 Recommend me Christmas gifts!
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| The Ghost of Inept Pig |
 Oct 8 2006, 14:22
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People keep asking me what I want for Christmas - and since they're not willing to spend hundreds of pounds on me, I have to rack my brains in search of novel things that they can buy me and that I'll actually appreciate.
However, because I'm feeling particularly lazy this year, it'd be just spiffy if you kind folk could recommend things that I should have bought for me this Christmas - aside from XBox360 games... Cheers! |
  
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| Spook Tooth |
Oct 8 2006, 15:15
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 Championship Manager  Group: Admin Posts: 2,693 Joined: 31-March 03 From: London Member No.: 3 |
Socks. They always come in handy.
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| Slim Jim |
Oct 8 2006, 16:24
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Depends how good you have been
 I would ask for loads of CDs and DVDs or Books you have never got round to buying 
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| Sureshot |
Oct 8 2006, 18:16
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My wife recently bought this for her brother:
The Dangerous Book for Boys When I had a look through it my first statement was "I want that too!" Its basically a book about all the things boys/men should know. Chapters include
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The Seven Ancient Wonders of the World, Conkers, Laws of Football, Dinosaurs, Fishing, Juggling, Timers and Tripwires, Kings and Queens, Famous Battles, Spies, Making Crystals, Insects and Spiders, Astronomy, Girls, The Golden Age of Piracy, Secret Inks, Patron Saints of Britain, Skimming Stones, Dog Tricks, Making a Periscope, Coin Tricks, Marbles, Artillery, The Origin of Words, and The Solar System.
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| Cataclysm=J |
Oct 8 2006, 21:54
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 Village Crazy  Group: Addicted Gamer Posts: 1,523 Joined: 11-December 04 From: Diss, Norfolk. Member No.: 168 |
Artillery you say... I'm interested in this myself.
Depends what the budget is but Family Guy and Futurama is always good. Or a foam brick... --------------------
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| DanMaggot |
Oct 8 2006, 22:35
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 Monkey Island  Group: Admin Posts: 2,302 Joined: 6-April 03 From: Kent Member No.: 5 |
A nice little voucher for Itunes or Amazon is a good fallback.
Also......it seems possible you'll get some DIY tools. Not what you want, so much as what she wants you to do next  The Dangerous book for boys is something I've got for a mate and it's waiting till I next see him. RC toys are kind of fun and they don't have to be fancifully expensive. |
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| Slim Jim |
Oct 9 2006, 6:19
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USB powered dart launcher? ^^
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| Cataclysm=J |
Oct 9 2006, 7:04
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Village Crazy Group: Addicted Gamer Posts: 1,523 Joined: 11-December 04 From: Diss, Norfolk. Member No.: 168 |
A toilet seat that talks/sings to you?
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| Spook Tooth |
Oct 9 2006, 8:41
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How about a nice goat?
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| Cataclysm=J |
Oct 9 2006, 16:20
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| The Ghost of Inept Pig |
Oct 10 2006, 20:52
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Socks - always good to have socks.
I'm disappointed that someone else would get my goat (oooh.. when I'm rich I'm so having a goat to eat everything in my garden), yes, I'm a horrible, horrible person. RC toys are fantastic - I have a really nippy car, but I never get to use it, so doubt that planes, boats or other things will be used much either. There was a little book, similar to the Dangerous book for boys, that was out around Christmas - full of dad-knowledge, I didn't buy it - and now can't find the chuffing thing!
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A toilet seat that talks/sings to you?
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| Cataclysm=J |
Oct 10 2006, 22:09
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QUOTE(The Ghost of Inept Pig @ Oct 10 2006, 21:52)
That's just wrong.
Oww, I think people say that to my ideas too much, maybe I should stop having ideas. --------------------
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