bad gifts

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 4:40 pm

you've given...

I gave my mom one of these a few years ago. I think she loved it.

My dad did not.

this year she's getting one of these for her cabin!

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 4:43 pm

Mine gets another gift certificate to Home Depot. Several years in a row now, but he keeps asking for it.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 4:17 am

I bought my brother an album once. It didn't mean a thing.

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 8:50 am

My father and my sister have birthdays at around the same time, so sometimes we do a joint party. When I was ten, I looked for hours for the two of them, and finally came home with what I thought were perfect presents. My dad, ever gracious, hung the "BARTMAN" poster in his bedroom until we moved. My sister, having moved out of the house by this time, was under no similar obligation regarding her identical BARTMAN poster...

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 9:29 am

Oh crap, you know I must have been drinking when I saw this thread the first time. I thought Moody posted about giving "dad gifts" - boy, do I feel silly now.

He really likes the gift certificate thing.

Ya'll carry on.

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 3:24 pm

Wehn I was 22, my mother gave me a pair of slacks that were sky blue and had an elastic waist. It was 1994. I have no idea what she might have been thinking, but thankfully they still had tags.

The worst gift I ever gave was probably a King Creole & the Coconuts CD. It had a song on it by Prince, and I figured my brother would like it. It was utter crap, which I discovered when he regifted it to me the following year.

alexv · Post by **alexv** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 4:26 pm

Noise, the record may have been crap, but I must note that back in 82 or 83 (the dates are fuzzy way back then), I spent New Year's Eve in the old Ritz in the company of the Kid and his merry band and it was the best party I ever attended. So, the records may have been crap, but they was funky.

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 4:33 pm

No, I liked Kid Creole & the Coconuts. "Endicott" and "My Male Curiosity" are great tunes. But this album was the one with which they jumped the shark. It was 1988, if that helps explain anything.

alexv · Post by **alexv** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 4:52 pm

Yes, I do remember those tunes. There was also one about Gina or was it Tina and the ski instructor. Great stuff. Campy but funky. The other day i got this old documentary starring Basquiat about downtown NYC in the 80s and lo and behold there's footage of the Cocoanuts doing their thing. Totally unexpected and frighteningly nostalgic. Sadly, everyone jumps the shark, Noise.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 6:38 pm

Do you know Coati Mundi's brilliant 'Me No Pop Eye'? Lovely. Loved the first KC&theCs LP too, and the second up to a point.

alexv · Post by **alexv** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 2:17 pm

Yes I do, Otis. Great name, Coati's.

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 2:46 pm

Any kind of 'humorous' pet book....ooh wow, a version of a 'lad's mag' except it's for cats, and features cat things. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha.....