Discussion » Secret Santa

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Posted by Saltation, 17th November 2007:
 
£10

I'm floundering

Any ideas?
Posted by WarHead, 17th November 2007:
 
A bottle of Pims No 1 Cup and a Christmas Condom.
Posted by Sul, 17th November 2007:
 
12 cans of Stella from the offy.
Posted by syl, 17th November 2007:
 
=R130 a cheap dinner for two : pizza probably
Posted by Saltation, around 18th November 2007:
 
the local woollies has a real deal on a blue power ranger with nearly the right number of arms

not sure about buying grog. there's the risk of him taking it amiss if he finds it's been quality-tested for his safety and convenience.
Posted by Sul, around 18th November 2007:
 
Buy a PS3 and pretend you've got underworld contacts that can get you them for a tenner. Win friends, influence people.
Posted by shhexycorin, 19th November 2007:
 
Two of these
www.shewee.com
Posted by Meatwood Flack, 20th November 2007:
 
princess diana jigsaw = £1
mirror = 60p
glass cutter = £2
glue to stick diana's face shaped mirror over diana's face on jigsaw box = £1

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£4.60

change: £5.40

pint of ale in Brighton = £2.70ish
another one = £2.70ish

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treat!

(this is actually what I did for secret santa last year, except my housemate has a glass cutter so I didn't need to buy one. not sure how much they really cost.)
Posted by Saltation, around 21st November 2007:
 
brill! but involves personal effort. rarse.

i wonder if there's a shewing for blokes?


this looks ideal:



i wonder if they can deliver it in under a week?
Posted by jeffry, around 21st November 2007:
 
what about something flowery or perfumey? That way at least they can re-gift it to their mum/nan and not have to find somewhere to hide it until they can put it in the bin guilt free.
Having only done secret santa once, I sent round a department mail requesting booze (which I got) and the person I was buying for had no heating so I got her a £10 fan heater - I think we were the only two happy gift recipients in the department.
Posted by syl, around 21st November 2007:
 
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Posted by WarHead, around 21st November 2007:
 
I think Pee and Poo look quite cute.


They're not scratch'n'sniff, are they?
Posted by Saltation, around 21st November 2007:
 
what a magnificent idea for the next version!
there's a job for you in marketing, my boy.

juffwy, dunno bout the girlificatory re-gifting thing. in a small office, it could all go horribly wrong if the re-gifting intention was not WHOLLY obvious.
Posted by Saltation, around 21st November 2007:
 
altho, maybe if i PRErewrapped it, and put a little tag on saying "mum" and then wrapped it up normally?
Posted by che, around 21st November 2007:
 
Salt: They might think you had finally found out about that incident where you were left on a doorstep in a basket
with a threatening note.
Posted by AxeMan, around 21st November 2007:
 
i once gave my girlfriend a bag of nails
Posted by Saltation, around 21st November 2007:
 
"there's more where this came from"
Posted by Sul, around 22nd November 2007:
 
Finger nails? Toe nails? A mixed bag? Yours or your victims'?
Posted by Meatwood Flack, around 23rd November 2007:
 
The value of tourists to the Bag O'Nails is apparent by the cabinet full of souvenirs. a mechanic I knew used to saw a bad car "drove like a bag o'nails" and i picke dup the expression from him. Ended up smashed in Bag O'Nails with Paul and Neil. Quite a number of people attached themselves, oh that it would happen to me... freak out time baby for Mal. He squints like a bag of nails; i.e. his eyes are directed as many ways as the points of a bag of nails.
Posted by Meatwood Flack, around 23rd November 2007:
 
I'm almost tempted to say something about the NLP...