23-12-2003 10:07									#31
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I have never tried heroin, but if there were no downsides I'd be all over that ****.

	23-12-2003 10:07									#32
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ooooo, bad little girls...


Wait. That sounds bad...strike that.

	23-12-2003 10:09									#33
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quote: Originally posted by KrazyHorse Because they were tired of making sex toys for all the bad little girls?

I suggested to Santa that he institute a Zen program for the elves where they would use visualiztion to improve their productivity. It was entitled "be the sex toy", but Santa was too traditional for such a thing, and now look at the mess.

	23-12-2003 10:11									#34
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quote: Originally posted by KrazyHorse I have never tried heroin, but if there were no downsides I'd be all over that ****.

One of my favorite quotes is from William S Burroughs when he was asked his feelings about the American flag. His reply was:

"Soak it in heroin and I'll suck on it."

	23-12-2003 11:49									#35
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My guesses are:
- socks
- chocolate
- a collection of various sex toys

	23-12-2003 14:03									#36
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quote: Originally posted by KrazyHorse I got wiped out from the 260 CANbucks I spent on my gf's present.

<--- spent $500 onn his BF's present.

	23-12-2003 17:36									#37
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I've had a George Forman grill since my college days and I still use it for quick snacks. It's a great little time saver for lazy ****ers like myself.

	23-12-2003 17:52									#38
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In about 30 hours I can start telling what I got for Christmas... I wont be able to tell it to you guys though, since I'll be far away from my computer tomorow

And I don't even have a clue what I'll get


And hopefully my family wont know until they unwrap their gift either. I always try to pack the present in a weird way, making it hard to tell what's inside (e.g. I bought a video tape, but the present looks like some design'ish cd-holder)
Anybody else who does anything like this?

	23-12-2003 17:54									#39
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Only one I've opened so far (in error, honest) turned out to be a rather nice velour throw blanket with quite a funky design on it - perfect for tarting up my knackered old sofa.

The rest I'm not sure of, but all fits into cards so is probably a couple of vouchers and cash.

When you get into your mid 30s, this is quite a good haul... so count your blessings!

	23-12-2003 18:10									#40
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quote: Originally posted by Sikander I got a large set of tools from my father...

Nothing like swimming in a good gene pool.

My wife and I exchange gifts xmas-eve after the kiddies are in bed. We wrapped the "Santa" presents last night - my kids are getting a ton of ****. My wife doesn't know when to stop shopping. I work, she spends.

	23-12-2003 19:41									#41
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Despite my repeated requests not for commercialism, I have looted:

A Calendar (most useful)
A Diary (Of no use to me; probably going to be a chain-gift)
Monopoly (w00t)
A set of cards and dice (also w00t)

Of course the largest gift I will recieve will be the company of others and the witticisms they bring, of course.
The main gifts I can give are respect, information and my presence.

That stuff seems better than money to me...
(BTW Monopoly w00t time to 0wn some n00bs)

	23-12-2003 20:54									#42
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Only thing I've gotten so far is a novelty lamp-type thing. Looks kinda cool :shrug:

As for what I've given or am giving:

-Bottle of tequila to a friend
-Gift card to my friend's favorite restaurant (or one of them at least)
-Complete Works of Oswald Chambers for my mom
-Biography on Dwight Eisenhower by Stephen Ambrose for my sister (Ike is one of her personal heroes, I guess you could say)
-Lord of the Rings Trivial Pursuit for my sister and her fiance (although that gift is half for me )

	23-12-2003 22:08									#43
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quote: <--- spent $500 onn his BF's present.

I spent $900 on wifey's present..., though I did miss her birthday...

I don't look forward to presents anymore as I usually only get stuff I need, stuff I want I buy myself.

	23-12-2003 22:11									#44
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I spent 40€ for my GF's presents
Am I cheap

	23-12-2003 22:12									#45
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No, you just have a good GF without expensive taste... wanna trade

	23-12-2003 22:14									#46
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No way.

	23-12-2003 22:16									#47
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Good, I would probably get in a lot of trouble if I tried

	24-12-2003 06:04									#48
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I can see some benefits of being single - I didn't have to spend anything this christmas on her.

