The most unusual gift I received was from my boss. His wife puts together gift bags for all of us who report to him. I got a jar of jam from the Mormon food bank and a small personal massager. If his wife understood what that was, it was an inappropriate gift, but then again, maybe she thought I needed it!
For my birthday, I received from my then fiance, a rock. Upon opening the black velvet gift bag, I found a ROCK. !
OK-it was painted black and did have a snowman painted on it, but it's only place in life was as a rock!
I received a bundle of dvds from a dollar store where they bought them at. They were old ooooool b&w movies, and not even one actor was famous.
i received a vibrating sex toy which will never be put to use by myself. looks like i will need to regift it next year
In my Christmas stocking, I received an artficial pile of dog poop. This has to be the most unusual if not the most disgusting.
i love playing games like shaking dice to share gifts, because often times its those simple gifts that are also fun to receive when there are MANY of them. One time I rec'd a gift in a box that had toilet paper in it. It was good for a big laugh and to be honest was the most fun we had all night! Granted it is all about the kids. Often times kids should get the good and big gifts, so they see how much they are important to us parents, uncles, etc.
Last Christmas I recieved a plastic/wooden statue of a pig holding a candy cane. He is wearing a green golf cap. Since I was a police officer at the time all I could manage to say ways "Just because I'm a cop doesn't mean you have to give me a pig". Ooops my strong sense of sarcasm did not get into her. We all laughed and she turned bright red. The pig has kinda grown on me and he now sits in my kitchen next to the sink.
A guy I was dating gave me a nice Zippo cigarette lighter - with a NASCAR logo on it. I don't smoke. I don't watch NASCAR. I "loaned" it to him and never saw it again. Or him. Whew, close call.
Well, if this isn't the strangest gift, I don't know what is. Just days ago we received as a Christmas gift a bale of cotton from a friend who is a medical doctor. A rectangular mound of cream colored cotton, surrounded by burlap and banded. When total puzzlement came over our faces the gifter chimed in that it was a wonderful "conversation piece".
My mother subscribes strongly to the "it's the thought that matter" and generously gives gifts. She goes beyond the call of duty to insure that no one is forgotten during the holiday season. This year she sent some dollar store purfume that was sheer delight for my seven-year old daughter, and she sent a bottle of Mennen Skin Bracer aftershave for her twin brother! All I could think of was the scene from Home Alone...!
