Where do you get your gifts?

Adam Clarke · 12-22-2006, 03:00 AM

Since I'm new around here, I was wondering...

Where do you buy your gifts?
Not just Xmas, but all occasions.
Birthdays, anniversaries, and so on.

Usually what I do is pick up items at those roadside memorials.
You know the things I'm talking about.
Where someone was killed by a motorist, and people leave stuff to remember them?
I've picked up stuffed animals, Pokemon cards, CDs, clothes, ect.
I've saved a bunch of money doing my shopping this way.

How about you?

Elspode · 12-22-2006, 10:15 AM

Little old ladies don't move very quickly, so I like to do a lot of my shopping out of their little collapsible wire shopping carts, and sometimes, out of their handbags.

Either that, or online.

Griff · 12-22-2006, 11:01 AM

I follow random links from spammers.

wolf · 12-22-2006, 11:34 AM

Griff is my Obi Wan, my Mister Miagi, my Master Po.

lumberjim · 12-22-2006, 03:16 PM

I regift

monster · 12-22-2006, 09:06 PM

I save my spam tins throughout the year, and then turn them into useful things like personalised pencil holders -with the help of a little sticky-back plastioc and some double-sided tape.

sincerely

Blue Peter

xoxoxoBruce · 12-23-2006, 09:00 AM

I rob peoples gifts while they are at funerals. Close to Christmas they are even wrapped.

chrisinhouston · 12-26-2006, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I rob peoples gifts while they are at funerals. Close to Christmas they are even wrapped.

There was something on our news the other night about this. Seems a couple in Virginia were caught following the UPS truck on their route. Every time it stopped and left a package at someone's door who wasn't home, they ran up and grabbed it. When they were caught the police found about 400 packages at their house, lots with clothes, fruit and cheeses, cameras, Ipod stuff and more!

Flint · 12-26-2006, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

Seems a couple in Virginia were caught following the UPS truck on their route. ...

It's always funny to hear about "a couple" doing something like this. I mean, it's sweet, they do everything together, so romantic.

12-23-2006, 01:18 PM

They can smell my finger if they want...

yesman065 · 12-26-2006, 11:07 AM

Nothing like common values to teach your children - eh?

wolf · 12-26-2006, 11:18 AM

People like that are why I hate the practice of drop without signature.

Flint · 12-26-2006, 11:20 AM

I'm honestly surpised that more NetFlix DVDs don't go missing from my mailbox. On any given day, you are guaranteed of finding DVDs in my mailbox. I've only had one go missing. Seems like people might be more interested in free DVDs.

yesman065 · 12-26-2006, 11:24 AM

I have to admit this though. When my bro and I were younger, just kids, we hadn't gotten our Mom anything for mothers day and that morning as we were driving back from church we noticed a REALLY NICE flower garden in a neighbors yard. We looked at each other and nodded in agreement. Once home we ran outside to "play." Mom still says those are the best flowers shes ever gotten. Thank goodness she doesn't know where they came from.

12-22-2006, 03:00 AM	#1
Adam Clarke Rapscallion Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5	Where do you get your gifts? Since I'm new around here, I was wondering... Where do you buy your gifts? Not just Xmas, but all occasions. Birthdays, anniversaries, and so on. Usually what I do is pick up items at those roadside memorials. You know the things I'm talking about. Where someone was killed by a motorist, and people leave stuff to remember them? I've picked up stuffed animals, Pokemon cards, CDs, clothes, ect. I've saved a bunch of money doing my shopping this way. How about you? __________________ www.shocknhorror.com

12-22-2006, 10:15 AM	#2
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Little old ladies don't move very quickly, so I like to do a lot of my shopping out of their little collapsible wire shopping carts, and sometimes, out of their handbags. Either that, or online. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

12-22-2006, 11:01 AM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I follow random links from spammers. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-22-2006, 11:34 AM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Griff is my Obi Wan, my Mister Miagi, my Master Po. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-22-2006, 03:16 PM	#5
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I regift __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

12-22-2006, 09:06 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I save my spam tins throughout the year, and then turn them into useful things like personalised pencil holders -with the help of a little sticky-back plastioc and some double-sided tape. sincerely Blue Peter __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-23-2006, 09:00 AM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I rob peoples gifts while they are at funerals. Close to Christmas they are even wrapped. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-23-2006, 01:18 PM	#10
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	They can smell my finger if they want...

12-26-2006, 11:07 AM	#11
yesman065 Banned - Self Imposed Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,847	Nothing like common values to teach your children - eh?

12-26-2006, 11:18 AM	#12
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	People like that are why I hate the practice of drop without signature. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-26-2006, 11:20 AM	#13
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I'm honestly surpised that more NetFlix DVDs don't go missing from my mailbox. On any given day, you are guaranteed of finding DVDs in my mailbox. I've only had one go missing. Seems like people might be more interested in free DVDs. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

12-26-2006, 11:24 AM	#14
yesman065 Banned - Self Imposed Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,847	I have to admit this though. When my bro and I were younger, just kids, we hadn't gotten our Mom anything for mothers day and that morning as we were driving back from church we noticed a REALLY NICE flower garden in a neighbors yard. We looked at each other and nodded in agreement. Once home we ran outside to "play." Mom still says those are the best flowers shes ever gotten. Thank goodness she doesn't know where they came from.

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