	24-12-2003 07:59									#49
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Well, I know that I'm getting Kiki's Delivery Service on dvd from my parents. My mom asked me to find it in the store for her... so I did.

I also bought myself Gattaca and Some Like It Hot. Nice.

	24-12-2003 17:01									#50
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First real present today. I got 7 cans of Johnny Walker and coke from my manager after work. She needed to get rid of some "excess" stock.

	25-12-2003 14:27									#51
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• Despair 2004 Calendar
  
• Pot of Gold Chocolates
  
• Socks
  
• LOTR: The Two Towers Extended Edition (4-DVD)
  
• Xbox Live Game: Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
  
• Xbox Live Game: Amped 2
  
• Xbox Live Game: Project Gotham Racing 2
  
• $150

	25-12-2003 16:59									#52
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Got a few stuff for my "new" appartment

And a few old movies on DVD (Blade and Coming to America)... have had both on my wishlist
Then I start reading on the back of the Blade box to see what's on... lots of interesting stuff and such... bla bla bla... subtitles, 5 different, bla bla bla... subtitles not optionally...
Nooooooo... that's 50% of the reason why I prefer DVDs... to get rid of those damn subtitles, and now you're telling me it's not possible

	25-12-2003 20:03									#53
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Another hour to Boxing Day. Can't wait!

	25-12-2003 20:08									#54
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My lovely fiancee gave to me:

Two snazzy ties--including one with hockey all over it
Tenacious D--The Complete Masterworks
And a sweet poker set, with a couple decks of cards and five different colors of weighted clay chips--awesome.

She also wants to take me shopping for an overcoat (for my interviews) and a new wallet. Love that woman.

	25-12-2003 20:16									#55
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	25-12-2003 20:47									#56
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I love being Irish with a big Irish Catholic extended family.

- Computer Speakers w/subwoofer
- George Forman Grill (seems a lot of people are getting this)
- LOTR Chess Set
- LOTR Monopoly (I dunno why my relatives think I'm into LOTR, cause I'm not)
- Guitar Amp
- Minidisc player
- PS2 Prince of Persia
- PS2 Simpsons: Hit & Run
- Two Screenwriting Books
- DVD It's A Wonderful Life
- DVD Evil Dead
- Alarm Clock
- Cowardly Lion Tablepiece
- $80

My parents also got me the Indiana Jones Trilogy...but there's a problem. They ordered it on eBay, and it's in Japanese.

	25-12-2003 21:00									#57
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Yankee Doodle Dandy soundtrack (1941)

Colossus : How the Corporation Changed America - book.

$50 gift certificate to Borders - I'm looking at a couple of books, one on the AOL-Time Warner merger, the other a good, scholarly review of the Enron scandal.

A shadowbox that my wife made, subject being Sophie and Daddy.

A gift certificate for a massage.

	25-12-2003 21:21									#58
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Hm.

XBox (W00t! Or something appropriately geekspeak)
- Soul Calibur II
- THUG

LOTR: TTT Extended edition DVD
leather gloves and jacket
coffeemaker (more to my fiancee than me)
the new Turtledove book
a couple of the nice memory-foam pillows
blanket (my old one was shedding everywhere)
shaver
resteraunt money
real money
a couple of other minor things
something special from my fiancee

That was from my family & fiancee...we haven't been to her house yet, though I don't expect much from them since they're not what you'd call pleasant folk. Somehow, my fiancee made out better with my family than I did...I suspect they like her better than me. This is not totally unexpected, I guess.

That being said...anybody know any good XBox games?

	25-12-2003 22:52									#59
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I got:
- chocolate
- a couple of shirts
- clay art from canada
- knife
- a few books
- survival guide for bonsai-trees
- wine

This was actually the 1st christmas I didn't get any music, because I have so much of it, and nobody knows what I don't have...

	25-12-2003 23:16									#60
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Here's what I got:

- $75 gift certificate to Bart's CD Cellar (helloooo Johnny Cash box set)
- $130 gift certificates to local mall
- clothes and more clothes
- The Doors "Absolutely Live" on vinyl
- Elvis Costello album on vinyl

And, to top it all off:
- $16,000+ for a new car (I'm leaning towards a Jetta Turbo)