra controllers, and rockband. Obviously not for me, I quit playing video games back when Frogger was still hot. I just don’t want to disappoint my boys this year
posted by Lorelei on 11-22-2008 at 12:30 am
1- i love dogeared.com. also, who doesn’t love to give and receive fair trade gifts?? do it. do it now.
2- audrey finished up her masters in clinical psych last december and is now an outpatient therapist and psychological evaluator. she’s also single and pretty poor, but overall a very happy person.
3- always nice to get homemade gifts from clients (sarcasm). kids’ art projects really are special, but when adults make things (namely desserts) with cat hair matted on top (true story), it takes a lot to contain my gag reflex. obviously, i don’t eat these things, but just the thought! ugh. and then i have to act like i really really appreciate it…
4- jenny, i’ve been DYING for a lomography fisheye cam!! also, a month or so to spread some love in africa would be phenomenal. all my school loans paid off. and am i the only one who kinda likes having an old ipod? i’ve had mine for 3 years or so, and i feel like it’s extra cool cause it’s kinda… vintage? my last imac purchase came with a free fourth generation nano, and i gave it to my sister cause i thought my first generation mini was cooler. stupid decision? hmmm… =/
posted by audrey on 11-22-2008 at 1:22 am
i’m going to go ahead and apologize in case my last post posts like 5 times. i kept getting error messages, but so far, it still hasn’t shown up… argh
posted by audrey on 11-22-2008 at 1:37 am
2. Hannah is a student who knows too much. While not beasting at Academic Team, she enjoys listening to 80’s music.
posted by bookworm on 11-22-2008 at 8:52 am
I was once given a live, adult (unhouse-broken) dalmatian dog by my staff.
posted by Old Geezer on 11-22-2008 at 3:32 pm
1. I love perpetualkid.com. I call my mom Meat. I swear it is a term of endearment. I bought bacon and steak bandaids. She will love them.
2. Cassi is trying to get back to school for biology, which wouldnt be so hard if she had more money (i.e. independently wealthy). I have dreams of being a baker, writer and forensic pathologist. Not at the same time though.
3. I once recieved a hand made knitted sweater that was 3 sizes too small from a secret santa exchange. I’m not the thinnest of people, so you would have seen that there would have been a problem there.
4. I really would like to have money to go back to school. Or a washer and dryer. Or new sheets. Im not picky.
posted by Cassandra on 11-22-2008 at 4:10 pm
What I want the most this holiday season is for my daughter’s molester to spend the rest of his life in prison, so we can move on and find happiness again.
posted by Tessa on 11-22-2008 at 6:49 pm
The strangest gift I ever received in the office was lingerie. Not the classy “virgin bride” silk nightie, but the trashy (yet expensive) kind. Our 65 year old receptionist gave me see-through black net come-hither lingerie.
The worst part was, she said, “I’d love to see it on you. Why don’t you try it on and come show me?” Plus I had to explain how the panties worked as she had never seen a g-string.
When I declined to model, she asked my to photograph it at home and show her.
Awkward.
posted by Miss Priss on 11-22-2008 at 7:49 pm
2. Tricia is a weather forecaster for the Air Force who moonlights as an English major. Today is her first time dealing with snow (in England for anyone who is curious) and is going mad.
3. Never got a gift at work.
4. Stuff to wear when I go snowboarding in a couple months. It’s my first time so I have no gear.
A couple of side notes: Miss Priss was a cat’s name of mine when I was a kid. And that story you told had me laughing so hard I almost fell out of my seat.
Also qt314, that is a spectacular name. Have you read World War Z? It was so good I almost didn’t see anything on my cruise because my nose was in the book.
posted by Tricia on 11-23-2008 at 5:53 am
1. I absolutly would love to give someone (or recieve) the lamp from “A Christmas Story.” I think it’s hilarious.
2. Jackie is about to graduate college and is sick of hearing “what’s next?”. There’s one thing I want to be when I “grow up”; HAPPY.
3. Can’t really remember any weird work gifts as I’ve only had experience bartending, a series of part-time jobs & internships.
4. Somebody to love, or just to travel.
posted by Jackie on 11-23-2008 at 11:23 am
toylounge.stores.yahoo.net/banks.html
I especially like the “Saving up for Jesus” bank!
posted by Laura on 11-23-2008 at 1:58 pm
1. A few years ago, I gave a friend a deck of tarot cards and an instruction book. She still likes that gift. (It’s nice to half-believe you have a handle on things. http://www.aeclectic.net is a good place to check out if you’ve got the right sort of person on your list.)
2. steph is a temporarily -she hopes- unemployed New Englander, currently living in Vermont, originally from Massachusetts. She occasionally drives around the Northeast with her father on map-free daytrips, trying to avoid moose, deer and Canada, though she stunned a deer and confused the U.S Border Patrol while looking for Maine.
