Christmas presents

[Sabindeus]

self perpetuating generational torture "Well my mother did it, now I have to do it!"

[halabar]

and dad goes to buy a shotgun and rocksalt.

and thanks to Ami for the terminal derail!!!

[Amirya]

That was hardly my intention!

[Hrobertgar]

^^ Professional derailer

[Shoju]

I will never forget when my sister went through that awful experience. I felt bad for her. My mom... Oi.

[bldavis]

i have 2 sisters less then a year apart....

lets just say i was more then willing to go work with (and stay with) my grandparents that summer 10 yrs ago
between the awkward discussions and the constant fighting .... all thanx to mother natures WONDERFUL timing (mom, both sisters AND OUR DOG!!! ....i kinda felt sorry for dad)

[Shoju]

My dad and I both worked second shift when I was in high school. No matter what, we always got off work an hour or so apart. So, when it was "that time of the month" the second one to get off work would call home to talk to the other, and if it was too bad, we went up the street to my cousin's house, and played music with them until they were both asleep.

Worked out pretty frecking good.

[Koatanga]

I got a Kindle Fire for Christmas. Lots of fun.

[Gab]

Won a 360 w/ Kinect at the company Christmas party. There is too many games to even know what I want to try, kind of discouraging. And after 5 minutes of searching the streaming content Netflix has to offer I was totally bummed. Not to mention the fact that I would have to pay not only for Netflix but also for Xbox Live Gold.

Quite possibly will end up being my best re-gift ever given.

[Esilence]

What did you get? I'm excited with my new iPhone!

Call me cynical, but am I the only one that thought this looked like a spam bot post when it came up, just minus the usual ads?

[KysenMurrin]

That was my thought, too, but it's not done any harm.

Got Skyrim, couple books, couple DVDs, and clothes.

[Brekkie]

And the news that my goddaughter has officially entered puberty.

What is it with mothers' NEED to frigging tell everyone when their daughter gets their first period? I mean really.

That brings up kind of a funny story from my childhood.

When I was like 8 or 9 years old I took my mother aside and sat her down at the kitchen table, informing her that I had something important to tell her. I then very solemnly told her...

"Mother, I just felt that you should know that I am now physically capable of fathering a child."

My mother returned my very serious look and without missing a beat responded .
"That's nice dear. You aren't going to though, right?"

"No mother. I have no plans to at this time."

"I'm happy to hear it."

[Euphoria]

My birthday is just before christmas so I tend to get a few more presents.

Gift cards to Starbucks, Amazon, and iTunes.
A pair of slacks and a pair of jeans.
five shirts for work.
socks
a pack of white t-shirts.
some soap from indigo wild (yes, I'm a guy that uses designer handcrafted soap...Sue me)
handblender
random toiletries
a leather cover for my kindle.

Best gift came from my Dad though. He made me a high carbon folded steel chef's knife with a box elder handle AND a pocketknife made out of the same quality steel with leftover box elder burl handles. It's one thing to get a really great chef's knife. It's another to know that your Dad handmade it.

[Sabindeus]

That brings up kind of a funny story from my childhood.

When I was like 8 or 9 years old I took my mother aside and sat her down at the kitchen table, informing her that I had something important to tell her. I then very solemnly told her...

"Mother, I just felt that you should know that I am now physically capable of fathering a child."

My mother returned my very serious look and without missing a beat responded .
"That's nice dear. You aren't going to though, right?"

"No mother. I have no plans to at this time."

"I'm happy to hear it."

wow. words fail me.

[lythac]

What did you get? I'm excited with my new iPhone!

Call me cynical, but am I the only one that thought this looked like a spam bot post when it came up, just minus the usual ads?

The adds come later and in the sig. If you spam the post with ads, it gets picked up on quickly, reported and then deleted. Wait a day or so more and they should be in the sig. That way most of the sites regular posters won't be checking the first page so might go unnoticed for a bit.

Either that or a regular poster on a 2nd account trolling -