OMG, I've got sooooo many.
The worst gift I ever got was in a "secret santa" and it was an obviously USED hairdryer in a shoebox. One of those big old fashioned ones that weighs about 10 pounds and sounds like a helicopter. It must have at one time been white, but when it came to me it was kinda greyish and the word "on" on the side of the switch (not a button but an actual switch) was partially rubbed off from use so that it kinda looked like it said "or." It had 1 speed which I believe was "turbo," and no joke, smelled like an ashtray.
Oh, and I don't use hairdryers to begin with.
My poor father, who is extremely overweight and loves fishing gets the same "lumberjack plaid" thermal jacket every year from my mother's family. The exact colors of the plaid change, but I swear they just go to Bass Pro Shops and pick the same damn thing every year. He throws it out every year because he HATES thermal jackets AND plaid. Its not even as if he's ever worn plaid around them (or anywhere for that matter,) but every year without fail there is some lumberjackesque jacket or button down. EVERY. YEAR.
Other strange gifts I've received:
-Shirts with fake fur collars. Just eww.
-An ice cream scoop with a furry penguin topper.
-a 6 foot tree when my DS was born. We lived in a tiny apartment so ummm, tree and apartment no mixie. I have pictures somewhere. I'm 4'10, DH is 5'9, and holding a 5lb ,17 1/2 inch preemie and standing next to the tree. We named it Alfred because anything that big deserved a name. Everyone in the family got a good laugh out of it. Thankfully the florist took it back and exchanged it for two hydrangea plants. The moral of the story is not to tell 1800flowers to send "something green" without also mentioning that maybe a TREE isn't appropriate.
-something to clean out a fishtank from my father in law, but I SWEAR it looked like a penis pump. It had no label and was just in a plain brown box so imagine the hilarity of trying to ask him whattheheck he just gave me. You should have seen the look on DHs face when I opened the box....
The worst gift I ever got was in a "secret santa" and it was an obviously USED hairdryer in a shoebox. One of those big old fashioned ones that weighs about 10 pounds and sounds like a helicopter. It must have at one time been white, but when it came to me it was kinda greyish and the word "on" on the side of the switch (not a button but an actual switch) was partially rubbed off from use so that it kinda looked like it said "or." It had 1 speed which I believe was "turbo," and no joke, smelled like an ashtray.
Oh, and I don't use hairdryers to begin with.
My poor father, who is extremely overweight and loves fishing gets the same "lumberjack plaid" thermal jacket every year from my mother's family. The exact colors of the plaid change, but I swear they just go to Bass Pro Shops and pick the same damn thing every year. He throws it out every year because he HATES thermal jackets AND plaid. Its not even as if he's ever worn plaid around them (or anywhere for that matter,) but every year without fail there is some lumberjackesque jacket or button down. EVERY. YEAR.
Other strange gifts I've received:
-Shirts with fake fur collars. Just eww.
-An ice cream scoop with a furry penguin topper.
-a 6 foot tree when my DS was born. We lived in a tiny apartment so ummm, tree and apartment no mixie. I have pictures somewhere. I'm 4'10, DH is 5'9, and holding a 5lb ,17 1/2 inch preemie and standing next to the tree. We named it Alfred because anything that big deserved a name. Everyone in the family got a good laugh out of it. Thankfully the florist took it back and exchanged it for two hydrangea plants. The moral of the story is not to tell 1800flowers to send "something green" without also mentioning that maybe a TREE isn't appropriate.
-something to clean out a fishtank from my father in law, but I SWEAR it looked like a penis pump. It had no label and was just in a plain brown box so imagine the hilarity of trying to ask him whattheheck he just gave me. You should have seen the look on DHs face when I opened the box....
I owe my friend an apology then. I really thought he was just embarrassed that I saw his penis pump and making up excuses about the fishtank.
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Someone visiting us expressed amazed admiration of the elephant candle holder, so we found it a good home, too. A happy ending, and I feel quite lucky that it never got worse than elephant candles.
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