The W
June 7, 2009 - birthdaybritney.jpg
Views: 178982751
Main | FAQ | Search: Y! / G | Calendar | Color chart | Log in for more!
28.3.24 0346
The W - One Question... - Cleverest Christmas Gift
This thread has 8 referrals leading to it
Register and log in to post!
Thread rated: 5.67
Pages: 1
(309 newer) Next thread | Previous thread
User
Post (6 total)
Lise
Mrs. Guru








Since: 11.12.01

Since last post: 3090 days
Last activity: 2863 days
#1 Posted on | Instant Rating: 8.26
In the spirit of helping those (me) looking for a good gift, what's the cleverest christmas gift you've ever given, received, or heard of. Heck, it doesn't even have to be clever, just one that will or was greatly appreciated.

Right now I am very greatly enjoying the Nintendo DS, I was cleverly given just before the power outage instead of at Christmas.
Promote this thread!
J. Kyle
Banger








Since: 21.2.02
From: The Land of Aloha

Since last post: 1560 days
Last activity: 1341 days
#2 Posted on | Instant Rating: 3.49
X-E's co-Worst Poster of all time! JKyle.com says:

When I saw this thread I was going to post "Nintendo DS!"

All ages, genders, etc... seem to dig the hell out of the thing.

Between Trauma Center, Phoenix Wright, My Word Coach, Brain Age, Animal Crossing, and New Super Mario Brothers there's at least one title to get anyone hooked.

Failing that, everyone I've ever given Terry Pratchett's "Small Gods" to has ended up reading it twice and buying another copy for someone they know.



Newest Comic: Power Outage [07/24/07]
Power Outage/The Funk Soul Brother/Power Outage II
rinberg
Boudin rouge








Since: 30.1.02
From: South Georgia

Since last post: 4461 days
Last activity: 743 days
#3 Posted on | Instant Rating: 4.92
Sometimes it's the presentation that makes a present special. Witness JJD's post from last year:
    Originally posted by JayJayDean
    The best thing(s) would obviously have to be the Dora stuff IJ got for her room: bed, toy storage rack, couch and shelf. She's NEVER been so disoriented as she was when she first walked into her room Christmas morning. (She woke up in there, got up to pee not quite having picked up on the difference, went back in and then just stood there for AT LEAST a minute, I think trying to figure out first why her bed was moved then realizing it was the Dora bed she'd asked for.)
Having said that, I have to cop out and say that it depends on who the gift is for.

I have to agree with the DS along with a game appropriate to the personality of the recipient. I would also suggest a "Night Out" package, which would contain a gift certificate to a restaurant, tickets to some event, and something quirky to make it really memorable. Mall gift certificates are also nice without restricting someone to a specific store.

Good luck!



You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps even the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyways.-- Robert Jordan (1948-2007), The Wheel Of Time
El Nastio
Banger








Since: 14.1.02
From: Ottawa Ontario, by way of Walkerton

Since last post: 43 days
Last activity: 28 days
ICQ:  
#4 Posted on | Instant Rating: 7.23
There's only one thing which sucessfully killed off the Gameboy brand...and that's the DS. As everyone else (including you, Lise) have said, it is exceptional.

I received a boardgame called Zombies!!! from a roommate. Seriously, that's the name. Zombies!!! And seriously, it's a lot of fun.

Oh, and my fiance's parents gave me Live points for my birthday, which allowed me to impulse download the Halo 3 map pack! =)



Yes, I finally have updated the Troll Moment of the Week! This week is brought to you by ;

"STONEBOY!" , who brought us the following such pieces of wisdom as:

STONEBOY!: "THIS GOES MESSAGE GOES OUT TO ALL CANADIANS ESPECIALLY MONTREAL WHEREVER THE F#CK THAT IS".

Kidbrooklyn: "Please god tell me that you're making fun of the douche who started this thread...

Wait, no he isn't. He's serious. I hadn't read his previous brilliance before. I apologize" (in reference to a reply by James1978).


Click Here (The W) to read the rest of it!

BXVI
wmatistic
Andouille








Since: 2.2.04
From: Austin, TX

Since last post: 2561 days
Last activity: 1546 days
#5 Posted on | Instant Rating: 3.08
I'm usually terrible at this but I did hit it big one year. About a year after our son was born I got her three periodots(our sons birthstone), one representing each of us, two made into earrings and one as a matching necklace. I realize tons of people have probably gone that route but I thought it up myself at the time and the wife loved it and her father copied the idea for her mother a year later.

This year wasn't bad as she had a work trip to Germany last week so I gave her an iPod Touch with a complete Grey's Anatomy season on it for the trip(she avoided the show for a year or two because she knew I wouldn't watch with her).

On a cheaper scale, it was a Valentines Day gift but check out http://www.normanloveconfections.com/. The most amazing looking and tasting box of chocolates you'll ever see. Really I mean it. Did a search for chocolate review websites and several pointed me there. For less pretty but just as perfect try http://www.franschocolates.com/. The caramels with special salt on them had the wife going crazy. Both places will only ship overnight or two day at best, as they ship with freeze packs to keep them cold and fresh.

Last year I knew my father had lost most of his military stuff so I looked up his records, got copies of every medal or badge he ever got and put them in a shadow box for him. I don't know how he felt about it as he lives far away but it made me proud to do it. Wow I really like my own ideas. Shocking.

Best I ever got? When my grandmother died I wasn't able to attend and my mother had an house auction. My wife's mother lived nearby and went to it. She gave me that xmas the flag that was draped over my grandfathers casket. Mom never cared for stuff like that much but I was really moved. Granted that in no way will help anyone else with a gift idea.

(edited by wmatistic on 12.12.07 2100)
KJames199
Scrapple
Moderator








Since: 10.12.01
From: #yqr

Since last post: 226 days
Last activity: 7 days
#6 Posted on | Instant Rating: 6.50
My dad loved to talk about how when he was a kid, he went to the movies and watched a serial called The Green Archer, and how he saw the first 13 episodes and missed the 14th and final one where the Green Archer unmasks. For nearly 50 years, he had been wondering who the Green Archer really was. So after hearing that story (again and again), something clicked and I realized that somebody somewhere must have put The Green Archer out on DVD by now. I looked. They had. To say he was thrilled would be an understatement.

We watched the whole series together. It was terrible, and the identity of the Green Archer was obvious from about 30 seconds into the first episode. This did not make us love it any less.



JK
Thread rated: 5.67
Pages: 1
Thread ahead: Do you like Christmas?
Next thread: What are YOUR plans for the holidays?
Previous thread: What courses are you taking?
(309 newer) Next thread | Previous thread
Colorado is having a "tax free" day today on pot, waiving the 10 percent sales tax and 15 percent excise fee. http://www.denverpost.
The W - One Question... - Cleverest Christmas GiftRegister and log in to post!

The W™ message board

ZimBoard
©2001-2024 Brothers Zim

This old hunk of junk rendered your page in 0.145 seconds.