3. I never got anything odd at work, but my mom once got stuck with an ugly wood bottle on a holiday “Yankee Swap”. (It’s like Secret Santa, but with theft. Pick a price limit for gifts or you can have everyone bring a wrapped item they own but don’t use. Put everyone’s name in a hat. Pick names. 1st picked unwraps a gift. 2nd person can take a gift or steal 1st’s item. If someone’s item is stolen they choose again. Then 3rd is picked. They can choose a gift or steal 1st or 2nd’s. Continue til everyone has something, whether they want that item or not. It’s fun if person 1 gets something everyone else likes, ’cause it keeps going around and everyone hopes to be last.)
4. A job. :)
posted by steph on 11-23-2008 at 5:50 pm
I got this one year. They probably offer it at every small airport. It was a 30 minute flight lesson. They let me take the controls and fly for a bit. Best gift ever, thanks Mom!
posted by Marty on 11-23-2008 at 8:21 pm
Got any unique, offbeat or extra-imaginative holiday gift ideas? – Well, yesterday, my wife decided to put her scrapbooking supplies and such to work, and make our own Christmas cards. That’s not very unusual, but it is for us. Actually, they’re coming out pretty well, so far!
what’s your two-sentence bio? – A lifetime of service to my community, online and off. Skipped having children, and went straight on to grandchildren — the recommended course, if you can pull it off.
What’s the strangest gift you’ve ever received at work? – A guy gave me a bottle of Greek (I think) wine some 30+ years ago. It was…shall we say…an acquired taste.
what do you want most this holiday season? – Financial stability? Howzabout a new remote for my HD-equpipped DVD recorder? The current one’s pretty worn out, but on the plus side, new ones are only like $30.00!
posted by --Mike. on 11-24-2008 at 8:37 am
1. I like to give mugs, everyone can use a mug.
2. Stephanie is a billing person, not by choice, and is trying to figure out what she wants to do with her life besides go to school forever. She also loves her husband and her cat, both equally of course…
3. I used to waitress and one year during a secret santa, I got a bar of soap…not even scented. Now, you would think I would be offended, if the person who gave it to me wasn’t the dishawasher…
4. I want to be able to provide for mny family a nice Christmas. I also would like one of those really fancy toothbrushes that are like $150.
posted by Stephanie on 11-24-2008 at 9:57 am
3. I got a collection of five nickels in a plastic holder and some quarters from a lady I sort of knew at my old job. Maybe it would have been cool if the coins were collectible or something but for all I can tell, they are just regular nickels and quarters. I still haven’t spent them, though, just in case. But she really shouldn’t have.
4. The Wii Fit. If dreams were horses…
posted by Becca on 11-24-2008 at 11:05 am
1. I’m lacking in the money department this year, so I’m making my friend this: instructables.com/id/E1KQO1B04UEVYDZDO7/ It only cost me about $4 to make.
2. Anne is a poor college student from Indiana. She’s majoring in sociology and minoring in history and film.
3. It wasn’t at a job, but I’ll give you one of the weirdest gifts I’ve received: my aunt gave my parents and I this picture of water and woods and stuff (one that you would see at a dentist’s office) and if you flip a switch, the water shimmers and it makes bird noises.
4. I want a job. And a new stereo.
PS sorry if this posts twice :/
posted by Anne on 11-24-2008 at 11:54 am
Ophelia is a 25 year old tech analyst who adores mental floss and sleeping.
The best gift I got was several years ago from my grandmother–it was a package sent in the mail addressed to me, and the gift was nicely wrapped; I will never forget this… a box of generic brand macaroni and cheese. Oh yes.
My gift suggestion is a piece of french toast. Seriously, I’m hungry and it sounds good. Any offers?
posted by Ophelia on 11-24-2008 at 1:13 pm
1. I’m almost always broke. I always make mixed surprise CD’s for my friends and family. They always get excited about what songs are going to be on their personalized CD.
2. Kaitlyn is a recent college grad from Louisiana who is often bored at work and mental flosses all day.
3. The strangest giftI received at work was when I was a gift wrapper at this hiking, canoeing, skiing type store. A girl gave me a Kavu hiking hat for men. Weird.
4. I lost my house in the last hurrican and I am tired of being shuffled around. I would love a permanent residence.
posted by Kaitlyn on 11-24-2008 at 1:58 pm
3. This is not a work gift…but still really weird! At my high school graduation party, instead of giving me money, some man gave me a build-it-yourself wooden replica of the Titanic ship. The box was dented and dusty and had like a thousand pieces that I was supposed to glue together. I’m pretty sure I threw it away that night.
posted by Lindy on 12-29-2008 at 11:46 am