Okay,

Whilst on the subject what is the worse Birthday present you have received?.

I think mine must have been the book "Life begins at 40" - as I was only 39 at the time...

Angela

Hi Angie,
Just between you and me...
It was my 44th birthday during our holiday to Ibiza. Before the holiday I told my wife not to get me a present as the holiday was enough.
On the day....no present! I was shocked and stunned but I have learned to keep my big mouth shut.
In fact, the next year my wife boyught me 13 (thirteen) presents to make up for it.
Another present - from my Mum and Dad in 1958 - that I haven't used much is the book Treasure Island in SHORTHAND. I asked for it...and got it - and still have it!
Cheers
The Les Woods of Lincoln

I've just had my 44th birthday and my mum has done it again. Last year I asked her to get me a ceramic frog when she was in Germany, because I was into Feng Shui. She did, and again, and yes I got another grotesque frog again for this birthday. I have now begged my dad to make sure she does not buy another frog in Germany this December.

How about a pair of gloves. Not such a bad idea, you might suppose, but I lost my left arm in a motorcycle accident over 20 years ago!
P.S: I've purchased 2 'pairs' of gloves during that period and the shops have always contacted the manufacturer. One glove, half price!

Hi Milia,

What did they think you would do with the other glove?...

It is funny how people hit on a theme - they see one thing in your house and think you collect them... although what my Mum will think of the set of Beenie Teddies I've got her for Christmas... hopefully she will leave them here to decorate the spare room she uses... I just love them - NOT that I want people to buy them for me as some are hideous...

Angela

Hi
The worst birthday presents? Not so much worst but same, same, same and thoughtless. I love music but to get a CD for birthday and Xmas every year for about 4 years is BORING!

Also, the mum-in-law once commented on a fairy brooch my best friend bought me and I'd said it was because I liked the Collectibles Fairy sets. You've guessed it - not the collectibles sets but a cheaper, chattier version like you'd see in the Amusements window. Not just the ornaments - mini, small and large, but a big lamp too which was chipped! I hate it and desperately hoped our builders would 'accidently' knock it over - did they heck! So the poor and needy charity bag is getting it soon after Xmas. (probably after i get another dose of them!).
Sue

Lo' Angela,
Unfortunately, I got the impression - as so very often happens - that "He's disabled so this will make him feel more human." A sort of pat on the head, as it were. Silly, really. The loss of a limb doesn't make you an imbecile.
All my other bits work perfectly well, thank you very much!
As for the rather novel idea of beanie teddies for your mum, I'm sure she'll find something useful to do with them (?!)
Have a merry Crimble and all that!
M!ke

Hi M!ke and happy Christmas. For another 'take' on the glove(s) issue: I thought you were given the pair in case you might want to change them for something else, a scarf or pair of socks say. You would have had trouble changing a single glove, I believe. Best wishes, Tisha

I had a 60th birthday last week and recieved a coffee mug that flashes as you pick it up and stops on random saying like stop for a coffee go to the shops etc , it only holds a small amount of fluid as the working take up most of the inside . Geordie Lass

For my 19th birthday in 1978 I got a plastic apron with the queen's jubilee 1977 written large accross it, strangely my husband who gave it to me is now my ex

Well... look at it this way, UKSu. At least he had the imagination to choose you as a wife, so he can't have been all bad! Not entirely..?